Metcalfe County man behind bars on rape and abuse charges on a minor

EDMONTON, Ky.- A Metcalfe County man is behind bars, charged with rape, sodomy and sexual abuse on a child under 12 years old.

According to Kentucky State Police, Teddy Blakley, 41, was arrested at his residence on Society Hill Road in Edmonton.

Troopers say they conducted an extensive sexual abuse investigation that resulted in a Metcalfe County grand jury returning an indictment.

Blakley is charged with first-degree rape, first-degree rape on a child under the age of 12, first-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sexual abuse on a child under the age of 12.

He’s lodged in the Barren County Detention Center and is being held on a $250,000 bond.