Arraignments, Court Dates Await Subjects Charged With Child Sex Crimes In Franklin County

The five men arrested in Franklin County on Nov. 29 for various sexual abuse charges against children face arraignment or other court dates.

Travis Hedrick, 31, Gray Summit; Kodey Struckhoff, 18, Union; Dylan Downey, 25, St. Clair; Brett Valley, 23, Bourbon and Christopher Stein, 31, New Haven, were all arrested Nov. 29.

Many of them were indicted by a grand jury on Nov. 12.

The following is an update on each subject.

Hedrick: Charged with first-degree statutory rape and enticement of a child less than 15-years-old. Hedrick remains in custody on a $100,000 bond. He had a hearing canceled on Jan. 10. His attorney has filed for a bond reduction.

Struckhoff: Charged with sexual misconduct involving a child under 15. His bond was set at $25,000 and he was released the day he was arrested. Struckhoff’s arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 1.

Downey: Charged with fourth-degree child molestation and enticement of a child. Downey was released on a $100,000 bond. However, he had charges against him in Crawford County for operating a vehicle without a license, a class E felony.

The charge was filed in 2020.

A warrant was issued Jan. 12 after Downey failed to appear in court. 

Valley: Charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, sexual misconduct of a minor, enticement of a child and furnishing pornographic material. He was released Dec. 2 on a $75,000 bond. Valley’s arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 15. 

Valley was indicted by a grand jury last June.

Stein: Stein was arrested on a federal detainer for receipt of child pornography and no bond was set in the case.

He was released in December per a set of special conditions by a federal court.