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Bratt Man Pleads Not Guilty To Charges He Abused Four Year Old Girl
July 11, 2009
A local man has entered a not guilty plea on charges that he molested a four-year girl back in 2000.
Perry Leonard Gibbs, 52, of 5451 Still Road Lot 5 in Bratt, was arrested in June and charged with molesting a child under the age of 12. He was due in court for an arraignment hearing this week, but he waived arraignment, entering a not guilty plea. He is now scheduled for a jury trial in early November.
Gibbs remains in the Escambia County Jail on $25,000 bond. If he makes bond, Gibbs was ordered to have no direct or indirect contact with the victim and to wear a GPS monitor.
A female told the investigators under oath that Gibbs molested her in 2000 when she was four and five years old, according to Sgt. Ted Roy with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department. The victim told investigators that the molestation occurred in the Walnut Hill area.
The female made the allegations in May of this year, according to Roy.
The felony molestation charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
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2 Responses to “Bratt Man Pleads Not Guilty To Charges He Abused Four Year Old Girl”
To Curious…. If anyone has children,they will understand why……if I ever had trouble with breaking the law and being arrested….I would expect this kind of treatment…..if I am innocent,the truth will set me free………I do believe there have been cases of innocent people being the cruel victim of being framed,but I seriously doubt it has been the majority of times…….but you are correct in saying that one is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty……
I am confused about our justice system. so much for the innoncent until proven guilty. why is this person treated like a criminal prior to the trial? I understand setting bond and that but if on bond the need for GPS tracking? It seems this man has been convicted prior to having his trial. seems like he needs a good attorney. this does not mean I advocate the molestation of children, as I DO NOT. it does mean if i was ever in trouble with the law I would want to be treated as innoncent until proven guilty like the law says.