By Matt Elofson
Dothan Eagle
December 8, 2010
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| Edward Earl Davis |
Geneva police arrested a 74-year-old retired minister and charged him with molesting a teenage boy from Florida.
Lt. Ricky Morgan said police arrested Edward Earl Davis and charged him with felony second-degree sodomy. Morgan said the arrest was the result of a month-long investigation into a report of sexual abuse of the teen boy.
"He just basically baited, lured him in and befriended him," Morgan said. "He met the victim in church. He met him in a church in Holmes County."
Morgan said deputies with the Holmes County Sheriff's Office in Florida assisted them in their investigation. He also said the alleged sexual abuse acts happened both in Geneva County and in Holmes County. He said in Geneva they happened at Davis' home over the past year, and as recently as last month.
Geneva County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Tony Helms said deputies served the warrant charging Davis with second-degree sodomy after he turned himself in to the Geneva County Jail on Tuesday. Helms said Davis was being held at the Geneva County Jail on a $25,000 bond. Davis faces two to 20 years in prison if convicted of the class B felony crime of second-degree sodomy.
Morgan said Davis retired from serving as a minister of a church in Geneva about five years ago.
Holmes County Sheriff's Lt. John Tate said an investigator has an open, ongoing investigation into similar allegations in Florida.
"If there are any other victims that do come forward then there definitely would be some potential for some more charges," Morgan said.
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