Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for next month for a man and woman facing multiple charges alleging sex crimes against a child.
Four felony charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court April 4 against Angela Renee Gordon, 42, of Claremore and five felony counts were filed the same day against John Joshua Bonner, 46, of Chandler.
Bench warrants of $100,000 each were initially issued issued for the arrest of the two. The bench warrants were issued the same day the charges were filed.
Their preliminary hearings are now set for Sep. 8. They were scheduled for July 7 Special Judge Emily Mueller continued the hearings until next month.
Gordon is charged with sexual abuse of a child under 12, lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16, performing a lewd act in the presence of a minor and enabling child sexual abuse.
The information states the crimes occurred between Jan. 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2015.
Bonner is charged with first degree rape with a victim under 14 years old, rape by instrumentation, sexual abuse of a child under 12, lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16 and performing a lewd act in the presence of a minor.
The information in Bonner’s charges accuse him of committing the crimes during the same time as Gordon’s charges. It also states Bonner was 39 at the time those crimes were committed.
The crimes that Gordon and Bonner face allegedly occurred in a house in Chandler, the information states.
The victim of the alleged criminal offenses was 8 at the time, according to the information.
In an affidavit filed by Chandler Police Officer James Wells, he states he was contacted on March 9, 2021 by Suni Cauthern, a client case manager with the West Texas Children’s Advocacy Center. Cauthern conducted a forensic interview with the victim, Wells was informed.
The victim reportedly disclosed the times she and her young sister were sexually assaulted by Bonner and Gordon.
According to the affidavit, on Aug. 9, 2021 Wells spoke to Rhonda Wood with DHS who told him she had contacted Gordon and she was going to meet Gordon that day at her residence in Claremore. Wells stated Wood, he and two deputies met with Gordon at her residence.
Wood reportedly conducted her business with Gordon. Gordon advised that she and Bonner had been split up since approximately 2015.
Gordon acknowledged to Wells that she had sex with Bonner on the couch with the victim sitting next to them.