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Retired firefighter charged with sexual assault of a child
Posted: 05.11.2010 at 4:26 PM
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Teddy Gene Acklin, 56, arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child 
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AMARILLO,TEXAS -- A retired Amarillo firefighter and an Amarillo woman have been arrested. The two are accused of sexually assaulting a girl over a period of six years.

According to police, a 21-year-old woman told officers she was sexually assaulted when she was 12 and the abuse continued until the age of 18.

APD detectives conducted a full investigation and presented it to the Potter and Randall County District Attorney offices for review. A search warrant was issued for the suspect's residence in the 3700 block of Lewis Lane.

Police arrested 56-year-old Teddy Gene Acklin, and 40-year-old Angela Marie Oakes. The two face charges in both Randall and Potter counties.

In Potter, Acklin faces nine counts of Sexual Assault of a Child, one count of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. He faces ten counts of Indecency with a Child by contact in Randall.

Oakes faces six counts of Sexual Assault of a Child in Potter County, eight counts of Indecency with a Child by contact, and one count of Sexual Assault of a Child in Randall County.

The case is still under investigation and additional victims and charges are possible.

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