ALABAMA
AL.com
By Erin Edgemon | eedgemon@al.com
on April 10, 2014
SELMA, Alabama — The Alabama pastor accused of raping a young family member is now being held in the Dallas County Jail on $2 million bond.
Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson said he asked Judge Robert Armstrong III to increase William Best’s bond from $250,000 during today’s arraignment after “more details came out about the horrific nature of the crime.”
Best, 47, was arrested Tuesday and charged with incest, second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy of an underage family member.
Best served as pastor of Living Waters Worship Center in Valley Grande for three years. The church’s board of directors unanimously voted to fire Best following his arrest Tuesday, WSFA reported.
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