BRIEF: Portage County man charged with sexual battery of teen previously worked at child-care centers

June 28--RAVENNA -- A Randolph Township man charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy previously worked at child-care centers in Ravenna Township and Cuyahoga Falls, the Kent-Ravenna Record-Courier reports.

Archie R. Hess III pleaded not guilty this week in Portage County Common Pleas Court to charges of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, two counts of sexual battery, extortion and intimidation of a victim or witness.

He previously had worked at Amanda's Garden in Ravenna Township and The Falls Little Learners in Cuyahoga Falls, the newspaper said.

Read the full Record-Courier report here.

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