Preliminary Hearing Date Set for Stover Pastor

A Morgan County pastor will have a preliminary hearing next month on charges related to sex crimes that allegedly happened several years ago.  On Tuesday, 42-year old Travis Smith was in court for a status hearing.  He will be back in court on June 17^th for a preliminary hearing.  Smith is charged with three counts of statutory rape, statutory sodomy, forcible rape and sexual abuse for incidents that allegedly happened in 1998, 1999, and 2005.  Smith remains free on bond.  He is the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Stover.