By Shannon McFarlin WENK/WTPR News Director
Gleason, Tenn.–A charge of rape of a child has been added to the already long list of charges filed against a Gleason man.
Clarence Allen Grantham, age 59, 206 Holland St., was charged with rape after a series of forensic interviews and a medical examination of the victim as part of the ongoing investigation.
Grantham was earlier arrested on a variety of drug, pornography and indecent exposure charges involving young girls.
Earlier this month, the Weakley Co. Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at the home of Grantham and Brandy Manuel, age 36, after an investigation into allegations that a resident there had shown pornographic material to several 10-year-old girls.
Specific charges filed against Grantham include contributing to the delinquency of minors, possession of meth, indecent exposure, possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
According to Captain Randall McGowan, it was further determined that the resident was giving girls cigarettes and he may have given them marijuana. The girls told investigators they also had seen Grantham without clothes on.
McGowan said at the time of the first arrest that Grantham admitted giving the girls cigarettes, that they had seen pornographic material in his house and that there had been pictures on his phone of the girls without clothes on that had been deleted. He said the girls took the photos themselves.
Specific charges filed against Grantham include contributing to the delinquency of minors, possession of meth, indecent exposure, possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
According to Captain Randall McGowan, it was further determined that the resident was giving girls cigarettes and he may have given them marijuana. The girls told investigators they also had seen Grantham without clothes on.
McGowan said at the time of the first arrest that Grantham admitted giving the girls cigarettes, that they had seen pornographic material in his house and that there had been pictures on his phone of the girls without clothes on that had been deleted. He said the girls took the photos themselves.
Manuel was charged with possession of drugs and paraphernalia and already had an active warrant for her arrest for failure to appear.
The investigation is continuing.