BENNINGTON — A Bennington man out on parole on another offense was arraigned Wednesday on a single count of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child after the Department of Children and Families alerted police that the child made statements to her mother about male genitalia.

An investigation later revealed that Cody Shores, 31, of Bennington, had allegedly exposed his penis to the 6-year-old female while in the kitchen of her residence. Shores also allegedly rubbed his penis on the child’s private areas and gave her “massages,” possibly over a period of over a year.

Shores was arraigned on the felony charge from a hold without bail at the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland on Wednesday afternoon in Bennington. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and not guilty to a

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