Presley guilty of molesting girl, 7

What began as a nightmare brought on by watching a scary movie became a real-life nightmare when a 7-year-old girl said she was molested in the very bed in which she took refuge from her bad dreams.

The molester and family friend, Raygan Presley, was convicted by a jury this past week following trial on three counts of aggravated sexual battery. He was taken into custody and awaits sentencing on the three felony convictions, each of which carries eight to 12 years in prison. He had been free on bond for over four years while the case awaited trial.

The victim took the stand during Presley?s trial as the state?s star witness, recalling how the molestations progressed to more and more serious contact over a two-week period.

The girl told jurors she was first touched by Presley when she came into her mother?s room and climbed into bed after having a bad dream brought on by a scary movie she had watched before bed. The girl recalled Presley began touching her after her mother left to go to work. A similar incident happened days later, this time with Presley touching her private region and ordering her to be quiet when she began crying. The girl said the last time the touching happened Presley came into her room and began touching her in an inappropriate manner, warning her not to tell anyone.

The girl?s mother became curious days later when she saw her daughter scrambling to get back to her own room as she (the mother) was preparing to leave for work as she had the other mornings of the molestations. The mother fled the house with her daughter and the other children who were at the home upon hearing about the molestations. Presley was then taken in for questioning and charged with the Class B felonies.