THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, May 25, 1996 TAG: 9605250565
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: 24 lines
The minister of music at two local churches was arrested Friday and charged with two sex crimes involving a 16-year-old boy, police spokesman Larry Hill said.
Ronnie B. Harris, 41, was charged with forcible sodomy and indecent liberties with a juvenile.
Harris is the minister of music at Third Baptist Church, in the 400 block of Godwin St. in Portsmouth, and Mount Carmel Baptist Church, in the 1100 block of Church St. in Norfolk.
The crimes occurred between 9 and 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, in the 1100 block of N. Military Highway, Hill said.
Harris, of the 2000 block of Blackwell Court in Virginia Beach, is scheduled to appear in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Police are asking any other possible victims to call Investigator Gary Ingram at 664-7172.
KEYWORDS: SEX CRIME CHILD MOLESTER ARREST by CNB