Alabama probation officer charged in 1990s
child sex abuse cases
By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com
A Butler County Juvenile Probation Officer is accused of sex crimes involving minors under his supervision at least 20 years ago.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Friday announced the arrest of 63-year-old Terry Van Lewis. The Montgomery man is charged with one count of first-degree rape and two charges of first-degree sexual abuse.
Lewis surrendered at the Butler County Jail Friday and has since been released on $300,000 bond. Jail officials said a mugshot was not available.
His arrest followed indictments issued Tuesday by a Butler County grand jury. Specifically, one indictment charges that Lewis engaged in sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex by forcible compulsion, first-degree rape. The two remaining indictments charge that Lewis subjected another person to sexual contact by forcible compulsion.
The victims in the cases were juveniles who were under his supervision at the time. The approximate dates of the alleged offenses range from 1994 until 1999.
Marshall said no further information about the investigation or about Lewis’ alleged crimes are being released at this time. If convicted, Lewis faces a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $60,000 fine for the first-degree rape charge, which is a Class A felony. For each charge of first-degree sexual abuse, Lewis faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $15,000 fine. First-degree sexual abuse is a Class C felony.
Butler Co., AL
Former Florida deputy in jail on child porn charges
now accused of child sex abuse
Annie Blanks, Pensacola News Journal
A former Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office deputy who pleaded no contest this week to child pornography charges was arrested again at the Walton County Jail on Friday on two counts of sexual abuse of a child.
Jeffery Perkins, 33, is charged with two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation by an offender over the age of 18 of a victim less than 12 years of age.
An arrest warrant was served on Perkins Friday at the Walton County Jail, according to a press release from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Perkins has been at the jail since he was arrested last December on 18 counts of child pornography possession. He recently pleaded no contest to those charges.
The current investigation began in December after FDLE in Pensacola received information that Perkins had allegedly molested a child several years ago. Perkins is charged with two separate charges because his crimes allegedly involved two separate children.
Perkins had been a deputy with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office for nine years prior to his arrest in December. He will remain in Walton County Jail on $1.9 million dollars bond.
The case will be prosecuted by the State Attorney's Office.
State Attorney Bill Eddins said Friday that Perkins faces a maximum sentence of life in prison on both sexual abuse charges, and his office intends to seek a "lengthy sentence" on both those charges and the child pornography charges.
"We worked closely with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office during this investigation, and their agency is very professional, very competent, very hardworking and very cooperative with us," Eddins said. "This is a total, complete aberration."
Sheriff Bob Johnson said he didn't have much comment on the case, other than to say that it appeared Perkins was getting "what he deserves."
"It's sad to see somebody that has his background end up like this," Johnson said. "He's a veteran and an ex-cop, and this is how he's going to end his career. He's going to spend the rest of his life in prison, hopefully."
Santa Rosa Co., Fla
Pennsylvania man arrested for child sexual abuse
LEBANON, Pa. (WHTM) - A South Lebanon Township man has been arrested on charges he sexually abused a child.
Shawn McCurdy, 47, is charged with involuntary sexual deviate intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, aggravated indecent assault of a child, endangering the welfare of a child, corruption of minors, and indecent assault.
The Lebanon County Detective Bureau said McCurdy sexually assaulted a girl under age 13 multiple times between 2009 and 2011.
McCurdy was arrested Thursday and placed in the county jail in lieu of $250,000 bail.
Another Pennsylvania Man Charged with
Child Sexual Assault
BY BRITTANY HAYES, WNEP
SCRANTON, Pa. — A man from Pittston is facing child sex charges after police say he sexually assaulted an underage girl.
Scranton police say Arthur Webb, 43 of Pittston, allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl last year.
According to officials, Webb sexually assaulted the underage victim in a restaurant parking lot in Scranton and at his home.
Webb is facing charges including statutory sexual assault and corruption of minors in Lackawanna County.
Oregon man gets 20 years for child sex crimes
By: KOIN 6 News Staff
BEAVERTON, Ore. - A Beaverton man who was arrested twice in one year for child sex abuse charges was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Reachana Chan received his sentence Thursday after he pleaded guilty to using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, two counts of 2nd-degree rape, 2nd-degree sexual abuse and 3rd-degree sexual abuse.
The convictions stem from the sex abuse of five victims between the ages of 12 and 16.
