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Trial for man facing over 30 charges including rape has been continued in Knox County Common Pleas Court

On Wednesday the attorney for Gary Thomas Keesee, who is currently out on bond and is facing over 30 charges including rape and gross sexual imposition, montioned for a continuance in a trial scheduled to start Tuesday in Knox County Common Pleas Court. The case since has been continued for a second time with no date set for trial after …

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Keesee post bond, released from jail pending trial

On Thursday in Knox County Common Pleas Court Gary Thomas Keesee’s attorney Sam Shamansky argued to lower Keesee’s two million dollar bond to assist in his own defense ahead of his November 18th trial. Keesee has been in jail since the Friday before Easter and is facing nearly thirty counts of rape. Judge Richard Wetzel agreed to reduce the bond …

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Keesee Junior’s trial continued to November 18th

36 year old Gary Thomas Keesee Jr., faces five additional rape and sex-related charges, according to a superseding indictment from Monday. Keesee was previously indicted on 27 sexual-abuse counts, including 11 counts of first-degree rape. He now faces 32 sexual-abuse counts, including 13 first-degree felonies, 14 third-degree felonies and five fourth-degree allegations. The five additional charges include two rape and three gross sexual …

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Keesee’s bond continued at Two Million Dollars after being arraigned on more charges

In a courtroom in Knox County on Tuesday Afternoon Sam Shamansky, the attorney for defendant Gary Thomas Keesee junior, who is facing more than 30 counts of rape and gross sexual imposition combined, argued that the prosecution has delayed discovery and that he just received phone records of key witnesses in the case. Shamansky asked for a ten percent provision …

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Keesee indicted on additional sex related charges

36 year old Gary Thomas Keesee Jr., faces five additional rape and sex-related charges, according to a superseding indictment from Monday. Keesee was previously indicted on 27 sexual-abuse counts, including 11 counts of first-degree rape. He now faces 32 sexual-abuse counts, including 13 first-degree felonies, 14 third-degree felonies and five fourth-degree allegations. The five additional charges include two rape and three gross sexual …

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Bond set at 2 Million Dollars for Gary Thomas Keesee Jr, Defendant pleads Not Guilty

In Knox County Common Pleas Court Wednesday Afternoon bond was set at 2 million dollars for Gary Thomas Keesee Junior who is facing 27 charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of three minor girls. Keesee Jr was led into the courtroom sporting an orange jumpsuit and shackles. His attorney Sam Shamansky pled not guilty to all the charges on …

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Knox County Grand Jury set to hear Keesee case Monday

Faith Life Church has issued a statement following the arrest of 36-year-old Gary Thomas Keesee, the son of the church’s pastor and Knox County Commissioner Drenda Keesee. He faces two counts of rape stemming from allegations of incidents that occurred nearly two decades ago. Court documents state that three victims have come forward, with two of the alleged assaults taking …

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Knox County Commissioner Drenda Keesee responds to Allegations at Licking County Megachurch

Drenda Keesee responded Tuesday Morning to Allegations of a crime involving a Megachurch, Faith Life Church in New Albany she and her husband are listed as Pastors at while on the show as a Knox County Commissioner. She said in a statement to a question of allegations on AM Knox County on WMVO Tuesday and she responded “No I don’t …

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Knox County Commissioner’s family at center of Investigation

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office told us in an email that the Licking County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Knox County Commissioner and that they recused themselves because of her place in the community and that the FBI declined to take the case (the email states that the Sheriff’s Office was denied assistance and they state they have never been …

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