Brookhaven Man Arrested for Sexually Touching a Child at a Church
By Danielle Avitable
Josiah D. Franklin made his first appearance in court Thursday morning. The judge set his bond at $25,000, however, the 22-year old remains behind bars and charged with gratification of lust touching of a child. Detective Clint Earls with the Brookhaven Police Department says the incident happened Monday evening at a local church and Franklin was arrested Tuesday. Joshua Franklin tells us, it was his brother Josiah who called police about what he allegedly did at Christ Church International. "My brother has never been in trouble with the law, this is his first time and he actually admitted it to the police himself," says Joshua. Angie Williams has lived on Smith Lake Road across from the church for years. She says nothing like this has happened before, "Children cannot defend themselves, they do not ask to be born and brought into the bad and my heart goes out to the child because the children are innocent.” If Franklin is convicted of touching a child for lustful purposes, he could get up to 15 years in prison with a fine up to $5,000.
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