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May 22, 2007

Couple held on $100,000 bond

CHICKASHA — A Chickasha couple held on child sexual abuse-related charges were arraigned Monday.

Don Anthony Howard and Cora Leigh Howard appeared before Special District Judge Tim Brauer. Their bond was set at $100,000 a piece.

Arrested last Friday, Don faces charges of child neglect and child sexual abuse for alleged sexual conduct with his six-year-old daughter.

Cora is charged with child neglect and enabling child abuse. According to the affidavit, the sexual abuse occured in Cora’s presence but she did not attempt to stop it.

The couple remains in the Grady County Jail. The couple’s four children are in the custody of the State.

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