A Catoosa County man has been charged with raping a 15-year-old girl who was cleaning his house, authorities said.
Jerry Gilstrap, 63, was denied bond on Monday after he was arrested on multiple charges last week, a Catoosa County Jail official said.
The mother of the alleged victim told authorities her daughter was at Gilstrap’s house on Jan. 26 doing some housework when he threatened to shoot her if she didn’t agree to have sex with him, a Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office report shows.
The mother complained to police on Feb. 1, the report shows.
Gilstrap was arrested Friday and charged with rape, aggravated sodomy, sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, child molestation and possessing a dangerous weapon during a crime, according to the report.
Joy Lukachick is a crime reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Since 2009, she's covered breaking news, high-profile trials, stories of lost lives and of regained hope and done investigative work. Raised near the Bayou, Joy’s hometown is along the outskirts of Baton Rouge, La. She has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Louisiana State University. While at LSU, Joy was a staff writer for the Daily Reveille. When Joy isn't chasing down ...
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This animal has stolen this child's purity. God help her.
Put him in general population, I think he will receive the death penalty,sans all the appeals.
Hang him. He has no value to society and is in fact going to be a burden.
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