HARDIN COUNTY: Two men arrested on child sex charges

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Two men were arrested on felony child sex crimes by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) last week.

According to the HCSO jail roster, Whitney Coburn, 44, was arrested Dec. 8 and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child-sexual contract.

Bond was set at $1.5 million, $500,000 on each count.

According to the grand jury indictments, the three victims’ ages range from 6 to 17.

Dec. 9, HCSO deputies arrested Kenneth Wayne Jackson, 28, on two counts on aggravated sexual assault of a child, charges from Jefferson County.

Jackson’s bond was set at $1 million.