Serial rapist in Mobile has kinky hair

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Task force created for unsolved string of rape cases

(West Mobile, Ala.) February 14 - Two Mobile women have been raped in the past week. Now police are putting together a task force to investigate a string of unsolved sexual assaults.

Early Sunday morning, Police say a 36 year old was raped at Gazebo Condominiums on Old Shell Road near Hillcrest Road. The sign at the front entrance says 24 hour security control community watch.

"There isn't any. No, unless you're looking out for yourself. that's your 24 hour security." said resident Leah Ragland.

Police describe the suspect as a black man, 6 feet tall with kinky hair.

Just a few blocks from the Gazebo Condominiums, a 68 year old woman was raped last Wednesday. It happened at Burnham Wood on Hillcrest between Airport Blvd and Old Shell Road. Police are looking for a man with the same description as the one from Gazebo.

Burnham Wood is a quiet residential row of patio homes, but this isn't the first time someone there has been attacked. "and the residents are jumping out of their skin. This happened not once but twice in the last four months so we just really need every resource possible to catch this guy." said Burnham Wood resident Melanie Cummins.

In response, Mobile police say they are organizing a 5 member task force to investigate recent rape cases. Investigators have not confirmed whether this suspect is the same man wanted in last years string of unsolved West Mobile sexual attacks.

In the meantime, one Gazebo resident we spoke with is taking matters into her own hands by carrying a gun every time she goes to her car. "So now iI have to walk out of my house with a gun in my hand and I shouldn't have to live like that in fear."

A gun that is loaded at all times she said.

In the case at Gazebo Condominiums police say they believe the suspect entered through an unlocked door. At Burnham Wood, they say the man got in through an unlocked window.

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Wake up America and smell the kinky haired nigger.

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Authorities defend handling of rape cases

Some women living in the west Mobile neighborhoods where women were raped last week say they are terrified of the attacker and angry at Mobile police for not getting the word out quickly that the rapes had occurred.

Mobile Police Department spokesman Eric Gallichant defended the timing of information releases about the two rapes, which occurred Feb. 9 and Sunday, in a written statement Tuesday.

"It takes time for our investigators to gather enough information to make connections to similar incidents," Gallichant said. "We have always kept the public informed about these types of incidents. During the past year, we have put out several advisories, composites and held community meetings about the sexual assaults that have been occurring in west Mobile."

Meanwhile, the Police Department has formed a five-member task force in hopes of catching the person or people responsible for the rapes before there is another such attack.

There have been at least nine similar attacks dating back to January 2004, and police are trying to determine whether the same man committed those and more recent ones.

"There are similarities in these cases and the others occurring during the last 14 months, Gallichant said. "It is impossible for us to say it is one individual. We believe they have similarities."

A 36-year-old woman was raped about 3 a.m. Sunday at Gazebo Condominiums on Old Shell Road, less than a mile from the Burnham Wood neighborhood where another attack was reported last Wednesday.

Nicole Griffin, 34, lives at the condominium complex not far from the University of South Alabama and said Tuesday that the woman raped at the complex lived in the area.

"He's got to be a lunatic. Somebody that is absolutely sick," Griffin said of the man who raped her neighbor.

Griffin, 34, said she is angry with Mobile police for not getting the word out quickly -- either in person or through the news media -- that the rapes had occurred.

"They should have let us know that so we can protect ourselves here," she said. "We've heard very little about this."

A 68-year-old woman was raped about 4 a.m. a week ago in the Burnham Wood Patio Homes neighborhood on Hillcrest Road near Old Shell Road, Mobile police said.

"He's a predator of opportunity," a 56-year-old woman who lives near the victim said Tuesday. "He waits until you've made a mistake."

The woman, who asked that her name not be used for fear of reprisal, said her neighbor had made the mistake of leaving a window unlocked, and that allowed the man to enter her home.

"When I last talked to her she was still in shock, but she is doing well," the woman said. The victim is now living with a relative out of the Mobile area.

According to the neighbor, the 68-year-old woman was taking a bath when the rapist found a front window of her house unlocked and got inside.

Finding her alone in the tub, he turned off the bathroom light, jerked the woman out of the water and threw her to the floor, the woman said.

The victim was not beaten, but the man said he had a knife and would kill her if she resisted, the woman said of the attack on her neighbor.

The woman believes Mobile police are doing all they can to catch the rapist and she didn't think they acted improperly by not notifying the news media as soon as the rapes occurred.

Gallichant said the task force handling the rape cases is made up of officers from different di
visions inside the Police Department and they are assigned primarily to investigate the rapes and attempted rapes.

"This task force was created after the last two incidents in west Mobile to provide additional resources to the investigation," Gallichant said.

The attacker was described as a black male, 5 feet 10 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall, with a dark complexion, medium build and no facial hair, said Gallichant.

