TENNESSEE MAN INDICTED ON INCEST, RAPE AND CHILD SEX ABUSE CHARGES IN PIKE COUNTY, KY

APRIL 28, 2026 – written by WADE QUEEN

SUPER EVIL INCEST CHILD SEX CREEP: LEONARD DALE BAISDEN JR., 43 OD KODAK, TENNESEE; CHARGED WITH THE SEVEREST TERRIBLE CRIMES OF INCEST AGAINST THREE YOUNG CHILD RELATIVES IN PIKE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

Leonard Dale Baisden Jr., 43, of Kodak, Tennessee, was indicted back in February 2026, and he was arrested on Thursday, April 16, in Somerset, KY., in Pulaski County, and was brought back to Pike County and lodged in the Pike County Detention Center in Pikeville on Sunday, April 26, at 1:15 P.M. 

Leonard Baisden is charged with two counts of:

*RAPE, 1ST DEGREE, VICTIM UNDER/12 YEARS OF AGE, one count of:

*RAPE, 1ST DEGREE, VICTIM OVER/12 YEARS OF AGE, two counts of: 

*INCEST – WITH PERSON LESS THAN 12 YEARS OF AGE, one count of:

*INCEST – WITH PERSON LESS THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE, one count of:

*SODOMY, FRIST DEGREE, and one count of: 

*INTIMIDATING A PARTICIPANT IN LEGAL PROCESS.

The charges against Leonard Baisden are alleged to have taken place between October of 2014 and September of 2023.

The charges of rape and incest of a victim younger than 12 are the most serious, carrying a potential sentence of 20-to-50 years or life in prison.

Leornaqrd Dale Baisden Jr. is being held in the Pike County Detention Center on a $500,000 full cash bond.

Leonard Baisden is not stranger to police agencies, especially in Pike County; as even before his latest arrest, albeit his worst offenses as he has ever been been charged with, Leonard Baisden has been arrested 21 other times, charged with 86 felonies, misdemeanors, and motor vehicle violations since June 2001, significant double number of charges for Failure To Appear, and Failure To Pay Fines, 17 of those arrests in Pike County, 3 arrests in Breckinridge County, KY., and one arrest in Adair County, KY.