Staff Report
On January 4, 2024, a Geraldine man was booked into the Marshall County Jail and charged with Sodomy first-degree and Sexual Abuse of a Child Less Than Twelve.
According to News Channel 19, Billy Lee, 48, of Geraldine, was arrested on Wednesday, January 3, following an investigation by Marshall County Sheriff’s Investigators and Marshall County DHR. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies responded to a home near Swearengin on December 28 and made contact with a child.
During an investigation, detectives say they learned the six-year-old had disclosed to the parents that a visiting family member – later identified as Lee – had engaged with them ‘in a sexual nature.’ Relatives told investigators Mr. Lee was “highly intoxicated and passed out” inside the home.
Deputies found Lee in a bedroom in the house.
Lee had active warrants through the Fyffe Police Department and was taken into custody on those warrants without incident, MCSO said.
The Children’s Advocacy Center interviewed the child, and warrants were obtained for Lee’s arrest in Marshall County the following day.
Lee was released from the Alabama Department of Corrections in October of this year on a Mandatory Release.
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