“Texas Kid” Gets Probation
Posted/updated on: August 21, 2011 at 6:29 pm
MARSHALL — An ex-rodeo champion known as the “Texas Kid” has been sentenced to five years of probation for sexual misconduct with a girl in his specialty act, according to KETK and the Texarkana Gazette. A federal judge in Marshall on Thursday sentenced 44-year-old Rodney Ray Hayes of Linden. Hayes in April pleaded guilty to transportation of minors with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity.
Hayes, as part of his traveling rodeo act, had children on the road with him. He was accused of wrongful sexual contact with a minor between March 2005 and June 2008. The Gazette reports the incident happened in a horse trailer used as sleeping quarters. Hayes must register as a sex offender and is barred from having contact with anyone younger than age 18 without another adult present.
