For the second time in five months ago, a Clarke County judge recently denied bail to an Athens-area man accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile relative.
Judge H. Patrick Haggard said last week that 48-year-old Franklin Kennedy Smith continues to pose a “significant” risk of intimidating witnesses.
Haggard first denied bail for the same reason in an October hearing, prior to Kennedy’s indictment on 11 felony counts in connection with alleged sexual assaults against his 15-year-old relative.