Related News: Former Oak Mountain Middle teacher gets prison for sex act with student

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A former teacher at Oak Mountain Middle School pleaded guilty this morning to one felony count of being a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student younger than 19.

Under the plea agreement, Jeffery Scott Atkins, who turns 41 on Wednesday, received a sentence of 20 years in prison that was split to require him to serve three years with the remaining term suspended. Following his release he will be placed on five years of supervised probation.

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Related News: Headland man charged with child solicitation

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Hartford police recently arrested a Headland man on child solicitation charges.

Hartford Police Chief Annie Ward said police arrested 33-year-old Fernando Carrazco-Casillas on Monday and charged him with felony traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act and felony electronic solicitation of a child for an unlawful sex act.

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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: 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.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Cheerleader accused of prostituting younger student

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A suburban Minneapolis high school cheerleader is accused of prostituting a younger student by creating an online ad and taking her to see potential customers, pocketing $60 in one case.

Montia Marie Parker, 18, of Maple Grove, faces felony charges of sex trafficking and promoting prostitution. She is scheduled to appear in court June 12.

Source: NBC News

Related News: Enterprise church youth leader faces rape charge

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An Enterprise youth director faces a felony charge alleging he sexually assaulted a teenage girl.

According to a statement from Enterprise Police Sgt. Billy Haglund, police arrested Timothy Thomas, 25, of Enterprise, and charged him with felony second-degree rape.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Man gets 12 years for molesting 8-year-old girl

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A Houston County judge recently sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for molesting an 8-year-old girl.

Assistant Houston County District Attorney Patrick Amason said Circuit Court Judge Kevin Moulton gave 24-year-old Lorenzo Chitay the sentence last week after he pleaded guilty to a felony sex abuse of a child under the age of 12 charge.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Enterprise man faces federal child porn charges

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An Enterprise man faces multiple felony child pornography related charges after agents with the U.S. Marshals Service arrested him on Wednesday.

Federal court records show agents arrested Vernon Wayne Smith Jr., 43, and charged him as part of a five-count felony indictment.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Columbia man found guilty of molesting girl

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A Houston County jury convicted a Columbia man on Thursday of repeatedly molesting a girl over a six-to-eight-year period.

Assistant Houston County District Attorney Kristen Shields said the jury found 40-year-old Todd Whitehead guilty of multiple felony sexual assault charges, which included rape, sex abuse and incest.

Shields said sheriff’s deputies took Whitehead into custody after the guilty verdict. He’d previously been released on bail.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Two Wiregrass men plead guilty to federal child porn charges

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Two Wiregrass men recently pleaded guilty to unrelated federal child porn-related charges.

In the first case, Joseph Kyle Edberg, who was originally charged with a 12-count felony indictment involving the receiving of child pornography and the possession of child pornography, pleaded guilty earlier this week to a reduced charge of a single felony count of possessing child pornography.
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Edberg, who will be sentenced at a later date, faces not more than 10 years in prison and a fine of not more than $250,000. Federal court records show Edberg remains released on bail until his sentencing hearing.

Source: Dothan Eagle