Four additional felony sex-related charges have been filed against a man already facing five counts of sex-related charges with a minor.
The original five felony charges of lewd or indecent acts to a child were filed Aug. 25 in Lincoln County District Court against Danny Ray Weeks, Jr., 52, of Shawnee.
A $200,000 bench warrant was issued for his arrest on those five counts. Court records show that the warrant was returned and filed on Aug. 29.
Special Judge Emily Mueller held a hearing on Aug. 29 and ordered the $200,000 bond remain as previously set.
She scheduled Weeks’ initial appearance for 1:30 p.m. Sep. 8.
On Sep. 7, the four additional sex-related charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court.
With the filing of the additional counts, it brings to three the number of victims who are minors he allegedly violated. All three victims are reportedly related.
Weeks made his initial appearance before Judge Mueller on the original five charges and she scheduled his pre-preliminary hearing for 1:30 p.m. on Sep. 15. His $200,000 bond remains, she ordered.
On the newest counts, he appeared Sep. 7 before Associate District Judge Sheila Kirk. She set Weeks’ bond at $50,000 on those charges.
She scheduled his initial appearance for Sep. 15.
Even though Weeks resides in Shawnee, the alleged crimes occurred in Lincoln County, according to the charges.
According to the charges, Weeks allegedly committed the crimes during the period Sep. 18. 2020 through Sep. 18. 2021, each of those occurring on East 1060 Road in Lincoln County.
Each of the charges reportedly occurred with a child under the age of 12 years old.
Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Cody Coleman and Lincoln Detective George Kelly Coleman, investigated the case. Deputy Coleman said he took the initial report in the case.
Also, Vanessa Parsons, with the Child Advocacy Center of Central Oklahoma in Shawnee, conducted a forensic interview, an affidavit filed in the case states.
According to an affidavit filed, while investigating the original case against Weeks, Detective Coleman learned of other possible victims on Aug. 30.
The newest counts allege each of the crimes occurred between Aug. 5, 2011 and Aug. 5, 2022.
Each of those four alleged crimes also occurred at the same address as the other five.