Booneville man taken into custody on molestation charge

A Booneville man is behind bars on a charge involving a child.

According to the Prentiss County Sheriff’s Office, Cristofer Clinton Carpenter, 39, was arrested after an investigation into a claim of a four-year-old being sexually touched.

Investigators stated that the child later participated in a forensic interview and made a revelation.

Carpenter has been charged with one crime of molestation, which is touching a child for lustful purposes.

A court placed him bond at $100,000 and ordered no contact with the alleged victim or his family.

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