On July 12, the Tupelo Police Department arrested 55-year-old Frankie C. Clanton, of Tupelo, on a Lee County Circuit Court Capias Warrant for two counts of sexual battery of a child under 14.
The charges stem from a 2019 report in which a minor alleged sexual assault by Clanton.
Clanton was held on a $25,000 bond issued by the Lee County Circuit Court.
The case is currently awaiting trial in Lee County Circuit Court.