By Pat Culverhouse

A pair of serious sex crime charges involving a minor have been filed against a 33-year-old Minden man following a lengthy investigation by the Springhill Police Department’s investigative unit.

Springhill Chief of Police Will Lynd said Alex D. Bradley, an Emerald Drive resident, was arrested last week and charged with rape of a minor under 13 years old. Bradley has also been charged with pornography involving juveniles after a number of images were discovered on his cell phone.

Bond on the rape charge has been set at $450,000, while a $350,000 bond has been set on the pornography charge.

SPD investigator Det. Rodney Hile said he received information from another law enforcement agency and began investigating allegations.

“We found the allegations to be true and uncovered plenty of supporting evidence to make the arrest,” Hile said. “It was also during this investigation that we were able to retrieve pornographic images from his phone.”

Bradley is currently being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.