A south Fayette

man accused of making lewd phone calls to women was granted a $70,000

bond Wednesday on the condition that he replace his telephone with one

that can only be used to dial 911.

Magistrate

Bob A. Ruppenthal said he would have preferred to deny bond to Jeffrey

David Allen, but the law requires him to set a bond because the charges

are misdemeanors. Allen, 38, is also forbidden from having a cellular

phone with an outgoing line, Ruppenthal added.

Lt. Col. Bruce

Jordan of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department said Allen made over

1,600 phone calls from his home in one month, while the household average

is between 100 and 150.

"Mr. Allen

has admitted to me and my investigators that he has a problem and he cannot

control his problem," Jordan said.

So far, Allen

is only accused of six counts of making an obscene phone call and one

count of making a harassing phone call. Jordan said he expected that to

change as more victims come forward and as his detectives call back the

phone numbers Allen had called.

When Allen

made the obscene phone calls, he would either hang up or claim he thought

he was talking to another woman, Jordan said.

Jordan said

Allen is on probation from Decatur County, Georgia for child molestation

and he could possibly have to serve the remainder of a 20-year prison

sentence for that charge.

"Mr. Allen

is somebody we feel fell through the cracks in the system," Jordan

said.

Ruppenthal

also set a 6 p.m. curfew on Allen in addition to the phone restriction.

Jordan asked for the curfew to keep Allen from leaving his home on Old

Greenville Road to use a pay phone to make more obscene calls.

The judge said

he wanted Allen to be able to call 911 in case an emergency occurred with

his two children, whom Allen has full custody of.

Jordan also

argued that Allen could move out of state to a condo in Florida owned

the charges.

Jordan said

he has been investigating Allen for 15 years on a variety of charges ranging

from stalking to prowling to peeping tom and public indecency. But the

victims always declined to come forward making it impossible to file charges,

Jordan said .