Rowan man faces charges for sex crimes involving children, drug offenses John Thomas Leach is being held under a bond of $800,000. (Source: Rowan Sheriff s Office) By David Whisenant | April 1, 2021 at 6:24 AM EDT - Updated April 1 at 6:24 AM
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - On Wednesday, the Rowan County Sheriffâs Office arrested John Thomas Leach, 38, of Salisbury, for numerous narcotics and weapons violations. The United States Marshallâs Service had located Leach at 506 Harris Road, Salisbury.
Leach had outstanding warrants in regards to a Salisbury City Police Department Investigation which included: assault on a child under 12, statutory sex offense with a child, statutory rape of a child under 13, and indecent liberties with a child.
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Inmates at Kentucky jail building beds for children in their community
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and last updated 2021-03-17 16:04:57-04
ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. â Inside the walls of the Rowan County Detention Center in Kentucky, a better night s sleep is being built. Inmates at the jail are building beds for children in their community. This is actually our second year of doing this kind of program, said Rowan County Jailer Wes Coldiron. Last year, I think we built 25 to 30 beds, and this year, we built 25 to 30 beds.
The project came about when Charles Graham with the Rowan County Senior High School Youth Services Center was searching for a low-cost solution to provide beds for children in the district who did not have a proper place to sleep. This is an issue, sadly, that is all too common across the United States.
According to the latest Pew Research data, more than 10.5 million children are living below the poverty line in America. Kids under the age of 18 consistently make up one of the largest populations in the country living in poverty.
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