Crime & Safety

Smyrna Man Arrested on Sexual Battery Charges Involving a Minor

James Ronald Baughn is charged with inappropriately touching two Virginia children.

A Smyrna man has been arrested on sexual battery charges involving two children in Virginia.

James Ronald Baughn was arrested in Macon on charged that he inappropriately touched two children last September and October in James County, VA, reports the Virginia Gazette.

Police said Baughn, who was arrested Monday, knew his victims and frequently visited James County.

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He has been charged with aggravated sexual battery of a victim under 13 years old and simple assault and battery.

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