Federal grand jury indicts 13 on child
charges
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Associated Press
MEMPHIS A federal grand jury indicted 13 people on child
charges yesterday, with four accused of enticing minors to take part in sex acts.
The charges allege that children between 3 and 13 years old were abused.
The accused range in age from 19 to 68, with the charges against them in multicount indictments each carrying penalties of five years to 30 years in prison.
Though the indictments were released at the same time, the accused aren't charged with being part of a
ring. Many of the charges are unrelated.
Authorities refused to discuss the investigation or describe the allegations.
The indictments charge Thomas Nelson Seaton, 59, of Memphis with enticing a girl younger than 7 to engage in ''sexually explicit conduct'' for the production of
.
Michael Ray Cline, 54, of Millington, Tenn., was charged with enticing a 3-year-old girl to have sexual intercourse and with producing child
.
Billy Thomas Phillips, 37, and Jamie Dawn Forrester, 34, both of Martin, Tenn., were accused of producing child
.
Their indictment accuses Forrester of engaging in ''sexually explicit conduct'' with a girl from the time the child was 11 years old until she was 13.
Also charged were Steven F. Baker, 51, of Cordova, Tenn.; Jerry Hazlerig Blair, 54, of Millington; Jimmie Kessner, 56, of Germantown, Tenn.; Jerra Lykins, 32, of West Liberty, Ky.;
Harold Mapstone, 68, of Bartlett, Tenn.; Wayne E. Ridenhour Jr., 37, of Memphis; Mark Frederick Straight, 41, of Chicago; Donald Ray Williams, 58, of Memphis; and Ryan Foster Woodruff, 19, of Germantown.
