RICHARDS FACING NEW CHARGES - Currently Held In Regional Jail

(02/07/2002)
A Calhoun man, 37-year-old John M. Richards, is facing additional charges related to sexual misconduct. Richards is currently serving a six month sentence in Central Regional Jail, related to indecent exposure and fleeing in Wood County.

The new charges are linked to an incident at a Bowman Street parking lot in Spencer last July. Richards is accused of approaching two teenage girls, exposing himself and asking them to participate in a sex act. Spencer Police have brought two counts each of indecent exposure and solicitation of a lewd sex act.

Spencer Police had earlier charged Richards for indecent exposure and assault, among other charges, for an incident act at a Spencer laundry in December.