He has been described as wearing a cap similar to a skull cap with dreadlocks hanging from underneath, the spokesman said.

Investigators are looking into a possible connection between the attacks, and other rapes and attempted rapes that have occurred during the past 14 months at other homes and apartment complexes in west Mobile, he said.

As in several of the other attacks, the man entered the two latest victims' apartments through an unlocked door or window, Gallichant said.

It is important for people to remember to lock doors and secure windows before they go to bed, he said.

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..."He's a predator of opportunity," a 56-year-old woman who lives near the victim said Tuesday. "He waits until you've made a mistake." ...

...It is important for people to remember to lock doors and secure windows before they go to bed, he said. ...

But most importantly, STAY AWAY FROM NIGGERS!

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Gun dealers say more women packing heat because of serial rapist

(MOBILE, Ala.) February 16- Ashley Doss is no stranger to the firing range. Her family runs the Mobile Shooting Center. But lately there have been more women toting guns out here. Business, especially gun sales, has picked up since police announced a serial rapist on the attack in West Mobile. In the past week or so, as many as seven women have bought guns here. "We have had a few come in and talk about, with the rapist being around them, having to buy some or they're feeling a lot safer to buy some from women that you would assume that wouldn't carry a pistol," said store employee Jeremy Hickman.

"I certainly am not advocating ladies to carry weapons around," Mobile Police Chief Sam Cochran told NBC 15's Mike Rush.
But Cochran says he respects their right to protect themselves within the law. In the as many as eleven rapes police believe may have been committed by the same man, the attacker got in his victims' homes through unlocked doors or windows. In that scenario, "if the question is, 'Can a woman use deadly force and shoot an intruder in her house when she feels threatened?' Absolutely she can," said Cochran.

Outside the home, it's not quite as cut and dry. There has to be clear evidence of danger to use deadly force. Cochran says it's also important that, if someone buys a gun, they know how to use it. That's why the Mobile Shooting Center gives a free lesson on the range with a purchase. One woman who lives in the area of the attacks and didn't want to be identifigot had this to say. "I think it's a good thing. I think this guy needs to know that women are taking this seriously and they're ready to defend themselves. "

Cochran strongly urges women to make sure their windows and doors are locked and to report any suspicious activity.

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Memo to Mobile Police Chief Sam Cochran: Don't talk out of both sides of your mouth at once. If a pistol packing mammy takes this coon out, then everybody wins!

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Suspect arrested in West Mobile rape

(WEST MOBILE, Ala) February 26 --In the cozy Burnham Woods subdivision where Ken McLeod lives, two women have been attacked. "We knew it was real."

One of those attacks was right next door. Plus McLeod says neighbors heard taps on windows and saw sinister shadows in backyards. "We knew it was real, just a matter of time 'til they caught him."

Now, someone is caught. 37 year old Johnny Moffett is charged with burglary and Chief Sam Cochran with the Mobile Police Department says, the February 9th rape of a 68 year old woman who lived on Burnham Woods Place. "Our detectives do feel this is the suspect we've been looking for in this string of attacks."

Police say Moffet's criminal history includes Domestic Violence, Burglary and he's been
charged as a peeping tom. Cockrell's Body Shop is where Moffett worked and Police say, it's where he ran from them. Police caught up to Moffett at his lawyer's office.

"I'm so excited." Melanie Cummins, another neighbor on Burnham Woods Place is excited that after two attacks on this street, neighbors can start to get their sense of security back. "You're so much more aware though of whose driving in, who lives here, who doesn't."

An awareness Police hope becomes an everyday part of every cozy street.

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I can hardly wait for the mugshot!

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Police capture suspect in rapes

The rapist who has been plaguing west Mobile since November 2003 is in custody, police announced Saturday, and he's a former high school track star and the father of at least nine children.

Police Chief Sam Cochran said Johnny James Moffett, 37, of Mobile, was arrested about 5 p.m. Friday.

As part of an investigation into the 11 reported rapes in west Mobile over the last 15 months, investigators with a task force were questioning past sex offenders.

They planned to pick up Moffett because of a 2002 "peeping Tom" charge and interview him, Cochran said. When police showed up about noon Friday at the auto body shop where Moff
ett worked, he took off running.

Police picked him up about five hours later near his lawyer's office downtown, Cochran said. Investigators got a search warrant and found evidence in Moffett's car linking him to the Feb. 9 rape of a 68-year-old woman at Burnham Wood Patio Homes neighborhood.

As well, Moffett had a relationship with a resident of Maison de Ville Apartments on Berwyn Drive, where three of the attacks took place, Cochran said.

"He's our suspect in all these cases at this point," the chief said.

Moffett's boss as well as his former track coach said they couldn't believe the accusation because Moffett was always such a ladies' man.

"He never had any problems getting girlfriends," said former Davidson High School track coach Sam Pettaway. "He had that personality where he could talk to girls, and they liked him."

