The Saline County Sheriff’s Office has determined a sexual assault that was reported to have occurred on the Great Bend High School swim team bus February 3rd, did not occur in Saline County.

Captain Roger Soldan said after investigators conducted interviews and developed a timeline, determined the assault would have taken place in Barton County.

On February 20th, a 15-year-old boy came to Salina with a parent to report a sexual assault that allegedly took place on a bus after it left Salina on February 3rd, following a swim meet at Salina South High School.

Soldan said the case has now been sent to the Barton County Sheriff’s Office.