Pineville pair arrested in connection with child sexual abuse investigation

PINEVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Pineville man was arrested on Friday night on charges of sexually abusing a child, and a woman was arrested for allegedly trying to distract deputies while he tried to get away.

The Bell County Sheriff’s Department posted on Facebook that on the night of May 30, deputies working alongside Pineville police officers carried out a search warrant for Randall Storms, 35, of Pineville, stemming from allegations of “sexual offenses against a minor under 12.”

Law enforcement wrote on social media that before deputies saw Storms at a Mary Street residence, officers met Mary Hunter, 53, who allegedly told them no one else was home.

Deputies said Hunter allegedly tried to distract law enforcement while Storms tried to run from deputies into the home. Storms and Hunter were both arrested and lodged in the Bell County Detention Center.

Storms was charged with:

• Kidnapping a minor
• First-degree rape – incapable of consent, physically helpless
• First-degree sexual abuse of a victim under age 12
• Third-degree terroristic threatening
• Procuring or promoting the use of a minor by electronic means

Hunter was charged with first-degree disorderly conduct, menacing, and second-degree hindering prosecution or apprehension.

The sexual abuse investigation remains ongoing.