A Dallas, Ga.,
woman, now 19, testified Monday that Craig Steven Ferrill molested her
"numerous times" at his south Fayette home during a span of
nearly three years that began when she was 11 years old.
Ferrill, 43,
is charged with three counts of aggravated child molestation and one count
each of statutory rape, enticing a child for indecent purposes, child
molestation, possession of a sawed-off firearm, possession of methamphetamine
and possession of marijuana (less than one ounce). Testimony in the case
ran into Tuesday afternoon before attorneys could present their closing
arguments.
The firearm
and drug charges stem from contraband deputies recovered while executing
the search warrant on Ferrill's residence, according to prosecutors.
The victim
said Ferrill would sometimes molest her with other children present, hiding
the activity under a blanket. The assaults would usually take place after
everyone in the house was asleep, the victim added.
"I was
scared of him but at the same time I trusted him and I didn't realize
that was wrong," the victim said. Later, she added that Ferrill told
her, "If I ever told, it would flip my world upside down.... He never
threatened me but he did make it very clear that I could never tell."
The victim
told her mother about the incidents last year during an argument, she
said.
The victim
said her family would spend three out of four weekends a month with the
Ferrill family, often at the Ferrills' home. She also said that years
later, she ran into Craig Ferrill at his East Point garage where her grandfather
worked and he gave her $100, which she assumed was a payment to "keep
quiet."
Ferrill's attorney,
Tom Cook, told the jury that his client denies ever having sexual contact
with the victim. Cook admitted that Ferrill had the drugs, which he supposedly
kept after finding them in limousines he serviced at the garage, and the
shotgun, which was given to him as a teenager.







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