James Cockrell, co-owner of Cockrell's Body Shop on the Beltline, where Moffett worked part-time for four years, said Moffett's girlfriends occasionally showed up at work, sometimes with his children.

"He has more women than he can shake a stick at," Cockrell said. "In my wildest imagination I couldn't imagine him being a serial rapist. I know rape is supposed to be about control, but still."

They both said Moffett didn't look at all like the sketches of the rape suspect released by police to the public.

"That doesn't even commence to resemble him," Cockrell said.

Police would not release a photo of Moffett on Saturday, asking the media to give them time to allow more victims and witnesses to review line-ups before releasing an image.

Since 1996, nine women have sued Moffett for child support in Mobile County, according to court records.

Linda Beard, who sued on behalf of her 11-year-old grandson after her daughter died, said Moffett did pay them child support but never came by to see his son.

"The only thing I know about Johnny is he got my daughter pregnant," she said. "We try to call him, and he said, 'I'm coming out to visit you,' but he never came."

Her grandson, she said, appears to no longer care.

Her daughter, Tonya, died of a brain tumor several years ago. Tonya never spoke of Moffett, Beard said.

"When I went to child support court, there were about three or four other women there suing him too," she said.

In 1986, Moffett and three track teammates -- Roderick Richardson, Mike McCarroll and Kevin Thompson -- ran three relays that Track & Field News called the best one-night triple relay performance in the history of boys prep track.

After graduating from Davidson, Moffett went to college in Sacramento, Calif., only to drop out and return home before he'd finished his first year, Pettaway said.

In 1990, Moffett pleaded guilty to drug charges, including possession of cocaine and marijuana, according to court records. He also pleaded guilty to fraudulent use of a credit card.

Cochran said investigators, especially the five-member task force that was formed recently to investigate the string of rapes, have sifted through documents, reinterviewed witnesses and looked for links between home service workers, such as health care workers, delivery drivers and pest control crews.

They even set up female undercover agents in apartments in the same area with doors and windows temptingly unlocked. Nothing happened.

Meanwhile, he said, police had to respond to criticism that the department was not adequately informing the public about the dangers.

"There's been frustration on the part of all of us," Cochran said. "We've even known some of the victims. It's horrible."

He said the task force had interviewed multiple potential suspects, including three or four last week.

The FBI helped process evidence and many other police department employees helped. Retired officers phoned in names of suspects they'd dealt with in the past. Some people called in to report relatives they thought might be the rapist.

Cochran said he was confident that the evidence, which he would not discuss, links Moffett to the rapes. But he warned Mobilians that it's always a good idea to be safety minded.

"Everyone needs to make sure they're safe and secure when they go to sleep at night, locking their windows and doors," he said.

Bond for Moffett has not yet been set. A hearing is expected to be held early this week.

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G*ddamned nigger gets more ass than a toilet seat!

T.N.B.

 

[Brewski]

Originally posted by Tyrone N. Butts@Feb 26 2005, 08:20 PM
Suspect arrested in West Mobile rape

(image from link)

That red nigger doesn't have kinky hair! :tongue:

Nice graphic, though! Hopefully this enlightened media outlet
will splash those same words on his kinky mugshot, when published.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Charges pile up for rape suspect

The list of charges against the man suspected as being a serial rapist who attacked 11 women in west Mobile during the past 14 months grew longer Sunday, when police said he was charged with another count of rape, as well as sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse.

Johnny James Moffett, 37, remained in Mobile County Metro Jail on Sunday evening, charged with two counts of rape; two counts of burglary; one count of first-degree sexual abuse; one count of sodomy; one count of third-degree domestic violence; and some traffic offenses, according to the jail log.

The charges of rape, sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse that came Sunday were in connection with the most recent attack, Feb. 13 at Gazebo Condominiums on Old Shell Road, said Cpl. Marcus Young, spokesman for the Mobile Police Department.

Evidence was found to connect Moffett to the rape of a 36-year-old woman at the condominiums at 6527 Old Shell, Young said. The police spokesman would not specify what type of evidence was found or where it was found.

Moffett was arrested Friday evening after spending the afternoon running from police, who had stopped by the place where he worked to interview him in connection with the attacks.

Members of the task force formed this month to investigate the rapes were planning to talk with Moffett because of a 2002 "peeping Tom" charge, Police Chief Sam Cochran said Saturday. Moffett ran when police showed up at the auto body shop, the police chief said.

Five hours later, police picked him up near his lawyer's office downtown, Cochran said. With a search warrant, investigators found evidence in Moffett's car linking him to the Feb. 9 rape of a 68-year-old woman in the Burnham Wood Patio Homes neighborhood, Cochran said.

"He's our suspect in all these cases at this point," the chief said.

West Mobile residents said Sunday that they feel much safer now that they know a suspect is behind bars.

