Man Charged with Sexually Assaulting Children

TYLER – Smith County authorities have arrested a Lindale man for sexually assaulting children. Arrested Tuesday was Joseph Henry Bolden, 31. Sheriff’s department detectives say that Bolden had sexually assaulted two children on multiple occasions. Detectives say one child was four years old and the other was five years old. Bolden was arrested by the Smith County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Marshals Service Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force. He was booked into the Smith County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child by sexual contact. His bonds total $500,000.