Related News: 80-year-old man gets 10 years for child molestation

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An 80-year-old Dothan man received a 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to molesting a 7-year-old Ozark girl.

Assistant Houston County District Attorney Banks Smith said Devon Burlingham, of South Appletree Street, pleaded guilty to a felony sex abuse of a child under the age of 12 charge. As part of the plea agreement Burlingham received a 10-year prison sentence.

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Related News: Dothan school resource officer arrested for sexual relations with student

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A Dothan Police Department School Resource Officer is under arrest after being charged with having a sex with a student. During an investigation, authorities say the officer, Lanice Bonds, confessed to the accusations.

The investigation started on September 17 when the Dothan City Schools forwarded a complaint to the Dothan Police Department regarding a complaint of an inappropriate relationship between the officer and a high school student.

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Related News: Missing Huntsville teen rescued in human trafficking case

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A Huntsville teen reported missing in a kidnapping/human trafficking case has been rescued, according to authorities in Louisiana.

Investigators said the victim, whose identity is not being released, left Huntsville freely on Sept. 20 with the two suspects. Once they arrived in Beaumont, Texas, the suspects took the victim’s phone and gave her a “GO” phone.

According to the Lake Charles Police Department in Louisiana, a personal website advertising the teen as an escort was set up and she was told she would provide escort services for men. After one night in Beaumont, the victim and both suspects traveled to Lake Charles. Once there, the suspects established another website advertising the victim as an escort.

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Related News: Dothan man gets 10 years for sending nude photo to girl

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A Dothan man received a 10-year prison sentence for sending a nude picture of himself to a teenage girl, and possessing several nude pictures of the same girl.

Assistant Houston County District Attorney Kristen Shields said 49-year-old Franklin Whaples pleaded guilty to four felony sexual assault related charges in front of Circuit Court Judge Michael Conaway.

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Related News: Tallassee police charge man with enticement of a child

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The Tallassee Police Department says it has arrested and charged a suspect with enticement of a child.

Tallassee police say 24-year-old Randy Travis Navarre was arrested late Thursday evening and charged with electronic solicitation of a child.

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Related News: Man pleads guilty to sex charges

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The county’s cold case task force earned its first conviction Friday, and in doing so, cleared two child sex abuse cases.

District Attorney Walt Merrell said the conviction of 62-year-old David Ozie Griggs of Andalusia came after the office discovered Griggs’ tie with a case from 2009.

“This case came to our attention when Chief Assistant District Attorney Grace Jeter discovered an unsolved sexual abuse case that Griggs was connected to while she was preparing a case for trial in another matter involving Griggs,” Merrell said.

Source: Andalusia Star News

Related News: Headland man faces nearly four dozen sex charges on 14-year-old girl

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A Headland man faces nearly four dozen felony sexual assault-related charges involving a 14-year-old girl.

Headland Police Chief Mark Jones led a joint law enforcement press conference Wednesday afternoon to outline the charges filed against 32-year-old Randy Lee Cook Jr.

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Related News: Jack man on trial for sex charges

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A Jack man, who was said in court testimony to be an Iraq veteran and former prison guard, is on trial at the Dale County Courthouse this week to face multiple sex-related charges for which he was arrested last year.

Christopher Carroll Lively, 36, was charged in March 2012 with first-degree rape and sodomy, second-degree rape and sodomy, and incest. Authorities said Lively allegedly committed the crimes against a girl younger than 16 for almost a decade in multiple different states.

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Related News: Investigators ask for help identifying possible sexters

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Huntsville investigators need your help identifying men who police believe are violating an eighth-grader continuously by sending her lewd pictures of themselves.

Sexting is a crime that grows as technology advances. Some teens believe it only affects your reputation. But when it involves children, it inherently involves police.

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Related News: Enterprise man gets over six years for child pornography

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An Enterprise man recently received a 78-month federal prison sentence for the possession of child pornography.

Federal court records show U.S. Judge Mark Fuller sentenced Shawn Patrick Douglas to serve 78 months, or more than six years, in federal prison. Douglas pleaded guilty in March to the felony possession of child pornography charge.

Source: Dothan Eagle