According to the Washington County District Attorney's Office, Chan was a stranger to all of his victims and targeted the young girls on social media.
The investigation into Chan started in late 2017. The initial report involved two victims who were sexually assaulted by the defendant when they were 16. Officials said both were contacted by Chan online before he met them in person and engaged in unwanted sexual conduct. Chan was arrested on those charges in March 2018.
Following his arrest, officials learned of three more victims. They were between the ages of 12-13 when they met Chan through social media.
Authorities said that while each case is different, the pattern of abuse is the same. Chan would contact the victims and lie about his age before taking compromising photos and videos of the girls -- later using the material to blackmail them into sexual relations.
In one case, Chan reportedly used a knife to threaten one of the victims and forced her to perform sexual acts on him. The DA's office said he let her go, but then repeated the pattern and threatened to send out photos of her -- forcing her to meet him again.
In addition to his prison sentence, Chan can't have contact with minors and is barred from using the internet, a computer and smartphones. He's also required to register as a sex offender.
I don't think 20 years is enough for this creep.
Idaho man met girl online to sexually abuse her,
and more victims are possible
BY RUTH BROWN
Idaho Statesman
Police arrested a 23-year-old Boise man Thursday on suspicion of 16 felony charges regarding a case of child sex abuse.
Cameron Gamel was booked into the Ada County Jail after police said he enticed a child over the internet, took photos of her and sexually abused her.
The Boise Police Department was made aware of a lewd conduct with a child report on Wednesday involving Gamel and a female victim under the age of 16, according to a police news release.
The suspect initially contacted the victim on March 9, police said, and evidence showed that over the next few days, Gamel met up with the victim in person, took several inappropriate pictures of her and electronically shared those pictures.
The suspect is also accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with the victim.
Following further investigation, Gamel was arrested and booked into jail on five felony charges of lewd conduct with a minor under 16, nine felony charges of distributing sexually exploitative material of a child and two felony probation violations.
Online court records show Gamel was on probation for felony possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and felony grand theft.
This investigation is ongoing and detectives believe there could be additional victims.
Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 208-343-COPS (2677), www.343COPS.com, or leave a tip using the P3 Tips app for mobile devices.
Parents react after daycare worker charged
with child sexual abuse
Unfortunately the parents reacted too late - they should never have put their children in a daycare where men are present
By A.J. Nwoko
VARINA, VA (WWBT/Gray News) - A Richmond man faces sexual abuse charges of two children under the age of 13 stemming from an investigation at a Henrico daycare.
Rahman Jordan Rypkema, 32, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual battery by sexually abusing two separate children under the age of 13, according to court documents.
On Feb. 15 Katherine Hoffman, director of center relations with Tuckaway Child Development & Early Education Center, said the allegations against an employee came forward to the day care center after a Child Protective Services report was filed Feb. 14.
At the time of the investigation, Rypkema had been placed on leave.
A month later, parent Tyson Hawkins says this investigation is especially disturbing because his daughter was in Rypkema’s class. “I’m kind of appalled and taken aback by it,” said Hawkins. "It was kind of alarming because, like I said, my daughter was in the same class."
Hawkins said while he didn’t notice anything suspicious with his daughter, it hasn’t stopped him and others from having tough conversation with their children.
Hawkins said the Tuckaway directors told him appropriate changes will be made. "They did say they would tighten up on a lot of their security measures so I’m very happy about that."
Did they say they would not hire men to look after little children? If they didn't, find another daycare.
But some parents, like Brandi Green, are still uneasy about the environment at Tuckaway. “A lot of parent have said they’re pulling their kids from here,” Green said. “I’m still on the fence.”
And for Hawkins, the actions haven’t broke his trust with Tuckaway. “I wouldn’t just pull my child out because of this instance. I would just be more cautious and more alert,” Hawkins said.
Court documents released Thursday state on or about Sept. 1, 2018, to Feb. 12, 2019, Rypkema sexually abused one child and then another child on or about Feb. 12.
Rypkema appeared in court Thursday morning and was ordered no bond, no contact with the victims and no employment at the daycare.
Indiana man charged with 8 felonies
in child sex abuse case
Tori Fater, Evansville Courier & Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — An Evansville man has been charged with eight felonies following accusations he sexually abused a child he knew for close to two years.
Mark Halterman, 59, was arrested Tuesday and charged in Vanderburgh Superior Court Friday morning. His bond is set at $50,000 cash, according to court records.
