Man from Lebanon charged with child sex crimes

A man from Lebanon, Mo. has reportedly been charged with crimes related to sexual offenses against a child.

Springfield station KY-3 reports that an investigation began after a seven year-old girl told school officials the husband of her babysitter had been touching her inappropriately.

Detectives interviewed the child at the child advocacy center in Lebanon.

The  story says sitter’s husband was identified as 44-year-old Thomas Kinchloe.

He’s charged with three counts of statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy involving a person less than 12 years of age and one count of second-degree child molestation of a child less than 12 years of age.

The KY3 story quotes Lebanon police as saying there are multiple victims in an ongoing investigation.