Related News: Two men charged with soliciting sex from minors

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Local authorities recently arrested two Wiregrass men on electronic solicitation and traveling to meet a child for sex charges as a result of separate investigations.

Court records show an Enterprise man faces four felony charges after investigators with the Houston County Sheriff’s Office arrested him on Tuesday. Investigators charged Roberto Paiz Bernaba, 30, of Dixie Drive, with traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, electronic solicitation of a child for an unlawful sex act, second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy.

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Related News: Clayton man faces federal child enticement charge

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A Clayton man captured as part of nationwide manhunt during a teenage abduction was in federal court Wednesday on additional charges recently filed against him regarding the sexual enticement of a minor.

Federal court records show Charles Dean Partin was arraigned Wednesday on a two-count felony indictment recently returned against him.

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Related News: Houston County deputies make child porn arrest

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Houston County Sheriff’s investigators recently arrested a 48-year-old man on multiple child pornography-related charges.

Sheriff’s Capt. Antonio Gonzalez said investigators arrested Franklin Lee Whaples, of Melrose Lane, on Friday, and charged him with three felony counts of the possession of child pornography and felony transmitting obscene matter to a child using a computer.

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Related News: Ozark man pleads guilty to child porn

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An Ozark man charged with molesting an 11-year-old girl last year pleaded guilty to other charges relating to child pornography on Tuesday, while a man in an unrelated case initially charged with attempted murder pleaded guilty to multiple other charges.

James Raymond Troxell, 33, of Brandi Lane in Ozark, pleaded guilty to two counts of child pornography and was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison. Dale County District Attorney Kirke Adams said Troxell is also expected to register as a sex offender.

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Related News: Deputies make child molestation arrest

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Houston County Sheriff’s investigators arrested a Pennsylvania teenager on a charges he molested a 10-year-old Dothan girl.

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Related News: A dangerous web

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Local authorities made at least a dozen arrests in the last year and a half on charges involving the alleged solicitation of children through the Internet or by other electronic means.

The offenses in some of the dozen criminal cases across Henry and Houston counties allegedly involve the use of either e-mail, social media accounts such as Facebook and/or cell phones to elicit unlawful activity with children.

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Related News: Ozark man’s bail reduced for child solicitation charges

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Lewis made his decision after hearing arguments last week from the prosecution and attorney Bill Kominos, who represented Gericke in court.

Records show Lewis reduced the bail with several conditions, which included he wear an electronic monitor to be paid for his own expense. Lewis also ordered Gericke to have no contact with anyone under the age of 19 other than immediate family members.

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Related News: Wicksburg student faces terroristic threats charge

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Houston County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Tony Gonzalez said Friday that the 13-year-old student has been charged with making terroristic threats based on an investigation earlier this week.

Gonzalez said the arrest was related to statements made on Facebook. He said the student did not have a specific plan, nor did he have weapons.

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Related News: Eufaula man charged with molesting girl

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Henry County authorities arrested a Eufaula man earlier this week and charged him with molesting a girl under the age of 12.

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Related News: Man gets 20 years for molesting sisters

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A Dothan man received a 20-year prison sentence on Tuesday for molesting two young girls.

Court records show Circuit Court Judge Brad Mendheim sentenced 37-year-old James Roscoe Windham to a 20-year sentence for each of his four felony sex abuse of a child less than 12 convictions.

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