Halterman faces the following charges:
Five counts of child molesting as a level 1 felony;
Child molesting as a level 4 felony;
Performance before a minor that is harmful to minors, a level 6 felony; and
Dissemination of matter harmful to minors, a level 6 felony.
In Indiana, felonies other than murder are classified by levels 1 through 6, with level 1 felonies considered the most serious. The maximum prison sentence for a level 1 felony charge is 40 years.
A child reported to an interviewer at Holly's House that Halterman began touching the child inappropriately when the child was 11 years old and continued abusing the child for about 22 months. The probable cause affidavit does not state how Halterman knew the child and the child's family but says the family spent time with him at his Evansville home.
Indiana law requires kids in grades K-12 to learn how to recognize child abuse.
The child told investigators Halterman tried to rape the child multiple times, used sex toys on the child and forced the child to perform and receive oral sex as well as other inappropriate touching. Halterman is also accused of masturbating in front of the child and forcing the child to watch pornography.
Halterman acknowledged he had spent time with the child but denied abusing the child, according to the affidavit. He told police that while there was a sex toy in his home, it belonged to a roommate.
Evansville Police reported finding two sex toys while searching Halterman's home with his consent, as well as other items the child described. Halterman denied knowledge of the second sex toy. Police seized those items as well as a cell phone found in the home.
Halterman was arrested the same day police interviewed him at EPD headquarters. If he is convicted in this case, prosecutors plan to pursue a sentence enhancement for Halterman as a repeat sexual offender. That could add time to any sentence Halterman receives.
Halterman was found guilty of 2nd-degree sexual assault of a child in Wisconsin in 2007, according to Evansville Police Department and Wisconsin court records. In an interview with EPD, Halterman reportedly told an investigator he served time in prison for the Wisconsin offense but that he did not commit it.
His initial hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday in Superior Court. Halterman was listed as an inmate at Vanderburgh County Jail as of Friday.
Iowa teen sentenced to probation, Fort Des Moines correctional facility for sexually abusing 9 y/o girl
Tyler J Davis, Des Moines Register
An 18-year-old Des Moines man received probation and will report to Fort Des Moines residential correctional facility for sexually abusing a young girl.
Skyler Alex Lynch of the 400 block of East Sixth Street was handed the sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty Jan. 31 to one count of second-degree sexual abuse, Iowa Courts Online records show.
Lynch will be on probation four years, will be on the state's sex-offender registry for four years and will have a lifetime of supervision by the Iowa Department of Corrections.
He was originally charged with three counts of second-degree sexual abuse and two counts of lascivious acts with a child for his sexual actions toward a 9-year-old.
A criminal complaint filed by Des Moines police in June 2018 states that Lynch repeatedly had sexual contact with the girl.
Specific dates of the abuse — which occurred on the city's near-north side — were not listed in any of the five reports, but Polk County Attorney's Office said the incidents happened in 2016 and 2017.
District Judge Robert B. Hanson denied a motion by Lynch's public defender, Matthew Sheeley, to have the case moved to juvenile court. Lynch turned 18 this month and would have been 16 when the abuse occurred.
Some attorneys want their clients' cases "waived" back to juvenile court because there are some ways to adjudicate a case that aren't available in adult court.
Jim Ward, juvenile bureau chief Polk County Attorney’s Office, said defendants may not have a record once their contact with the court is over and their sex-offender registry status can be removed through an application with the court.
Court records indicate that Hanson was not sure that Lynch would be best served in juvenile court, where he could receive treatment until he was 19-and-a half years old.
"The court is unable to conclude that there is adequate time to assure that defendant's alleged behaviors could be adequately addressed in juvenile court, including defendant's completion of a recommended course of sex offender treatment, given the alleged nature of defendant's behavior," Hanson wrote in his decision.
Lynch's repeated abuse factored in Hanson's decision to deny the waiver.
A no-contact order between Lynch and the victim is in effect for the next five years. The order extends to any child under 18, with the exception of incidental contact in public where "other responsible adults are present."
Court records do not say when Lynch is supposed to report to Fort Des Moines. An attempt Friday to reach Sheeley was unsuccessful.
Or why he is to report to Fort Des Moines, if he is on probation!!???
