Victim testifies Fayette man molested her 'numerous times'

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Victim testifies Fayette man molested her 'numerous times'

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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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