"I think it's great," said Chuck Nichols as he stopped by his son's place at the Gazebo. "I feel a lot more secure for my son."

While most were pleased that Moffett was arrested, some expressed disappointment that the police did not solve the crime sooner.

Leon G. Nelson Jr., who was in the process of moving out of one the apartment complexes where three attacks on women occurred, said police should have formed a task force sooner.

"I'm very happy for the women of Mobile ... I hope the women of Mobile don't have to live through this again.

"But there is a bittersweet taste in my mouth," he said.

Nelson, a lawyer, said he never has taken issue with law enforcement before, but he thinks the police could have done to more to solve this case sooner and he thinks the police failed to keep the public properly informed while the rapes were occurring.

Police would not release a photo of Moffett on Sunday, saying that victims and witnesses need to review lineups before an image is released.

Solving the 11 attacks, which date back to Nov. 2003, has been a frustrating task, Cochran said Saturday. While the public scrutinized the police, the investigators were busy looking at documents, reinterviewing witnesses and determining if home service workers were connected, Cochran said.

Female undercover officers stayed in apartments with unlocked doors and windows hoping the attacker would come to them, Cochran said. But he didn't.

"There's been frustration on the part of all of us," Cochran said. "We've even known some of the victims. It's horrible."

Moffett, a former Davidson High School track "standout", had a relationship with a resident of Maison de Ville Apartments off Airport Boulevard where three of the attacks occurred, Cochran said.

Track & Field News called Moffett and his relay team the best one-night triple relay performance in the history of boys prep track in 1986.

In 1995, Moffett was married to Jacqueline L. Jackson in Mobile, according to Mobile County Probate Court records. The records said he had completed two years of college. Jackson could not be reached for comment.

The court has required Moffett to take at least four paternity tests, according to Alabama court records. Nine women have sued Moffett for child support since 1996 in Mobile County, the records revealed.

In 1990, Moffett pleaded guilty to drug charges, including possession of cocaine and marijuana, according to court records. He also pleaded guilty to fraudulent use of a credit card and served 90 days in jail and five years probation.

No bond had been set for Moffett as of Sunday.

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Johnny James Moffett, 37, remained in Mobile County Metro Jail on Sunday evening, charged with two counts of rape; two counts of burglary; one count of first-de
gree sexual abuse; one count of sodomy; one count of third-degree domestic violence; and some traffic offenses, according to the jail log.

Man, dat's my kind of nigger!

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

A Mobile father in jail accused of being the serial rapist

(MOBILE, Ala.) February 12 - A Mobile father in Mobile County Metro Jail accused of being the serial rapist. Close friends say it came as a surprise and it can't be so.

Police believe 37-year-old Johnny James Moffett may be the serial rapist they've been looking for. He's suspected of attacking nearly a dozen women in the past 14 months.

Court records show he's fathered at least nine children and that since 1996, nine women sued him for child support.

"You've got a man with nine children, with nine different women so why would he have to rape," says a family friend who wishes to remain anonymous.

His life-long friends turned up in court Monday where Moffett made his first appearance.

"I'm here because I don't feel like he's guilty. I trust him with my grandkids picking them up from school," says the family friend.

Moffett worked at a body shop in Mobile. Police say he fled when they went to question him. A former co-worker says police have the wrong man.

"He's worked with me for seven years. He's a good hearted person with a bunch of kids," says the former co-worker who wishes to remain anonymous.

One of Moffett's last known addresses was in the apartment complex off Sea Breeze Court in Mobile. Neighbors say if Moffett is the serial rapist, they're glad he's behind bars. "It make me feel better knowing that's he's off the street, if he is it, we don't know," says Yolanda Baker.

Another neighbor who lived close-by and who wishes to remain anonymous says she hopes Moffett is the right guy where they don't have to worry anymore. "It do make me nervous when I heard we had a suspect around here raping, so I'm glad he is took off the street," says the neighbor.

But Moffett's close family friends say they don't believe authorities have the right man. "You've got a young black man, they're gonna stick all those rapes on him that's all," says family friend.

Moffett was a Davidson High School track stand-out. Records also show he completed two years college.

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But Moffett's close family friends say they don't believe authorities have the right man. "You've got a young black man, they're gonna stick all those rapes on him that's all," says family friend.

Duh, how many kinky haird YTs out there you gonna pin it on?
STUPID NIGGER!

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Bond denied for alleged nigger serial rapist

Bond denied for alleged serial rapist

(MOBILE, Ala.) February 28 -- Charges are stacking up against a former high school track star suspected in a string of sexual assaults in west Mobile. Investigators think they can link Johnny Moffett to a total of eleven sexual assaults in the west Mobile area since November of 2003. Monday, the suspect was in court hoping to bond out of jail, but that didn't happen.

