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FORMER CONTINENTAL WRESTLING STAR KEN 'WAYNE' PEAL ARRESTED

By Mike Johnson on 2014-09-12 00:00:00
Kenath Dewayne Peal, who performed as Ken Wayne in a number of territories in the 1980s and was most famous as one half of the Nightmares tag team with Danny Davis before the team split and had a well remembered feud for the Continental territory was arrested on Wednesday evening, 9/10.

Peal, was arrested in Horn Lake, MS and charged with child exploitation after being caught by investigators with the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Unit/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Peal, 55, still currently incarcerated in Desoto County Jail, could face up to 40 years based on the charges.

Wayne was active as a pro wrestling until just 5-6 years ago and still maintained a wrestling school in Arkansas.

The arrest has been picked up all over the local area, although the local media has not yet connected Peale to his former profession. To read a WREG-TV channel 3 report, click here.

The official press release issued yesterday by the Office of the Attorney General State of Mississippi reads:

Horn Lake Man Arrested for Child Exploitation
September 11, 2014

A DeSoto County man has been arrested and charged with child exploitation, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.

Kenath Dwayne Peal, 55, of Horn Lake, was arrested Tuesday by investigators with the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Unit/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and charged with one count of child exploitation. Peal was booked into the DeSoto County jail. Bond has not yet been set.

Peal faces up to 40 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) and is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

This case will be prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Brandon Ogburn with the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Unit.

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