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64-year-old charged with sexual abuse over 22-year span

Larry Freeman Coggins

By Bill Moss, Published: April 27, 2018

Henderson County sheriff’s deputies charged a 64-year-old Willow Street man with four felony sexual abuse charges against a minor over a 22-year period after an investigation.

Violent Crime Unit detectives charged Larry Freeman Coggins, of 1406 Willow St., with two felony counts of indecent liberties with a child and two felony counts of statutory sex act for offenses that authorities say occurred between 1984 and 2016.
Coggins was jailed under  a $440,000 bond. He had a first appearance in Henderson County District Court on Friday.