NEW INFO: Charges, Bond Reduced for Man Charged with Sexual Abuse
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Updated: 4:30 PM Mar 22, 2010
NEW INFO: Charges, Bond Reduced for Man Charged with Sexual Abuse
Bond has been reduced, and several charges have been dropped against a man who's accused of sexually abusing two young family members.
Posted: 4:30 PM Mar 22, 2010
Reporter: WSAZ News Staff
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UPDATE at 4:15 p.m. March 22
JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A man who's accused of sexually abusing two young family members was in court Monday afternoon.

A clerk at Jackson County Magistrate Court says Adam Dunlap waived his preliminary hearing Monday for a reduction in bond.

Before Monday's hearing, Dunlap was charged with 117 counts of sexual abuse, and his bond was set for $495,000.

Now, Dunlap's bond is $258,000 with the understanding that if he posts bond, he will have to be on home confinement.

30 misdemeanor counts of 3rd degree sexual abuse have also been dropped. Dunlap now faces 87 felony counts of sexual abuse.

According to the criminal complaint, Dunlap abused one of the boys for about seven years. The other victim told police that the abuse happened to him during the summer of 2005.

Police say Dunlap used to babysit the boys.



UPDATE at 9pm
JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- We have new details on the sexual abuse case in Jackson County.

Adam Dunlap faces 117 charges in connection with the sexual abuse of two young family members.

According to the criminal complaint, Dunlap abused one of the boys for about seven years. The other victim told police that the abuse happened to him during the summer of 2005.

Police say Dunlap used to babysit the boys, and the acts he's accused of are too disturbing to share.

Dunlap remained in the South Central Regional Jail Wednesday night on a $495,000 bond.



ORIGINAL STORY
JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A man from Jackson County, West Virginia is facing more than a hundred of counts of sexual assault for allegedly molesting two young family members. According to the criminal complaint, Adam Dunlap was arrested Wednesday and charged with 117 counts of sexual assault.

Police say Dunlap abused a 13 and a 14 year old between 2005 and 2006. Investigators say the alleged abuse would happen while Dunlap was watching the children while their parents were at work. Dunlap is in the South Central Regional Jail on a $495,000 bond.

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