Trial date set for child sex abuse charges
A jury trial date for Thomas Michael Bailey, 32, of Warsaw has been set to begin at 9 a.m. Monday, July 17 before Ray County’s Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Kevin L. Walden, starting Monday, July 17.
Bailey faces 14 felonies including: first-degree rape or attempted rape of a victim less than 12 years of age; four counts of first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy of a victim less than 12 years old; tampering with a witness in a felony; three counts of person with serious infectious/communicable disease knowingly exposing another to disease, and five counts of incest.
At 2 p.m. August 31, 2021, Ray County Sheriff’s Detective Mark R. Crawford observed a forensic interview of a juvenile victim by Tiffany Clark of Synergy Services regarding the case.
“It should be noted that upon intake to Ray County Sheriff’s Office Detention, T. Bailey, on the Health Questionnaire, did not make any yes or no declaration for the exposure to communicable diseases question. T. Bailey did circle,…