Lloyd Craighead, 42, was charged Oct. 24 with sexual battery stemming from an incident in September, court records indicate.
According to court records, Sequoyah County Sheriff's Deputy Cindy Smith received a report on Oct. 2 from an 18-year-old woman in reference to allegations of sexual abuse. The woman described to Smith an alleged incident in August when Craighead picked her up from work, which he sometimes did. When Craighead picked her up and started home, he took a back road in the area southeast of Vian. While in the car, he had her sit next to him and he first placed his hand on her leg and began rubbing. The woman told Smith that she and Craighead then had intercourse.
The woman also described another incident in September while she and Craighead were fishing. The woman told Smith that she and Craighead went to look for wood and he again had sex with her when she did not choose to do so.
On Sept. 28, Smith spoke to Craighead who denied having sex with the woman. He did admit to touching the alleged victim in a sexual manner, but he said both of them were wearing clothing at the time.
A warrant has since been sought for Craighead's arrest. As of Monday morning, he had not been booked into the Sequoyah County Jail in Sallisaw, jail officials said.
