Last Updated:October 03. 2007 11:00PM
Published: October 04. 2007 3:30AM
Police are looking for a
Florence man accused of raping and sodomizing two girls in 2006.
Florence police detective Keith Johnson said authorities have been searching for Joe Henry Jones Jr. since arrest warrants were issued for him in September 2006.
Johnson said the warrants charge Jones, 33, of 910 W. Montgomery Ave.,
Florence, with two counts of first-degree rape and two counts of first-degree sodomy
Both offenses are Class A felonies, which are punishable by 10 years to life if the defendant is convicted.
Johnson said Jones has reportedly been in hiding since the accusations were made against him. He said in addition to staying at the West Montgomery Avenue residence, Jones has also lived from time to time at a residence on Pruitt Street in
Florence and possibly in other states.
"We have received word that he has been in Louisiana and Ohio," Johnson said. [
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