Man accused of pretending to be Florence teen’s father indicted on rape charges

Kentucky man allegedly pretended to be Alabama teen’s dad to get her out of school, raping her

A Lauderdale County grand jury on Thursday indicted a Kentucky man on second-degree rape and other charges after he allegedly pretended to be a 15-year-old girl’s father to get her out of school before having sex with her, court records showed.Justin Edward Stephens, 43, of Lowmansville, Kentucky, was indicted on charges of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, second-degree rape and enticement of a child for immoral purposes.

Man accused of pretending to be Florence teen’s father indicted on rape charges

FLORENCE, Ala. (WHNT) - A Kentucky man was indicted on January 17, after he was accused of pretending to be the father of a teenager to check her out of school. Court documents state that 43-year-old Justin Stephens, of Kentucky, was arrested in October 2024, and charged with second-degree rape, traveling to meet a child for sex and enticing a child to enter a vehicle or house. Family found in burning Monrovia home died in murder-suicide, s…