ON 11/05/2008 WENDELL GREENE WAS ARRESTED ON THREE COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE 1ST DEGREE. (CLASS D FELONIES) THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM LESLIE THORN, OF THE CABINET FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN SERVICES, THAT AN 11YEAR OLD FEMALE HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER GRANDFATHER. AFTER INTERVIEWING MR. WENDELL GREENE, 72, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT GREENE HAD TOUCHED HIS GRANDDAUGHTER INAPPROPRIATELY ON AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS. THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE ABUSE BEGAN WHEN THE VICTIM WAS TEN YEARS OF AGE. GREENE WAS LODGED IN MCCRACKEN COUNTY REGIONAL JAIL.

SUSPECT: WENDELL GREENE, 72, W/M, MEACHAM LN. PADUCAH, KY.

CHARGES: SEXUAL ABUSE 1ST DEGREE X 3

DETECTIVE R. J. CASKEY