Mitchell Blake Terry

Florence police have charged Mitchell Blake Terry, 31, with the Summit Ridge sexual assault of September 17th. At this point he has not been charged with the three other North Florence bedroom intrusions from last spring.

Terry has a lengthy history of burglary. Police files show arrests from April 2008, February 2009, December 2009, and April 2010. The April 2010 arrest also included charges of resisting arrest.

Since DNA evidence was left at the Summit Ridge home intrusion, we may assume records from previous crimes helped to identify Terry positively. We have to ask what Terry was doing walking free with such a current record. It's certainly possible he was incarcerated during the summer months, explaining the gap in attacks.

More as it develops...



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