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Marion Man Indicted for Child Sex Assault

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A Union County grand jury has indicted a Williamson County man on several counts involving the sexual assault of a child.

The Union County State's Attorney's office says 48-year-old Bradley Wyant of Marion has been indicted on four counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child, and three counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse.

Wyant is charged with sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 last year.  He was arrested in October following an investigation by Union County Sheriff's Deputies.

Wyant is being held in the Jackson County Jail on $500,000 bond.

His next court appearance is January 20th at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
 

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