Vermont jury convicts man of child sexual assault
By Jim Therrien, Bennington Banner
BENNINGTON — A jury on Friday found Richard McLauchlan guilty of repeated aggravated sexual assault of a child and aggravated sexual assault of a child under 13 years old.
McLauchlan, 32, of Bennington, now faces no less than 25 years to life in prison for the first charge and a minimum of 10 years or a maximum of life in prison on the second.
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"The jury came back guilty on both counts," Deputy State's Attorney Alexander Burke said following the verdict. "The only comment I can make is that we are pleased with the outcome. I cannot say much more because we are pending sentencing."
He said Friday afternoon that no date had yet been set for the sentencing.
McLauchlan,was arrested in January 2018 and the following month pleaded not guilty to the two felony charges. The prosecution said charges stemmed from incidents in Bennington between 2015 and 2016.
The girl, now 8, testified on Thursday via video from another room at Superior Court Criminal Division. Her approximately half-hour of testimony was shown to the jurors and the rest of the courtroom on television monitors.
The victim was still hesitant to share information, as she had been during three interviews with an investigator in 2017. But she confirmed that drawings she made in 2017 to depict the abuse were accurate.
McLauchlan declined to testify during the two-day trial. The case went to the jury Thursday but no decision was reached until the next day.
In closing arguments, Burke argued that the victim clearly indicated in all of her statements that she was inappropriately touched, and the only person that ever inappropriately touched her was the defendant.
McLauchlan's attorney, Thomas Enzor, argued that the investigators in the case formed conclusions about the case before they learned the complete story, and that this led to a "slant" in the case against McLauchlan from the beginning.
Enzor also argued that since the victim declined to name specific private body parts, the jury could not come to the conclusion that McLauchlan committed any abuse.
On Wednesday, the Albany, N.Y., chapter of the Bikers Against Child Abuse were in the courthouse for the beginning of the McLauchlan trial, showing support for the victim. The group's website said in part that their goal is "to create a safer environment for abused children. We exist as a body of bikers to empower children to not feel afraid of the world in which they live."
During the trial Wednesday, jurors listened to multiple witnesses give testimony, including Bennington Police Department Detective Anthony Silvestro, who was the local investigator for the case.
Also testifying were the child's grandmother, with whom she now lives; McLauchlan's ex-girlfriend, who lived with McLauchlan during the timeframe of the alleged abuse, and an out-of-state child abuse investigator who interviewed the victim three times in 2017.
In an affidavit, Silvestro wrote that he was provided with a video recording of an interview between a 7-year-old girl and a child abuse investigator. The child, who now lives out of state, told the investigator that McLauchlan sexually assaulted her several times and that she did not feel safe near him.
The child described one incident in which McLauchlan took her to the doctor to be treated for her injuries, and he told doctors she had fallen over a fence. The child said McLauchlan "was trying to trick the doctors," the affidavit states.
When interviewed by police in November 2017, McLauchlan denied any wrongdoing.
West Virginia foster parent indicted on
charges of sexual abuse of minors
By MEGAN OSBORNE The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON — A Barboursville man accused of sexually abusing two minors who were in his custody as a foster parent from May to July 2018 is one of three people indicted by a Cabell County grand jury for sexual abuse and assault charges in February.
Dillard Duane Henline Jr., 50, was jailed Aug. 27, 2018. The grand jury indicted him on 38 total charges — eight counts of first-degree sexual assault, 19 counts of sexual abuse by parent, guardian or person in a position of trust to a child and 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse.
Henline was originally jailed on three counts of sexual abuse in the first degree and seven counts of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian or person of trust.
According to the criminal complaint filed in Cabell County Magistrate Court, two girls, ages 10 and 7 at the time of the alleged crimes, told representatives from the Children's Advocacy Center in a forensic interview that they were sexually abused and assaulted while in the care of foster parents.
Both victims disclosed the incidents occurred at Henline's residence on Lucky Lane in Barboursville while they were under his care as a foster father and while the foster mother was out of the house.
The indictment lists incidents including subjecting the children to sexual contact with his genitals, forcing oral sex on the children and forcing the children to perform oral sex on him.
According to the complaint, the children alleged Henline described some of the acts as “special treatment.”
West Virginia State Police Cpl. Marlene Moore was given video copies of the interviews and said in the criminal complaint both victims became embarrassed and upset while disclosing the sexual acts, but they were able to give important details.