Bond was denied for the 37-year-old Moffett, believed to be the prime suspect in the 11-sexual assaults now under investigation. Investigators requested photographers not to show Johnny Moffet's face, fearing it would hinder efforts to conduct police line ups allowing each of the victims to identify their attacker without any undue outside influence.

Moffett was arrested Friday in connection with sexually assaulting a 68-year-old woman on Burham Woods Place in early February. He faces first degree rape and first degree burglary charges for that incident. Since then, police have also connected Moffett to another suspected rape case at the Gazebo Condominiums on Old Shell Road. For that incident, Moffett faces first degree burglary, rape, sodomy, and sexual abuse charges.

Mobile County District Judge George Hardesty denied bond for the suspect Monday at the request of Chief Assistant District Attorney Nikki Patterson. She believes if Johnny Moffett is released back on the streets of Mobile, he'll flee the area and won't be found again.

Moffett is scheduled to be in court again Wednesday for another bond hearing, this one stemming from the alleged attack at the Gazebo Condominiums.

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Hold on, eventually we'll get a mugshot.

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Rape victim wanting justice served in the case of the alleged serial rapist

Rape victim wanting justice served in the case of the alleged serial rapist

Video at link.

(MOBILE, Ala.) March 1 - Rape victims close to home wanting justice served in the case of the alleged serial rapist.

The arrest of the suspected serial rapist Johnny Moffett opening old wounds for some other rape victims. "It's all about power, they have you where they want you," says Jane.

This lady who we'll call Jane wishes to remain anonymous. While she was not raped by the alleged rapist , she says she'll never forget the day of her attack. He ended up putting a gun to my back and just said you're coming with me," says Jane.

It happened about eleven years ago, when Jane was only 15-years old. "I didn't know what to do, I mean it's like I tried to fight back, but the more I fought back, the more he tried to hurt me," says Jane.

Jane says watching the arrest of Moffett and hearing of the nearly dozen women he's accused of raping, made her glad to see he's off the streets. She says she understands what victims go through, and says feelings of guilt can creep in. "You think if I wouldn't have smiled at him, if I wouldn't have made eye contact," says Jane.

But experts say victims should not feel guilty, it's the assailant who committed the crime. Jane urges the victims of the alleged serial rapist to face their assailant in court. "The fact that I did something to put this man away gives you big closure," says Jane.

Police say all women are potential victims of sexual assault.

Here's what you can do to catch your assailant if you are raped. Call police immediately, don't shower or change clothes, have a medical exam (any delay can destroy evidence), memorize details of your rapist, and don't disturb the scene of the assault.

To help heal emotionally, Jane urges victims to get professional help and reach out to other rape victims. "Everytime, I help someone else I get a little closure myself," says Jane.

Some other tips police say to remember, if attacked, escape. If trapped, stay alive. And if assaulted, memorize details.

The Mobile Rape Crisis Center is open 24 hours to help victims of rape. Their number is 251-473-7273, or 473-RAPE.

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The mating ritual of Africoon Americoons is an interesting spectacle.
However, I would like to see just one article of a white man raping a nigger woman, just one. I've been reading news going on seven years and I've never read any article where a white man raped a negress. Have any of you?

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Bond denied again in West Mobile rape cases

(MOBILE, Ala) March 2 -- A suspected serial rapist enters a plea of not guilty. Johnny Moffett is formally accused of 2 attacks in West Mobile... A rape on Burnham Woods Place and one in the Gazebo Condominiums.

Assistant District Attorney John Furman says Moffett faces 6 charges, 4 of them new, including rape first degree and sodomy first degree. "The maximum penalty is life in those cases."

Family members are betting their life on Moffett's innocence.

"I know he didn't do it. He didn't have to do it. He has plenty of women. He doesn't need those old ones."

"I haven't saw [sic] any proof.
I hadn't heard [sic] any proof. Like I said, no one mentioned about DNA. They mention line ups and
speaking voice, but whatever happened to DNA, whatever happened to that?"

Furman is not talking about evidence at this point, even asking NBC 15 not to show Moffett's face while line-ups continue. "I'm not at liberty to discuss the investigation. The investigation is still going on."

For now the focus is keeping the 37 year old behind bars.

Today, Furman says the State asks the court to deny bond for the second time this week. "He is a flight risk."

Furman points to the past, saying Moffett ran from police before his arrest Friday.

Moffett's aunt Shirley Dunklin says he has no reason to run now. "You see cops saying your name to someone, automatically you're gonna run. But it doesn't mean you're guilty of anything."

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Family members are betting their life on Moffett's innocence.

Does this mean we can string them up if he's guilty? I hope so!

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Serial rape suspect pleads innocent

Alleged serial rapist Johnny James Moffett pleaded innocent Wednesday to the six charges he faces so far, as Mobile County prosecutors promised additional ones later this week.

