Molester to serve 11 years

A man who molested a 7-year-old girl will serve 11 years behind bars.

The defendant, Raygan Lebran Presley, was ordered Wednesday by Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to serve 11 years in prison at 100 percent with no chance of early release. He must also list himself for life on the state’s sexual offender registry and submit to lifetime supervision once he is released from confinement.

His sentence comes following his conviction in May following a jury trial in which the young girl recalled his advances which occurred on multiple occasions. During trial, prosecutors proved Presley inappropriately touched the girl on her private regions after she took refuge in the bed in which he was sleeping after she had nightmares. The incidents happened on at least three occasions with Presley warning the girl not to tell anyone.

Investigators say Presley would wait until the girl’s mother had left for work in the morning before molesting the girl. When the girl’s mother found out what had happened, she removed her daughter and her other children from the house.