Massillon man pleads innocent to sex charges

October 15, 2007 at 10:33p.m.

CORTLAND — A Massillon man accused of masturbating in a car while three foster children were restrained in the back seat pleaded innocent today to sex-related charges.

Michael Riley, 56, who was transporting the children for a Christian-based agency, entered the plea in Trumbull County Central District Court to three counts of disseminating harmful materials to a juvenile and one count of public indecency.

Judge Thomas Campbell set bond at a total $18,000. Riley remains in the county jail.

According to a Ohio State Highway Patrol report, a truck driver noticed the driver of maroon Chevrolet masturbating in the front seat late Friday morning as the car traveled north on state Route 11. Three children were in the back seat.

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