District Judge George Hardesty ordered the former track star to remain jailed without bond, appointed attorney Jeff Deen to represent him and scheduled a preliminary hearing for March 23.

"These are very serious charges. If he decides he needs more time (to prepare for his preliminary hearing), I'll do that," the judge told Deen.

Assistant District Attorney Jill Phillips said prosecutors are preparing more charges, including at least one Class A felony.

"It should be this week," she said.

Moffett, 37, stands accused of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, first-degree burglary and first-degree sexual abuse in connection with the most recent in a string of attacks in west Mobile over the last 15 months. In that incident, a 36-year-old woman reported that a man raped her on Feb. 13 at Gazebo condominiums on Old Shell Road.

He also faces charges of first-degree rape and first-degree burglary in connection with the Feb. 9 rape of a 68-year-old woman in the Burnham Wood patio homes neighborhood.

Five of those six charges are Class A felonies punishable by 10 years to life in prison. The sexual abuse charge is a Class C felony, which carries a prison term between one and 10 years upon conviction.

At Wednesday's brief hearing, Moffett stood dressed in a blue Mobile County Metro Jail uniform as Deen tried to persuade Hardesty to grant bail.

"He's entitled to bond under Alabama law. ... The state has not shown any statutory reason why he should not be entitled to bond," he said.

But Phillips argued that Moffett represents a threat to society, and Hardesty agreed to keep him in jail without bond until his trial.

Officer Eric Gallichant, a spokesman for the Mobile Po lice [sic] Department, said in an interview Wednesday that investigators continue to review evidence, seek search warrants and set up lineups for victims to try to identify Moffett.

Outside the courtroom, Moffett's relatives steadfastly defended him.

"If you know him, you know he didn't do it," said Moffett's cousin, Brian Dunklin.

The defendant's aunt, Cheryl Moffett, noted that police sketches of the rapist bear no resemblance to her nephew.

"He didn't have to do it. He had plenty of women," she said.

Gallichant said artist renderings of suspects, which are based on descriptions supplied by victims, do not produce photograph-quality likenesses to their subjects.

"They're a tool that we use. They're very difficult, especially in stressful situations," he said. "I would say that there are similarities to the suspect in each one of the composites."

Cheryl Moffett speculated that investigators, under pressure to solve the high-profile case, "picked the first black man out of a hat" to pin the blame on. She said her nephew made a juicy target because of his prior criminal record, which includes fraudulent use of a credit card and possession of cocaine and marijuana.

Gallichant flatly denied the allegations.

"That's certainly not the case. He is one of many people that was looked at as a person of interest," he said.

The defendant's uncle, Daniel Moffett, said he regularly hung out with his nephew at the dog track. He said his nephew routinely fielded telephone calls from various women.

"They still ain't showing any evidence," he said. "I don't think it's him."

Police so far have declined to reveal how they developed Moffett as a suspect or what links him to the crimes. Some of that evidence should be presented at his preliminary hearing later this month, when a judge will determine if the case is strong enough to send to a grand jury for possible indictment.

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Cheryl Moffett speculated that investigators, under pressure to solve the high-profile case, "picked the first black man out of a hat" to pin the blame on. She said her nephew made a juicy target because of his prior criminal record, which includes fraudulent use of a credit card and possession of cocaine and marijuana.

Right on Sistuh! Dem racist cops needs to arrest da white man who raped dem womens and leave us po niggers alone.

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

VIDEO AT LINK (but I can't get it to play)

Suspected serial rapist's past unveiled.

(MOBILE, Ala) March 3 -- "We believe in you and we're gonna stand behind him."

Friends and family standing behind Johnny Moffett outside the courtroom following his arraignment Wednesday. Moffett is charged with 2 rapes. His Aunt, Shirley Dunklin says he's innocent. "They had to find someone to put it on, cuz [sic] like I said he's a good person. "

Not everyone sees Moffett's face with kind eyes. Corporal Marcus Young with the Mobile Police Department says 10 of 11 victims in the West Mobile attacks have either seen a photo spread, live line-up or heard a voice line up. "We have other elements and other aspects of the investigation that we're looking into. And the identification of the suspect by the victim would just be another piece to the puzzle."

Brian Dunklin, Moffetts' cousin says it's a puzzle with a lot of pieces. His mom agrees.

"There's plenty more things not being said."

"If you hadn't heard him in the public up until now [sic], that goes to prove, he hasn't been doing anything wrong."

Moffett's name has not been heard in the public, but Young says Moffett's face is familiar at Metro jail. "He's had burglary arrests, marijuana and cocaine arrests."

Documents obtained from a confidential source show mug shot after mug shot, charge after charg
e dating back to 1988 ranging from multiple traffic violations to assault.

Mobile County District Attorney says Moffett has 2 misdemeanor convictions and 2 felony convictions. He's done time for illegal possession of a credit card and possession of cocaine. Now the 37 year old faces more time. This time it could be life.


