Judge reduces bond in local child rape case

The bond of a former county employee accused of five off grid felonies involving the rape of a child has been reduced. Magistrate Judge Samuel Marsh lowered the bond of John Edward Clark, 70, from $500,000 to $10,000 cash or surety. He had been charged with three counts of rape, aggravated indecent liberties with a child and aggravated criminal sodomy. All of the charges inv...