Man set for trial in District Court Monday

Thursday, October 21, 2010

A local man is set to go to trial in Bourbon County District Court Monday after being arrested more than two years ago for his alleged involvement in several sex offenses and child abuse, court records show.

Douglas Page was arrested in September 2008 and charged with one count of child abuse, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, one count of aiding and abetting aggravated criminal sodomy, and one count of indecent solicitation of a child, records state.

The trial is set to begin at 9 a.m. on the third floor of the Bourbon County Courthouse, 210 S. National Ave.

The abuse is believed to have occurred on or about Sept. 6, 2008, the aggravated criminal sodomy is believed to have occurred between June 20 and Sept. 12, 2008, the aiding and abetting is believed to have occurred on or about Sept. 13, 2008. The solicitation charge, involving a 15-year-old child is believed to have occurred between Sept. 13 and Sept. 16, 2008, records state.

The solicitation charge, involving a 15-year-old child, is believed to have occurred between Sept. 13 and Sept. 16, 2008, court records state.

The child abuse and solicitation charges carry sentences of 31-136 months and 17-46 months,Tribune Staff Report

A local man is set to go to trial in Bourbon County District Court Monday after being arrested more than two years ago for his alleged involvement in several sex offenses and child abuse, court records show.

Douglas Page was arrested in September 2008 and charged with one count of child abuse, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, one count of aiding and abetting aggravated criminal sodomy, and one count of indecent solicitation of a child, records state.

The trial is set to begin at 9 a.m. on the third floor of the Bourbon County Courthouse, 210 S. National Ave.

The abuse is believed to have occurred on or about Sept. 6, 2008, the aggravated criminal sodomy is believed to have occurred between June 20 and Sept. 12, 2008, the aiding and abetting is believed to have occurred on or about Sept. 13, 2008. The solicitation charge, involving a 15-year-old child is believed to have occurred between Sept. 13 and Sept. 16, 2008, records state.

The solicitation charge, involving a 15-year-old child, is believed to have occurred between Sept. 13 and Sept. 16, 2008, court records state.

The child abuse and solicitation charges carry sentences of 31-136 months and 17-46 months, respectively, according to court records. The two charges involving criminal sodomy each carry sentences of 25 years to life, court records show.