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These niggers have no shame, none.

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Suspect faces new charge of burglary

Mobile police Friday added a first-degree burglary charge to suspected serial rapist Johnny James Moffett's growing list of charges.

Officer Eric Gallichant, a Mobile police spokesman, said the latest charge involves an attack in April 2004 at Kingswood Apartments in the 5400 block of Old Shell Road.

Moffett pleaded innocent Wednesday to the six charges he had faced at that time as Mobile County prosecutors promised additional charges.

District Judge George Hardesty ordered the former track star to remain jailed without bond, appointed attorney Jeff Deen to represent him and scheduled a preliminary hearing for March 23.

In addition to the new charge Friday, Moffett, 37, stands accused of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, first-degree burglary and first-degree sexual abuse in connection with two sexual attacks.

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Wake up America and smell the nigger.

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Police describe sex attacks

Investigators say that when they went through Johnny Moffett's car in late February, they found a pink towel, several explicit adult videos with older women and a clipping of a Mobile Register story about a series of west Mobile rapes going back to November 2003.

Moffett, 37, faces seven charges for now -- three for burglary, two for rape, one for sodomy and one for sex abuse involving three victims since April of last year. And, according to a prosecutor, he is a suspect in eight more of the west Mobile rapes.

During one of those attacks, according to an investigator, a pink towel was taken from the victim's home.

Wednesday, a preliminary hearing was held by District Judge George Hardesty, who then sent the charges against Moffett to a grand jury for possible indictments.

During that hearing, three police investigators detailed the late-night attacks on the three women, ranging in age from 26 to 68.

In each case, the women had left partially open either a sliding glass patio door or a window in their homes, which investigators speculated was how Moffett gained entry.

The first victim, according to investigators, was the only one who was able to fight her attacker off without being sexually assaulted. One night in April 2004 she was wrapped in a blanket on the floor of her living room watching television, officers said, when she heard an unusual sound coming from the kitchen of her Old Shell Road home. As she walked into investigate, a man leaped in on her through the sliding glass door.

She screamed, but he shoved her to the floor and wrapped the blanket around her head. As he loosened his grip in an apparent attempt to unzip his pants she got away through the sliding glass door, the investigators said she told them. He caught up and shoved her to the concrete. She screamed, and the attacker fled on foot without harming her further.

On the night of Feb. 9, in a neighborhood off Hillcrest Road, a 68-year-old woman was taking a bath when a man walked into her bathroom and turned off the lights. He had come in through an open window, investigators said. He pulled her into the living room, where he told her he wanted her to like what was about to happen to her. He raped her, stole $35 from her purse and fled through the front door.

In an attack four days later, a 36-year-old woman, also of an Old Shell Road address, told investigators she was asleep in her bed when she awoke to find a man standing over her. When she screamed, he struck her with his fist. He yanked the covers off and asked if she had a condom. When she said she did not, he went into the kitchen and returned with a white, plastic grocery bag. Apparently he fashioned a condom from the bag and raped her, the investigators told Hardesty.

He asked if she had money, and she said she didn't. He took her telephone and left.

Moffett, whose nickname is Happy John, was arrested two weeks later after links were made to a Peeping Tom charge in 2002.

According to police, Moffett is the father of at least nine children by several women.

The athletically built defendant, his hair in dreadlocks, said nothing Wednesday as his attorney, Jeff Deen, asked that a bail amount be set.

Assistant District Attorney Jill Phillips argued against it, citing past convictions and arrests in Moffett's police record.

Hardesty continued to deny Moffett bail.

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Fetch da rope!

T.N.B.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Johnny Moffett, charged with multiple rapes, goes on trial

(MOBILE, Ala.) September 18 -- Trial proceedings began Monday for a suspect in a string of rapes that left women all over the Mobile area on alert. Johnny Moffet is the suspect in 11 rapes dating back to 2003 and for this trial has been charged in three of them. Monday, one of his alleged victims took the witness stand.

On the first day of the state versus Johnny Moffet, a 38-year-old woman took the stand and told jurors about the morning of February 13. She said she woke up to find a man standing over her bed and he told her he had a knife.
Then he made her put the comforter over her head and touched her asking her
if she had ever been with a black man.

You know what this means? It means I'm moving the thread to nigger on White crime!

She was repeatedly raped, rolled over and sodomized, and then the rapist made her touch herself. She said the rapist was pre-occupied with condoms and vibrators. He even went to the kitchen to get a plastic grocery sack to use as a makeshift condom. I done gots me sum dat white puzzy, now I gets me sum dat white azz, knowha'm'say'n.

The alleged victim said through most of the ordeal, a comforter covered her head and before that, she was disoriented and didn’t have her glasses on. During cross examination, a defense attorney asked her if she could identify Johnny Moffett as her attacker, and she said she could not.

