Kendra Duggar Charged Alongside Husband Joseph Duggar as Police Announce New Counts in Ongoing Investigation

Kendra Duggar is now facing criminal charges alongside her husband, Joseph Duggar, after Arkansas police announced additional counts in the ongoing investigation.

According to a Friday, March 20, press release from the Tontitown Police Department, both Joseph, 31, and Kendra, 27, are now facing four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree, and four counts of false imprisonment in the second degree.

Authorities said arrest warrants have been issued and served for the misdemeanor offenses through District Court.

Kendra was arrested and booked into the Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville, Ark., at 4:56 p.m. local time and released at 6:19 p.m. on Friday, March 20, according to jail records viewed by PEOPLE. She is listed as 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing 130 lbs., with blue eyes and blonde hair.

Her hearing is on March 23 at 7:45 a.m., and will be due in court again on April 29 at 2:00 p.m.

The police department noted that the investigation remains “active and ongoing,” adding that Arkansas law limits the amount of information that can be publicly released in cases involving minors and other sensitive circumstances.

“To protect the integrity of the investigation and the privacy of those involved, no further details will be provided at this time,” the department said.

The charges were filed as part of a continuing investigation into an incident first reported on Wednesday, March 18.

The latest filing brings four additional counts of each charge against the former 19 Kids and Counting star, on top of the two previously filed he was already facing including lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years old, and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older.

Kendra has been newly charged in the case.

The charges against Joseph were filed by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on March 18 after they learned about an incident that allegedly took place in 2020, in which he is accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl while vacationing with her family in Panama City Beach, Fla.

According to the BCSO, the girl claimed Joseph engaged in “unlawful sexual activity” after asking her to sit on his lap and later next to him under a blanket, where he allegedly touched her inappropriately.

Joseph had been asked about the girl’s accusations by her father on the night of March 17 and allegedly confessed at that time, according to a statement from the BCSO.

“As the vacation continued, he also asked her to sit next to him on a couch and covered them with a blanket. During this time, Joseph manipulated the victim’s underwear and grazed her genitals. He would also continue to rub his hands on her thighs,” the statement read.

“The victim stated Duggar eventually apologized for his actions and the incidents stopped after the apology,” the BCSO’s statement continued.

Joseph was arrested in Arkansas, where he resides, but the case is being handled in Florida where the alleged incidents occurred. He must be extradited to Bay County to face charges there.

Joseph, who appeared on all four iterations of his family’s TLC reality series franchise, is a father of four who has been married to his wife Kendra since 2017. Their wedding was featured in a 2017 episode of Counting On.