MCALLEN (TX)
The Monitor
October 30,2005
Brittney Booth
The Monitor
McALLEN — Former Trinity Worship Center music minister Robert Dale Franklin — who pleaded guilty to molesting a 14-year-old boy in March — is scheduled to return to Hidalgo County this week to serve out 10 years probation.
Franklin, 39, who pleaded guilty to two felony counts of sexual assault in March and thus averted facing 10 additional charges that he gave marijuana and cocaine to his victim, begins his probation after serving the six-month prison term and undergoing the 30-day drug treatment program 332nd state District Judge Mario Ramirez sentenced him to after the plea.