However, in opening arguments, prosecutors told jurors that a palm print is going to play a pivotal role in the trial. They say it was left behind at the scene and it is that palm print that belongs to John Moffet. Those witnesses are scheduled to take the stand in the coming days of the trial.

Hey, nigger Johnny, if you can read, READ MY SIG, NIGGER!

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Testimony continues in trial of accused rapist

(MOBILE, Ala.) September 19 -- Tuesday, jurors listened to testimony from police in the trial of Johnny Moffett, accused of carrying out multiple rapes in the West Mobile area. A local DNA expert and an FBI fingerprint and palm print analyst were the primary prosecution witnesses for the day.

Despite the accusations that Moffett has raped women in multiple cases, everything jurors hear during this trial is related only to this case. Monday, during the jury selection, any potential jurors who had heard anything about a West Mobile rapist were weeded out. Tuesday, out of the earshot of the jury, the prosec
ution and defense attorneys argue, just how can the jury know about a 'heavy caseload at the Department of Forensic Science? This jury only knows DNA experts were working on multiple unsolved crimes involving DNA.

The word rape cannot be used. Jurors don't know Moffett was named a suspect in 11 unsolved rapes or that he is charged with two other rapes. They have heard he was arrested in February of 2005 and a palm print match in this case was made February 27. Jurors don't know and can't know Moffett had been arrested for another rape before that February 27 match and that he was originally picked up on outstanding warranties. The nigga is gots his rights, knowha'm'say'n.

Records from Alabama courts show Moffett has had numerous drug charges and a criminal history for being a peeping tom, but there is someone jurors may have noticed sitting in the courtroom behind the victim's friends and family. Its a rape crises counselor, and she has message everyone needs to know. 'The most important thing is to let that person have a voice when they have been violated, and it's our role as rape crisis advocates and at the center to be with them throughout the process from the hospital to, you know, the court process.

The prosecution may rest its case as early as Wednesday, and then the defense will get its shot. NBC 15 News will continue to bring you the latest developments in this trial as they become available.

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

Jury slams down guilty verdict in rape trial - video at link -

(MOBILE, Ala) September 21 -- Innocent until proven guilty... And now, Mobile County Assistant District Attorney Jill Phillips, has the proof. "We are obviously very pleased with the jury's verdict."

It's a victory for the victim in this case and a victory for 8 other victims. Sergeant Matthew Garrett with the Mobile Police Department says they haven't found enough evidence to give those victims a day in court. "We have evidence that leads us to believe he is responsible for the other 8. Now whether or not that evidence rises to the level of warranting
an arrest warrant is a different question at this time."

Some of their family members sit through this trial... A trial that was Phillp's best shot. "We certainly felt the physical evidence in this case was perhaps stronger than the other cases... We wanted to go ahead and put our best foot forward."

That foot is trampling a brand new set of victims. "Another young black man's life is gone, its off the street." Hip, Hip, Hurray!

Johnny Moffett's family member's don't want to give their names. They say their feelings are more important than names. "I don't believe he's guilty of none of em." Shut up, nigger.

A jury disagrees... Saying Moffett is guilty of burglary... For taking the victim's holy water from under her picture of the Pope... And pouring it on her. He's guilty of sexual abuse, sodomy, and rape.

The cloak of innoce
nce is gone... Moffett now faces life in prison. That's the part I don't like. This nigger needs a tree and a rope!

 

[Tyrone N. Butts]

West Mobile rapist is sentenced

(MOBILE, Ala) December 14 -- Today many women are reaching to recall the West Mobile rapes.

Over a year and a half, 11 women woke up to find a stranger over their bed. Police said the rapes were connected and Steve Ieronimo of West Mobile remembers that countless women lived in fear. "He was victimizing innocent women and elderly people especially."

Linda Swearingen was also scared. "Thoughts about what if its me and what would I do."

During that time, gun sales to women went up. NBC 15 teamed with local gyms so women could work out safely. Police formed a special task force and eventually arrested Johnny Moffett. Jill Phillips, with the Mobile County District Attorney's office says he was charged with 3 crimes. "The defendant is also the only suspect in the other cases that as of today's date have yet to be charged."

Now, for most, that time in Mobile history is barely a blip. And as the man police call the West Mobile rapist is sentenced, one victim says the hour she was terrorized is just that, an hour out of a rich full life. Phillips, the prosecuting attorney in the case, was impressed. "She said that he is nothing to her and I think that is a wonderful accomplishment for her to have come this far."

As for Moffett, that hour now becomes defining moment. For each conviction, burglary, sexual abuse, sodomy and rape, Moffett gets life term in prison. Four life sentences in all. Jeff Deen, Moffett's defense attorney says he'll appeal. "The double jeopardy clause says you can only be punished once for the same act and this is really all one act." Hang this nigger today!