Post by raychip on Jun 28, 2005 4:00:53 GMT -5
A registered sex offender sought by Boyle County authorities for allegedly attempting to rape a 10-year-old Boyle girl early Sunday morning was caught later in the morning by Pulaski County sheriff's deputies after he had driven - nude - at a high rate of speed through three counties.
Ronald Lee Giffin, 32, of 361 Gun Range Road, was charged by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department with first-degree wanton endangerment, first-degree fleeing and evading law enforcement officers, second-degree indecent exposure, driving under the influence of intoxicants and having no operator's license.
Boyle County Attorney Richard Campbell this morning was preparing charges stemming from the alleged attempted rape in Boyle County. Boyle Deputy Sheriff Jim Wilcher said those charges are expected to be kidnapping, first-degree attempted rape and first-degree burglary.
Giffin remained this morning in the Pulaski County Detention Center under a $50,000 cash bond. He will remain in the custody of Pulaski County authorities until charges against him there are disposed, then he will be brought to Boyle County, said Boyle Deputy Sheriff Jim Wilcher.
Meanwhile, the Boyle County office of the state Department of Probation and Parole this morning was preparing a report on the case to send to authorities in South Carolina, Wilcher said.
A crime or crimes that led to Giffin being designated as a sex offender occurred in South Carolina, Wilcher said.
Events began unfolding about 12:30 a.m. Sunday
Based on interviews with the girl, her parents and other witnesses, Wilcher said events begin unfolding about 12:30 a.m. Sunday when Giffin went to the girl's Boyle County home.
Giffin allegedly removed the screen to the window leading to the girl's bedroom and entered through the window, Wilcher said.
Giffin dropped the girl face-first out the window and, after she landed on the ground, she began to yell, Wilcher said. Her mother, who was in the living room working on a computer, heard her daughter and sent a family member to the girl's bedroom to check on her, the deputy said.
After failing to find the girl in the house, her father searched outside and, when he reached the top of a hill, he heard yelling coming from a garage nearby, Wilcher said. The father entered the garage where he found Giffin dragging the girl across the floor; both the girl and Giffin were naked, Wilcher said.
The father grabbed the girl and a pile of clothing - both hers and Giffin's - and went to his house, where the mother and a grandmother took care of her, Wilcher said.
The father then returned to the garage to "confront" Giffin, but Giffin, without clothes, had gotten into a car, Wilcher said. The father threw a brick at the back of the car, ran to the car and attempted to pull Giffin out of the vehicle, but Giffin drove away, Wilcher said. The father then got into his car and attempted to chase Giffin, but returned to call police.
He headed south on U.S. 27
Giffin drove down Lexington Road to U.S. 27, then headed south. In the meantime, the Boyle Sheriff's Department issued a "be on the lookout" alert, Wilcher said.
Giffin drove on U.S. 27 through Boyle, Lincoln and Pulaski counties before he finally was apprehended by Pulaski County deputies, said Wilcher.
The apprehension occurred after a high-speed chase that reached 120 miles per hour and ended when Giffin crashed his car near Saufley Implement Co. in Stanford, Wilcher said.
Pulaski deputies arrested Giffin and took him to the Pulaski jail.
Meanwhile, the girl's family members took her to the emergency room at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, where she was treated and released, Wilcher said.
She was interviewed Sunday by Wilcher and a representative of the Boyle County office of the state Department for Families and Children, he said.
Ronald Lee Giffin, 32, of 361 Gun Range Road, was charged by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department with first-degree wanton endangerment, first-degree fleeing and evading law enforcement officers, second-degree indecent exposure, driving under the influence of intoxicants and having no operator's license.
Boyle County Attorney Richard Campbell this morning was preparing charges stemming from the alleged attempted rape in Boyle County. Boyle Deputy Sheriff Jim Wilcher said those charges are expected to be kidnapping, first-degree attempted rape and first-degree burglary.
Giffin remained this morning in the Pulaski County Detention Center under a $50,000 cash bond. He will remain in the custody of Pulaski County authorities until charges against him there are disposed, then he will be brought to Boyle County, said Boyle Deputy Sheriff Jim Wilcher.
Meanwhile, the Boyle County office of the state Department of Probation and Parole this morning was preparing a report on the case to send to authorities in South Carolina, Wilcher said.
A crime or crimes that led to Giffin being designated as a sex offender occurred in South Carolina, Wilcher said.
Events began unfolding about 12:30 a.m. Sunday
Based on interviews with the girl, her parents and other witnesses, Wilcher said events begin unfolding about 12:30 a.m. Sunday when Giffin went to the girl's Boyle County home.
Giffin allegedly removed the screen to the window leading to the girl's bedroom and entered through the window, Wilcher said.
Giffin dropped the girl face-first out the window and, after she landed on the ground, she began to yell, Wilcher said. Her mother, who was in the living room working on a computer, heard her daughter and sent a family member to the girl's bedroom to check on her, the deputy said.
After failing to find the girl in the house, her father searched outside and, when he reached the top of a hill, he heard yelling coming from a garage nearby, Wilcher said. The father entered the garage where he found Giffin dragging the girl across the floor; both the girl and Giffin were naked, Wilcher said.
The father grabbed the girl and a pile of clothing - both hers and Giffin's - and went to his house, where the mother and a grandmother took care of her, Wilcher said.
The father then returned to the garage to "confront" Giffin, but Giffin, without clothes, had gotten into a car, Wilcher said. The father threw a brick at the back of the car, ran to the car and attempted to pull Giffin out of the vehicle, but Giffin drove away, Wilcher said. The father then got into his car and attempted to chase Giffin, but returned to call police.
He headed south on U.S. 27
Giffin drove down Lexington Road to U.S. 27, then headed south. In the meantime, the Boyle Sheriff's Department issued a "be on the lookout" alert, Wilcher said.
Giffin drove on U.S. 27 through Boyle, Lincoln and Pulaski counties before he finally was apprehended by Pulaski County deputies, said Wilcher.
The apprehension occurred after a high-speed chase that reached 120 miles per hour and ended when Giffin crashed his car near Saufley Implement Co. in Stanford, Wilcher said.
Pulaski deputies arrested Giffin and took him to the Pulaski jail.
Meanwhile, the girl's family members took her to the emergency room at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, where she was treated and released, Wilcher said.
She was interviewed Sunday by Wilcher and a representative of the Boyle County office of the state Department for Families and Children, he said.