Contributed photo from Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit / Charles James Spikes was convicted of rape and child molestation on Wednesday for his sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl in 2017.A Walker County, Georgia, jury has convicted a LaFayette man of rape and child molestation for his 2017 sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl.
Charles James Spikes will have a sentencing hearing Dec. 7, according to a statement from Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney Chris Arnt.
In May 2017, Spikes was living with his girlfriend and her teenage sons in an apartment complex in LaFayette. On the day of the rape, Arnt said a number of teens who lived in the apartment complex were hanging out in and around Spikes’ apartment. Spikes and some of his friends were home at the time. At some point during the day, Arnt said the others left the apartment, leaving the victim alone with Spikes in the living room.
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A number of witnesses testified Spikes was being overly “touchy and handy” with the victim that day. A teenage friend of the victim testified she left the apartment after Spikes started touching her and put his hand on her thigh.