MERCER COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A North Carolina man is accused of sexually abusing a minor in Mercer County.
According to West Virginia State Police, an underage juvenile disclosed that John Karl Johnson, 38, of Louisburg, NC, sexually abused and assaulted her on several occasions. The alleged abuse took place starting around October 2018 and not ending until the end of the summer of 2022.
When Johnson was confronted about the abuse, he stated that he didn’t have sex with the victim but just touched her lips. He also said he was on steroids, which made him do it.
Johnson is charged with eight counts of first-degree sexual assault, two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, and ten counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian, or person of trust to a child.
Johnson is currently being held in Southern Regional Jail under a 100,000 dollar bond.