MONROE COUNTY, Miss. — A 55-year-old Missouri man was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force on Sept. 10 after Monroe County Sheriff’s Office SVU investigators obtained a felony warrant charging him with molestation of a minor.
Thomas Hendricks, currently of Missouri, is being brought back to Monroe County to answer to the charge, according to the sheriff’s office.
Hendricks was presented to a Monroe County grand jury on the charge in July. The investigation began back in April, when a young woman came forward to investigators with allegations that the abuse occurred when she was in her early teens and Hendricks was still living in Monroe County.
The investigation is ongoing. Hendricks’ bond has been set at $25,000.
Jon R Myers is the executive editor of Alcorn County News and the founder of the Mississippi News Group, which he started in 2013 to cover communities across North Mississippi. He also founded the Mississippi Sports Group in 2006, which grew from a single community publication into a statewide network covering high school and college athletics. He reports on local government, public safety, schools and community life in Corinth and Alcorn County, working from public meetings, agency records and interviews with the people involved. Contact him at editor@alcornnewsms.com with news tips or corrections. For a correction, include the article link and supporting source material.
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