GILMER MAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILD

(01/26/2012)
The West Virginia State Police have arrested a Gilmer County man on five counts of first degree sexual abuse and one count of providing false information to a trooper.

According to a criminal complaint, Jimmie Stewart, 52, of Sand Fork, is accused of sexually abusing a juvenile girl, age 10, up to five times.

Police said Stewart denied touching the girl and said on one occasion, the girl flirted with him.

He is being held in the Central Regional Jail on $25,200.00 bond.