More charges filed against Ozark couple

More charges have been filed against an Ozark man and woman charged with sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.

Dale County Sheriff Department’s Chief Deputy Mason Bynum said that John Bright, 49, and Tiffany Hughes, 32, remain in Dale County Jail on bonds totaling more than $1 million each after the new charges filed Friday, Oct. 30.

Bright is charged with 11 counts of possession of child pornography, 11 counts of parents permitting children to engage in production of obscene matter, one charge of enticing a female child for immoral purposes, one charge of human trafficking, one charge of first-degree rape, one charge of first-degree sodomy, a charge of electronic solicitation of a child and one charge of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old. His bond is set at $1.1. million.

Hughes is charged with 11 counts of possession of child pornography, 11 counts of parents permitting children to engage in production of obscene matter, one charge of first-degree sodomy, one charge of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old, enticing a female child for immoral purposes and one charge of electronic solicitation of a child. Her bond is set at $1.040 million.

Bright and Hughes were arrested Sept. 17 and were free on $180,000 and $150,000 bonds, respectively, when they were rearrested Sept. 23 on additional charges of child pornography.

They have been in Dale County Jail since the Sept. 23 arrests.

The Dale County Sheriff’s Office is being assisted in the investigations by the State Bureau of Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to Bynum. “As the investigation continues we anticipate additional charges.”