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Lexington Man Charged With Sex Abuse, Sodomy Of Child

Posted at 6:45 AM, Sep 15, 2018
and last updated 2018-09-15 06:45:14-04
Russell Lee Coubert

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Lexington man was in jail Saturday morning, charged with sexually abusing and sodomizing a child younger than 12.

Police say 48-year-old Russell Hill Coubert was arrested around 11 p.m. Friday in the 100 block of North Limestone.

Authorities accuse Coubert of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sodomy of a child younger than 12.

Coubert was being held in the Fayette County Detention Center on $10,000 bail.