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Accused sex offender pleads not guilty

October 20, 2006|Emily Salmon

A Winchester man pleaded not guilty Thursday in Clark Circuit Court on charges that he sexually exploited young boys.

Alan Mark Myers, 44, of 1120 Old Ruckerville Road, was indicted by a grand jury Oct. 5 on six counts of use of a minor in a sexual performance, six counts of promoting a sexual performance by a minor and one count of third-degree sodomy. The alleged offenses occurred from April 1999 through Sept. 30, 2003.

The indictment says that Myers committed the offenses by inducing, authorizing and employing minors under the age of 18 to engage in sexual performances, and that he directed, produced and promoted photographs that included sexual conduct by minors in the presence of other males under the age of 18.

The indictment also states that Myers knowingly and unlawfully engaged in deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 18 years old.

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According to police, Myers befriended most of the boys through his work at a local church. Myers is not the same as Mark Myers of Mount Sterling, who is a minister at Bethlehem Christian Church on Schollsville Road.

A pretrial conference is scheduled for Nov. 17 at 1:30 p.m.

Myers remains in custody at the Clark County Detention Center.

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