77 year-old man charged with enticing child at Westgate Park

Dothan, Al.

Dothan police investigators have arrested a 77-year-old man on a charge that he enticed a teenage boy for immoral purposes at Westgate Park.

William Franklin Lane

 Court records indicate police charged William Franklin Lane, of Blackmon Road, with felony enticing a child for immoral purposes.

Records indicate police detectives charged Lane with enticing a 13-year-old Dothan boy at Westgate Park for the purpose of inappropriate sexual contact with a child.

Detectives from the juvenile division investigated the incident, along with a Dothan police bicycle patrol officer.

Lane was released from the Houston County Jail after he posted $10,000 bail.

Court records indicate Houston County District Court Judge Benjamin Lewis set a special condition on the bail for Lane to include a restriction against him being at any area park or playground. Lewis also restricted Lane against being around any children who are not immediate family members as a condition of his bail.

If convicted of the class C felony crime, enticing a child for immoral purposes, Lane faces one to 10 years in prison.