Father charged with molesting teens:Also indicted for giving pot at son’s party
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The suspect, Terry Allen Hedgecoth, 39, was hit with a 14-count indictment recently which included four counts of sexual battery for his alleged inappropriate physical contact with two 14-year-old girls who attended the party. He is also charged with five counts of casual exchange of drugs for providing marijuana to boys and girls, ages 14 to 16, who were at the party. Five more counts were brought for providing the teen-agers with alcohol.
According to sheriff’s department reports, the incidents grew out of a party for one of Hedgecoth’s sons who was celebrating his 18th birthday. Lawmen say, along with adults, there were several juveniles attending the party, many of whom were offered mixed drinks and a marijuana bong.
It was also during the party one of the alleged 14-year-old female molestation victims told her mother Hedgecoth had not only touched her during the party, but had also made inappropriate advances over a month before. The mother, at that point, went to confront Hedgecoth at the party and reportedly walked into a room to find another 14-year-old girl, partly clothed, with the suspect.
Deputies were called to the scene where they found the second 14-year-old girl and took her for examination at the hospital. Many of the party-goers had dispersed by the time police arrived given word of a pending raid. At this point, Hedgecoth is the only person indicted for the party.