March 14, 2005

Pastor charged with sexual assault, drug possession

FORT WORTH (TX)
Duluth News Tribune

BY ANTHONY SPANGLER AND MARK AGEE
Knight Ridder Newspapers

FORT WORTH, Texas - (KRT) - Bishop Terry L. Hornbuckle, pastor of Agape Christian Fellowship church in Arlington, Texas, has been charged with rape and drug possession after complaints filed by three women who attended the church.

Hornbuckle, 43, of Grapevine, Texas, was arrested Friday on the sexual assault charges and was being released Monday when a felony drug possession case was filed against him.

"He was in his street clothes and we were ready to turn him loose. Then we got word of the new charge," said Terry Grisham, a spokesman for the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department.

Sheriff's deputies said they found 1 to 4 grams of suspected methamphetamine inside Hornbuckle's vehicle after his arrest, court and jail officials said.

Posted by kshaw at March 14, 2005 10:19 PM