By: Mike Mohundro; WSIL TV

FARLEY, Ky. (WSIL) -- A man faces a sexual abuse charge after he is accused of gratifying himself in the room of where a teenager was sleeping.

The McCracken County Sheriff's Office said they responded to a home in the Farley community on December 9, for an allegation of sexual abuse.

The sheriff's office accused Cory Cotton, 38 of Paducah, of going into a bedroom where an underage teenager was sleeping and performed an act of sexual self-gratification while touching the minor.

Cotton was taken to the McCracken County Regional Jail on a charge of Sexual Abuse 1st Degree. According to the jail's website, Cotton has a cash bond amount of $1,000.