A Timbo man already facing three felony charges of rape, second-degree sexual assault, and sexual indecency with a child has now been hit with 11 new felony counts.
Earlier this year, a report from the Child Abuse Hot Line forwarded to the Stone County Sheriff’s Department led to the arrest of a Timbo man. Court information said Johnny Baker (pictured below), 55, was arrested and charged on Sept. 28 for the rape, sexual assault, and sexual indecency charges. At the time, authorities seized a cell phone and obtained a search warrant for the phone’s data. The new charges relate to 11 explicit images allegedly found on the phone.
Baker now faces 11 felony counts of pandering or possessing visuals of a person involved with sexually explicit conduct with a child.
The court record also shows that the prosecution has asked for a bond of $400,000 dollars for Baker. His earlier charges carried a bond of $200,000.
Image: Stone County Sheriff’s Department
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