MEMPHIS, Tenn.Feb 24 2010 -
UPDATE:
Geryl Hill, a former Kroger security guard and confessed criminal, is now charged with another jaw dropping crime.Police say the 31-year-old man used his position of power to rape a 24-year-old woman while on the job at the Kroger in Poplar Plaza.
Investigators say the plain clothed security guard accused two cousins of stealing, then told a uniformed guard to follow them upstairs to conduct a search.
When nothing was found in one lady’s purse, police say the suspect told the woman and the uniformed guard to go downstairs and wait for police.
Court records say that’s when Hill took what he wanted “forcefully.
“Fearing she’d go to jail, the victim says she “reluctantly agreed” and didn’t tell police until the next day.
Documents show the assault didn’t stop there; Hill got her number and apparently “called her throughout the night.
State records show Hill is a fully licensed, armed, security guard.
A background check also shows he was charged with aggravated statutory rape in 2006.
A Kroger spokesman says they’re just as appalled as anyone else and that the company is cooperating with police on the investigation. He says Security Point handles the store’s security and that he didn’t know Hill had a previous record.
We weren’t able to reach officials, after hours, at Security Point. Just last year he pled guilty to a lesser charge and was granted a suspended sentence.
ORIGINAL POST
Memphis Police arrested a security guard accused of raping a shoplifting suspect at an East Memphis Kroger last week.
According to investigators, the 24-year old female victim was detained by 31-year old Geryl Hill for shoplifting at the Kroger in Poplar Plaza when the sexual assault occurred.
Hill was arrested Tuesday, February 16 and charged with Rape and Sexual Battery by an Authority Figure.
Kroger would not comment on this incident and would not confirm if Hill was an employee of Kroger or a contract guard agency.
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