Sexual assault charges mounting for Lauderdale Co man

TUSCUMBIA — A Lauderdale County man whose sexual abuse trial has been continued seven times now faces more sexual abuse charges in an adjacent county. Clarence James Thompson, 44, was arrested in Colbert County last week after a grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging him with two counts of first-degree sodomy, and one count each of first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree rape. The indictment comes after the alleged victim came forward last year to tell her story to Lauderdale County Investigator Christina Keeton. Keeton said the alleged abuse took place when the victim, who is now 29 years old,…