Moore previously told The Herald-Dispatch this is a rare case and does not reflect the normality of the foster care system. She said the foster care system does everything in its power to protect children, and in this case everything had been done in that regard.
"It could happen in a child's home, in a store, at church — it could happen anywhere," Moore said. "I've never had a child tell me they didn't know who their abuser was. It's always someone familiar. If someone's going to take advantage of their vulnerability, they will."
Two other men were indicted for sex crimes in February.
Bobby E. Reynolds Jr., of Huntington, was indicted on 24 charges of first-degree sexual abuse and sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust to a child.
The indictment states Reynolds allegedly subjected a female child, who was between the ages of 6 and 8 at the time, to sexual contact on various dates between September 2012 and August 2014.
Leroy E. Collins III, of Columbus, Ohio, was indicted on three second-degree sexual assault charges in connection with an incident that occurred Aug. 25, 2017.
An indictment is a formal charge made against a person by a grand jury. It does not establish guilt or innocence.
FBI arrests Forida teacher accused of
producing, distributing child porn
WESH
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. —
A Seminole County kindergarten teacher was fired after she was accused of producing and distributing child pornography.
Audra Mabel, 34, was arrested Thursday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. An arrest affidavit said she was sending videos to a Sanford man that showed her abusing a child.
The investigation began when Sanford police started looking into allegations of child sexual abuse involving Mabel’s ex-boyfriend, Justin Ritchie. While searching his phone investigators said they found videos of Mabel abusing a child that appeared to be around the age of one.
Mabel used to work as a teacher in Lansing, Michigan and a criminal complaint said Mabel produced at least one sexually explicit video inside the school where she previously worked.
Mabel was a teacher at Spring Lake Elementary in Altamonte Springs. The district said it fired her immediately when it learned of her arrest.
Soldier Testifies to a Decade of Abuse at the Hands of Former Corrections Officer
One Survivor's Brutal Story
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions
of the sexual abuse of a child.
The first of former Correctional Officer Cory Jordan Fisher’s six alleged victims took the witness stand Thursday to describe the sexual and physical abuse he endured from grade school until shortly before he escaped by enlisting in the Army at age 17.
John Doe One, now a 23-year-old soldier, said the assaults began with “at least bi-weekly” incidents of being forced to masturbate or orally copulate Fisher. He also testified Fisher attempted to sodomize him as they lay in his bunk bed, and on one occasion he was forced to sodomize Fisher.
Under questioning by Deputy District Attorney Stacey Eads, Doe One said the first incident occurred as he lay in his bunk bed, with his younger brother above him in the top bunk. Fisher was tucking the two of them into bed. Doe One was in fourth or fifth grade at the time.
“He pulled his pants down and exposed his penis and testicles,” Doe One said. “… He was stroking his penis. He grabbed my hand and placed it on his penis. Then he let go and told me to do it.”
Asked how he felt at the time, Doe One said the feeling is hard to describe. He said he felt threatened, as though he was in a “hostile environment.”
Eads asked what happened after that incident, and Doe One said he remembers “ a lot more of the same. And it slowly graduated into the defendant wanting me to put my mouth on his penis.”
Later, Doe One said, the abuse changed to Fisher forcibly masturbating and orally copulating him. He would be told he could go to the mall or a movie or to hang out with friends, but first he had to allow Fisher to assault him.
Once, the two of them went camping at Big Lagoon, Doe One recalled. Fisher gave him whiskey and made him believe he knew about something Doe One had done wrong. Doe One eventually admitted he had smoked marijuana. He was drunk and emotional and began to cry. He said Fisher told him he was glad he admitted what he did, and then said “Your mother doesn’t have to know about this” as long as Doe engaged in oral copulation.
On another occasion, the two of them were in a hot tub together, Doe One said. Fisher removed his own swimming trunks and Doe One’s trunks, then told him if he didn’t do something “I was going to be in a world of hurt.”
The abuse continued as he grew older, but became less frequent, Doe One testified. He said each and every encounter was “against my will.”
Doe One also described multiple incidents of physical abuse. He said Fisher would squeeze his hand until if felt crushed. He would stomp on his toes, or crush the breath out of him by lying on top of him. Once, Doe One said, Fisher grabbed him by the shirt and threw him against the wall. Then Fisher “punched holes in the dry wall around my head.”
