Former children's TV host to be arraigned on rape charges
Source: Associated Press
Former children's TV host to be arraigned on rape charges
Updated 2:22 pm, Saturday, May 14, 2016
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) A former children's television show host who vanished decades ago amid allegations he sexually abused children on a camping trip in Louisiana is due to be arraigned Monday on rape charges.
Almost 40 years after he was accused of obscene behavior with young boys, 76-year-old Frank John Selas III on Thursday was brought to the Rapides Parish Detention Center, according to the Daily Town Talk (http://townta.lk/1WxqOGP ). Selas' lawyer says his client is innocent of the charges.
Selas was transferred to central Louisiana from a San Diego County jail in California. He was arrested on Jan. 25 at his home in Bonita, California.
In February, he was indicted by a Rapides grand jury on two counts of aggravated rape, three counts of sexual battery and eight counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Former-children-s-TV-host-to-be-arraigned-on-rape-7468793.php
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