By John Estridge
Christopher Richardson’s jury trial is scheduled for 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 25, in Union Circuit Court.
Richardson, Eaton, Ohio, is charged with two Class A Felonies and one Class C Felony regarding Child Molesting.
According to the Charging Information, Indiana State Police Detective Andrew Wandersee investigated this case in 2018. With the two Class A Felonies, Richardson is accused of having sex with a person less than 14 years of age. And the Class C Felony charge is that he fondled a person less than 14 years of age.
Wandersee alleges this activity happened between Jan, 1, 2014 and May 1, 2014 in Union County.
Union Circuit Court Judge Matthew Cox reviewed the Probable Cause Affidavit written by Wandersee and filed by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office and issued an arrest warrant on October 15, 2018. Richardson was arrested on April 2, 2019.
Richmond attorney Craig Parker was appointed as Richardson’s defense attorney. Parker filed a request for a bond reduction in 2019. A Bond Reduction Hearing occurred on April 15, 2019, and Cox denied the request on May 10, 2019.
Originally, the jury trial was set for June 25, 2019, but through motions for continuances and then the COVID-19 shutdown earlier this year, the trial final rescheduling occurred on June 2 of this year.
If convicted of a Class A Felony, Richardson could receive a prison sentence between 20 and 50 years in prison. A Class C Felony conviction carries with it a sentence of between two and eight years in prison.
Information for this was found on mycase.in.gov and files in the Union Circuit Court Clerk’s Office.