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LACEY’S SPRING-The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release concerning the arrest of a Lacey’s Spring man who has been charged with several charges including Sex Offense charges:
“On Saturday, January 21, Deputies responded to a Sexual Assault in Lacey’s Spring. After interviewing the victim, Deputies and Investigators developed Christopher Walter Hutchens, 23 of Lacey’s Spring, as a suspect.
Deputies and Investigators attempted to contact Hutchens who fled on foot from a residence on Mack Brown Rd in Lacey’s Spring.
Deputies and Investigators located the subject in a wood line where he proceeded to brandish a handgun. Deputies were able to disarm the subject and take him into custody.
Investigators have charged Hutchens with:
13A-6-66 – Sex Offense-Sexual Contact – Compulsion – No Consent
13A-10-52 – Attempting to Elude a Police Officer (Misdemeanor)
13A-6-23 – Menacing (Gun)
Bond was set at $200,600.00. (The original 2 million dollar bond was incorrectly entered into the jail system)
Hutchens was transported to and booked in the Morgan County Jail.
Arrests are public information. Any indication of an individual’s arrest does not imply they have been convicted of a crime. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Bond, if applicable, is set by the courts using the bond schedule set by the legislature.”