The Garland County sheriff’s office announced today that Lester Dewayne Curry, 60, who recently retired as principal of Lake Hamilton Middle School, had been charged with 2nd degree sexual assault and sexual indecency with a 13-year-old female student.

Deputies searched Curry’s residence at Glenwood in Montgomery County as part of the investigation.

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Bond was set at $7,500 and a court date set June 20.

A sheriff’s spokesman said he didn’t know when a complaint was first made or futher details of the complaint. He said the alleged crimes occurred in Garland County.

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