Tuesday 23rd April 2024

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An Odessa man charged with a couple of felonies following a reported incident on September 6, 2021, is due in court.

A report from the Odessa Police Department says officers received a report from family members of two different child victims of alleged sexual abuse and sodomy during the evening and overnight hours of September 5 and morning hours of September 6. Allegedly, the two victims were provided alcoholic drinks, forced to watch pornography and subjected to sexual acts of sodomy by the suspect.

During an interview, Robert Lloyd Triplet allegedly confessed to authorities.

According to court documents, Triplet is charged with two counts of a sex-related felony and a misdemeanor for supplying liquor to a minor. Triplet is being held without bond. A bond-reduction motion was denied on October 21.

Triplet’s original attorney withdrew from the case, and Chad Gardner entered the case as his lawyer.

Triplet, who pleaded not guilty on December 20, is scheduled for a plea/trial-setting hearing at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, at Lafayette County Circuit Court.