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Alabama man already charged with multiple sex crimes indicted on 12 more criminal counts

By Howard B. Owens

Earl Francis Sprague, 42, of 1366 Church St., Alabama, already indicted on 28 counts of sexual abuse, is facing new felony charges after he was arraigned in county court today on a new indictment.

The sealed Grand Jury indictment was opened by Judge Robert C. Noonan while Sprague was in court. It contained 12 new counts against Sprague, who has also been accused of trying to have somebody murdered.

Among the new counts against Sprague is predatory sexual assault, a Class A-II felony that carries a possible sentence of 10 to 25 years in prison.

He's also charged with two Class B felonies of first-degree burglary. People convicted of Class B felonies can be sent to prison for up to 25 years.

He's also charged with first-degree sexual abuse, assault, 1st, and four counts of criminal contempt, 2nd.

In the new indictment, Sprague is accused of unlawfully entering a dwelling in the Town of Alabama and causing physical injury to another person at least twice in January, 2010.

He is accused of subjecting another person to sexual contact by force and using a foreign object in a sexual manner by force.

The predatory sexual abuse charge alleges that in the process of the forced sexual contact with a foreign object he caused physical injury to the victim.

Sprague is also accused of contacting by telephone on four separate occasions in September and January a person he was ordered by a judge not to contact.

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