The charges came after an investigation into the allegation Smiddy sexually abused a child he knew over a period of two years, according to a Springfield Police Division report. Detectives interviewed Smiddy during the investigation, where he denied the abuse, but police gathered evidence from Smiddy's cell phone and presented their case to a Clark County grand jury.
He is booked in the Clark County Jail on $250,000 bond. Smiddy was indicted on the charges on August 4 and arrested by the area SOFAST task for on August 6.
No trial date has been set in his case.
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