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Updated: 2:02 AM May 17, 2008
Man Charged with 450+ Sex Charges
State Police have arrested and charged a man from Charleston with more than 450 counts of sexual assault and abuse.
Posted: 6:34 PM May 16, 2008Reporter: Mike Waterhouse Email Address: mike.waterhouse@wsaz.com |
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- State Police have arrested and charged a man from Charleston with more than 450 counts of sexual assault and abuse.
According to a news release from Sergeant Kenneth McCord with the West Virginia State Police, 26-year-old Samuel Tolbert was having sexual relations for more than a year with a girl who is now 14 years old.
McCord says the victim's grandparents contacted troopers after seeing him sleep in the same bed as the girl.
The victim told investigators that the abuse had been going on since January, 2007, according to McCord.
Tolbert is charged with 232 counts of third degree sexual assault and 232 counts of of third degree sexual abuse.
Troopers also arrested the victim's mother, 38-year-old Lora Hedricks. She's charged with 232 counts of child neglect.
McCord says Hedricks knew that her daughter and Tolbert were sharing a bedroom and that she was aware of how serious the relationship had become since Tolbert moved in with them.
According to McCord, Tolbert has no prior convictions of sexually-related crimes and is not a registered sex offender.
Both Tolbert and Hedricks were arraigned before a Kanawha County magistrate Friday night.
Child Protective Services has taken custody of the alleged victim.
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okay you all have your opion and im gonna put my opion in you all say that they should lock the guy and the mother up for life okay you all dont have the right to judge the mother and the guy only god does and you dont know the whole story maybe all of it is just a lie maybe thats why the mother charges got dropped and it was the step father who really messed with the girl not the guy maybe he was just helping the mother out around the house cleaning it and getting her sons up for school because maybe everyone else in the house that were suppose to be grown people wouldnt help her so who are you all to judge the guy and the girl when you all havent heard both sides of the story
for one thing this is the real isis and how ever used my name on here better quint becouse it is not funny.
for one thing the boyfriend had controll over the house and everyone in it.
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