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Alabama Homeland Security Agent Charged With Rape and Sexual Abuse of Child

Investigators say the case stems from a child sexual-abuse report filed Jan. 11 and led to a grand jury indictment after an eight-month probe.

Spanish Fort, Alabama — A federal Homeland Security Investigations agent who worked on child exploitation cases has been charged with multiple sex crimes involving an underage girl, Alabama authorities said Tuesday. Kent Blacklidge, 43, surrendered to the Baldwin County jail on Sept. 5 after a grand jury indicted him on charges including first- and second-degree rape, sodomy and sexual abuse. The allegations stem from a child sexual abuse report…

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