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3 Men Facing Child Sex Charges
Comments 0 | Recommend 0Chickamauga Police tell NewsChannel9 they're investigating a child molestation case involving multiple men and a single child.
Authorities have arrested 54-year-old David Hardin on two counts of child molestation.
In addition to Hardin, they've also arrested 21-year-old Kevin Hicks on two counts of statutory rape, and 19-year-old Preston Dennel on one count of statutory rape.
43-year-old Linda Hardin faces two counts of hindering apprehension. 58-year-old John Lovell faces one count.
According to Chickamauga Police, they began investigating earlier this week after numerous reports of sexual activity at a Lee Avenue home.
Police tell us both David and Linda Hardin, Dennel, and Hicks, all lived in a trailer park off Lee Avenue in Chickamauga. They also say that Dennel and Hicks both admitted to having sex with the child, while David Hardin watched.
Hardin is also alleged to have had sex with the child as well.
They add the case stretches into Tennessee and Georgia, and more arrests could be made in the case.
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