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Kilgore News Herald
By JAMES DRAPER
news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
A Rusk County Grand Jury reindicted Glenn Douglas Barton for aggravated sexual assault of a child last week following an analysis of DNA evidence collected by local investigators.
Awaiting the forensic report, Rusk County District Attorney Micheal Jimerson dismissed the original indictment against Barton after his March 4 arrest stemming from KPD’s investigation into allegations he sexually abused a young family member for several years.
At the time of his first arrest Barton was senior pastor of Calvary Way Church in Kilgore, taken into custody at his residence on the grounds of the West Woodlawn ministry.
Facing the new first degree felony, on Friday the 62-year-old turned himself in to the Rusk County Jail and was later released on $50,000 bond. His defense attorney could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
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