Marion Couple Arrested In Case Involving 7 Month Child

Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested Christopher Allen Lester, 31 years old, of Marion and Kimberly Anne Wilson, 32 years old, of Marion. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division has charged both Lester and Wilson with “unlawfully placing a child at risk of or cause harm or willfully abandon the child.”
It is alleged that on October 21, 2024, Lester and Wilson placed a 7-month-old child at unreasonable risk of harm affecting the child’s life, physical or mental health, or safety by exposing the child to illegal narcotics indicated by a positive drug screen.
Lester and Wilson are being held at the Marion County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing.
**All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.