Gadsden man arrested for sodomy and sex abuse of child Darrell Hartman faces charges of sodomy and sex abuse of a child. (Source: Etowah Co. Sheriff s Office) By WBRC Staff | May 18, 2021 at 3:06 PM CDT - Updated May 18 at 3:12 PM
GADSDEN, Ala. (WBRC) - A Gadsden man is charged with first-degree sodomy and sex abuse of a child less than 12, according to Etowah County Sheriff Jonathon Horton.
Darrell Robert Hartman is being held on a $150,000 bond. Investigators say Hartman’s victim was 8 years old when the abuse started and continued until she was 13 years old.
As a condition of Hartman’s bond he can not have contact with the victim or her family, no unsupervised contact with anyone under 18, and he has to be supervised by Etowah County Community Corrections.
Sheriff Jonathon Horton said jail personnel received assistance from the Etowah County Health Department, the state Department of Public Health and the Alabama National Guard in administering the vaccines.
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The Venue at Coosa Landing in Gadsden is hosting a Touch-A-Truck event featuring a variety of different kinds of vehicles from noon to 4 p.m. May 16, according to a press release.
Admission is $5 for ages 2-17 and free for children ages 2 and younger and adults ages 18 or older.
Event organizer Deborah Hawkins in the release said among the vehicles scheduled to be at the event are a fire truck, a police car, a trolley, an ambulance, an excavator, a wrecker, a taxi, a mail truck and a helicopter.
“Touch-A-Truck will be about as large as the last time we had it, but there will be more activities at this year’s event,” Hawkins said in the press release.
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A Gadsden man recently was arrested for domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation, according to a news release from Sheriff Jonathon Horton.
Investigators say the victim told them that Derric Dwayne Austin, 58, became angry with her, striking her in the head and then choking her until she was struggling to breathe.
Austin was released on $5,000 bond, with the stipulation that he have no contact with the victim. He also was served with a protection from abuse order.