WEST VIRGINIA
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
By Samantha Perry
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
BLUEFIELD — A former church youth volunteer was arrested Thursday afternoon on 38 counts of child sexual abuse related charges.
Timothy Probert, 55, of Bluefield, was taken into custody by Sgt. M.D. Clemons, with the Crimes Against Children Unit of the West Virginia State Police. The alleged crimes stem from incidents that occurred when Probert was a youth volunteer at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Bluefield.
Probert is charged with 22 counts of sexual abuse by a custodian; six counts of first-degree sexual abuse; seven counts of third-degree sexual assault; one count of distribution and display of obscene matter to a minor; one count of use of obscene matter with intent to seduce a minor; and one count of use of a minor to produce obscene matter or to assist in doing sexually explicit conduct.
Clemons said the abuse charges stem from incidents that date back to 1986. The last incident occurred between July 2008 and 2010.
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