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Contractor accused of fraud now facing child molestation charges

A man who had previously been arrested for home improvement fraud is now being charged with child molestation.

48 year old Glenn Ford was original taken into custody on May 7th for the fraud charge, now in a separate case a young girl that worked with him alleges they engaged in sexual activity over the period of about two years. The victim, who is now 15, says the contact first started when she was helping him hang drywall at a home. ABC 57 reports that Ford admitted to police that he and the victim had sex between five and seven times.

Ford has past convictions for criminal recklessness, receiving stolen auto parts, auto theft, and more. He is being held without bond.

Read more here with our partners in news at ABC 57

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