A known sex offender finds himself in the Elmore County Jail charged with transmitting obscene material to a minor.
The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office arrested Richard Witcher, 61, Tuesday and he was booked into the Elmore County Jail.
“We had some gay porngraphy that was transmitted to a 14-year-old boy that is known to Mr. Witcher,” Elmore County sheriff Bill Franklin said. “It came from Mr. Witcher’s phone.”
Witcher is a registered sex offender. He was convicted of sexual abuse of child under 12 in 1993. Current records list Witcher’s residence in Selma.
Franklin said the defendant is denying the allegations he sent the obscene material.
“He is saying someone got his phone and did that,” Franklin said.
The case will be presented to an Elmore County Grand Jury.
Witcher has a $30,000 cash bond available to him.
