James Michael Crayton will like face trial in circuit court following grand jury indictments last week on the charges of first-degree rape A, incest C and a number of charges related to theft from an employer.
Crayton, 49, of Jacksons Gap faces arraignment this week in the courtroom of Fifth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Issac Wharton. Crayton was arrested in Aug. 2019 after a 19-year old relative said she was raped by Crayton.
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