A multi-state law enforcement effort contributed to the arrest of a LaRue County man.
Alan “Brent” French of Upton was arrested Friday on an outstanding warrant for first degree Incest, first degree Sodomy, and first degree Sexual Abuse.
The Hodgenville Police Department says their officers were made aware of allegations of a possible abuse case in January involving the 59-year-old French and two juvenile females, a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old. Charges were filed against French after it was determined one of the victims was assaulted in LaRue county.
“We received a complaint of a possible sexual assault of a child,” said Hodgenville Police Chief James Richardson. “When we looked into it, there were actually four victims, two of which have since moved to Caldwell, Idaho, so what we did was we contacted the Caldwell Police Department and they were gracious enough to assist us in that investigation, interviewed the children out there. We interviewed the two children that still live here in Kentucky.”
The HPD determined that one incident happened in LaRue County and believe three more occurred in Hardin County.
“So we reached out to Kentucky State Police, and we are working with them in order to take care of the issues that happened in Hardin County, and we’re taking care of the issues that happened in LaRue,” Richardson said.
French was lodged in the LaRue County Detention Center, and is scheduled to make an initial appearance in District Court on February 28.
