Oxford Man Arrested for Statutory Rape

The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department took a report on Monday in reference to a sexual battery and (touching of a child for lustful purpose) statutory rape.

Benjamin Wesley Adams Photo provided

Investigators spoke with witnesses and victims and then arrested 19-year-old Benjamin Wesley Adams of Oxford on the charge of allegedly molesting a minor.

Adams was transported to the Lafayette County Detention Center where at this time he is awaiting bond.


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