A man in jail awaiting trial on 12 felony sex charges now has two more felony charges. Lance Keith Shahan, 20, of Alva has been in jail in Alfalfa County since the 12 felony charges were filed in January. Those felonies involved a 12-year-old girl.

In February and March a couple of misdemeanor charges for possession of contraband in a county jail were added.

On Aug. 24, Shahan was charged with two felony counts of possession of contraband weapons by an inmate. He was also charged with a misdemeanor of malicious injury to property – under $1,000.

According to court records, on Aug. 17 about 10...