A 44 year old Smithville man recently charged with sexual exploitation of a minor after photos and videos of child porn were allegedly found on his laptop computer has been indicted by the DeKalb County Grand Jury.
Louis Simon Lopez, III was indicted Monday for the crime and will be arraigned Monday, April 10 in DeKalb County Criminal Court.
According to Chief Mark Collins, Smithville Police were informed on Saturday, January 7 that Lopez was the owner of a laptop that had several pictures and videos of what appeared to be children under the age of 18 naked and engaging in sex acts. Upon investigation, a warrant was obtained and Lopez was taken into custody without incident.
Lopez reportedly has a criminal record. He was a member of the U.S. Army and received a bad conduct discharge.
64 year old Walter Kenneth Tubbs of Murfreesboro and formerly of Smithville was indicted for rape. He will be arraigned Monday. Tubbs is accused of raping a woman at her residence on Smith Road Tuesday, July 26, 2016. According to the warrant, Tubbs allegedly rubbed the woman’s breast and then took his hand and put it down her pants. The woman told him to stop immediately. Tubbs then allegedly used force to remove the woman’s pants and underwear and he had sex with her against her will. The whole time the woman told Tubbs to stop what he was doing or she would scream. After the incident Tubbs apologized and pleaded for the woman not to press charges. He also called family members and apologized to them for what he had done, according to the warrant.
26 year old Jeffery Mark Hatfield was indicted for two counts of child abuse. He will be arraigned Monday. He is accused of leaving two youngsters home alone, including one who wandered out into the road.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that a detective was patrolling Adcock Cemetery Road just before dark on Thursday, January 12 when he came upon a three year old girl standing in the center of the road. After almost hitting the child, he stopped and tended to the youngster while contacting the Department of Children Services. After searching for more than an hour, authorities finally located the child’s home. Upon arrival, they found a two year old boy who was home alone. According to Sheriff Ray, Hatfield left the children in an unsafe situation placing them in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury.
41 year old Robin Clark Green was indicted for violation of the sex offender registry. He will be arraigned Monday. Green is accused of not giving timely notice after relocating from Cannon to DeKalb County. According to Sheriff Ray, Green moved from Cannon to DeKalb County without giving notice within 24 hours of the move in violation of the sex offender registration law. “On Wednesday, January 13 a Sheriff’s Department Detective went to 267 Ragland Bottom Road to tell Green that his address needed to be changed on the sex offender registry. Green was told that he had twenty four hours from the time he moved to change the address. On January 19, the detective spoke with Cannon County officials who said that Green had not changed his address and was still registered in Cannon County,” said Sheriff Ray. Green was subsequently placed under arrest
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