One day Fisher and Doe One were in a uniform store, he said, and the cashier showed them a Taser that had been returned because it didn’t work. Fisher demonstrated that it did work by tasing Doe One “in the middle of the store.”
He enlisted in the Army at age 17 because “I saw it as my only way out.” Before he left, Doe One testified, he told Fisher that if he ever learned he had molested his brothers or anyone else, “I would take his life.”
Doe One got married, with his wife being the first person he ever told about the sexual abuse. The second person was an Army chaplain in Afghanistan, where Doe One was stationed in a combat zone. He said the chaplain advised him to go to authorities to protect others from Fisher. While in Afghanistan, Doe One spoke with his mother and younger brother by phone.
He said it was then he learned his brother also had been molested, and he told his brother about his own abuse. “Both of us were just devastated for each other,” Doe One recalled.
His mother asked him to write a declaration about what had happened to him, which he did. Eads asked how he felt when writing the declaration. “Extremely nervous,” he said, adding he doesn’t want people to look down on him because of what he endured.
“I don’t want pity,” Doe One said. “I don’t want (people) to think I’m less of a man for what I’ve been through.”
Under cross examination by Deputy Conflict Counsel David Lee, representing Fisher, Doe One said Fisher wasn’t always angry and abusive but could become so “at the flip of a light switch.”
Lee questioned Doe One about what his mother knew about the abuse, and he defended her as being depressed and under a lot of stress. He said she wasn’t around when any of the sexual assaults occurred and only saw a few episodes of physical abuse.
Once when Fisher punched him in the face, Doe One recalled, his mother was ready to get a restraining order. But Fisher always managed, “somehow, some way,” to convince her and other people the incidents weren’t his fault and wouldn’t happen again.
Lee asked why he had never told his mother about his suffering, and Doe One said Fisher had convinced him she wouldn’t believe him. “Even if I would have told her,” he said, “the repercussions from the defendant would have been severe.”
Under questioning by Lee, Doe One recounted an episode in which Fisher had him cornered in a bathroom when he was about 16. He yelled at Fisher to get out, then punched him repeatedly in the face and chest. He said Fisher was left unconscious.
Asked why he hadn’t responded that way during other episodes of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault, Doe One said that’s “really hard to describe.” He said Fisher often plied him with alcohol or prescription drugs, “and I physically wasn’t really able to deny him the opportunity.”
Lee also wondered why Doe One’s brother, John Doe Two, told police he never told Doe One about the abuse. “Your brother denied being molested for days and weeks,” Lee said.
But Doe One stuck with his story. “I was told by him,” he said. “However it is his business to pursue.”
Fisher, 31, faces life in prison if convicted of all charges. He is accused of molesting three children, including Does One and Two, and also of sexually assaulting three inmates while he worked as a correctional officer at the jail. In his opening statement Thursday, Lee suggested the inmates concocted their stories after hearing Fisher had been charged with child molestation. One inmate in particular had been scheming to get money out of the county, Lee said, and eventually was paid $200,000 for the alleged assault by Fisher.
Fisher, sitting next to Lee at the counsel table, wore a blue dress shirt and a striped tie. He listened intently to the testimony, sometimes leaning forward. Occasionally he shook his head, as if in disbelief.
Testimony was expected to continue this morning before Judge Timothy Canning. The jury consists of nine men, three women and four male alternates.
Alabama man charged with sexual abuse of teen girl
Kirsten Fiscus, Montgomery Advertiser
A Pike Road man is behind bars, charged with sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl, according to deputies.
Richard Kyle Peters, 50, was arrested Thursday after he was questioned regarding the alleged sexual abuse, Capt. Trent Beasley, with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, said Friday morning.
School officials, who are mandatory reporters when it comes to abuse of children, informed deputies of the alleged abuse against the girl, Beasley said. According to an affidavit filed in court records, the victim is 15.
Beasley said as of Friday morning, investigators believed it was an isolated incident of sexual abuse that occurred recently. According to court records, the sexual contact occurred at Peters' home on Saw Tooth Loop on March 11 after 2 a.m.
"But the case is still under investigation," he said.
Beasley said Peters and the victim knew each other prior to the alleged sexual abuse.
According to court records, Peters is charged under a section of state law that says the victim was incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless or mentally incapacitated.
Peters remained in the Montgomery County Detention Facility on Friday with a $15,000 bond on the Class C felony.
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