McLaughlin Pleads Not Guilty:

John Robert McLaughlin (mug shot SCSO)

An elderly man from Reeds Spring who is facing seven counts of child molestation, one count statutory sodomy, and two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor in a case that dates back a decade pleaded not guilty when he was formally arraigned in circuit court on July 2nd.


Seventy two year-old John Robert McLaughlin allegedly inappropriately touched two girl's, who were five to ten years-old at the time of the alleged assaults, several times from 2002 - 2010 at his home at 416 Othello Road.


McLaughlin, who is being represented by Stacie Bilyeu, is free on bond.