Madison-Rankin District Attorney issued the following press release:
Habitual Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison following the Sexual Assault of a Ridgeland Woman
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael
Guest announced today that Samuel Terrail Young, Jr. was sentenced to life in
the custody of the Department of Corrections without the possibility of parole after
being found guilty, through a two-day trial, by a Madison County jury for sexual
battery.
On June 28, 2015, the Ridgeland
Police Department received a 911 call from a woman who had been sexually
assaulted at her Rice Road apartment in Ridgeland. Police responded and spoke with the victim
who told officers that shortly after 10:00 p.m. she was in her apartment and
went into her bedroom where she was confronted by an unknown male. He demanded money from her and when she
failed to turn over any money he began physically assaulting her.
The
intruder ordered her to remove her clothes and he sexually assaulted her in her
bedroom and living room. During the
attack he repeatedly told her that he would kill her if she screamed or called
the police. He also ordered her not to
look at him during the assault in an attempt to prevent her from later
identifying him.
After
speaking with law enforcement, the victim was taken to a local hospital where a
sexual assault kit was completed by medical personnel and turned over to
investigators. The sexual assault kit
was then submitted to the Mississippi State Crime Laboratory in an attempt to
develop the DNA profile of the rapist.
The kit contained seminal fluid and the crime lab was able to obtain a
DNA profile for the unidentified suspect.
The profile was run through the national DNA database, CODIS, and was
matched to the DNA on file for Samuel Terrail Young, Jr.
It
was determined that Young was currently on federal probation for bank robbery
and a weapons violation. The Ridgeland
Police Department issued a warrant for Young’s arrest and he was taken into
custody with the assistance of the Federal Probation Office. A search warrant was later issued to obtain a
DNA swab of the defendant’s person and that sample was matched to the DNA profile
obtained from the sexual assault kit.
Guest stated, “Young is violent and
dangerous habitual offender who had been out of jail for one week before committing
this heinous crime. He has shown that he
will not abide by the laws that govern our society and will now have to spend
the rest of his life in prison. This conviction
and sentence removes another violent criminal from Madison County streets
forever.”
Guest concluded, “The victim in case
was extremely courageous to report the crime committed and to later tell a jury
what occurred. Her testimony, combined
with the evidence produced by the Ridgeland Police Department and the
Mississippi State Crime Laboratory, gave the Madison County jury the evidence needed
to find Young guilty. This conviction is
an example of how the justice system can work when the police, prosecutors, the
judge and jury, come together to hold accountable those who break our laws.”
Young has numerous prior felony
convictions. He was previously convicted
of Aggravated Assault in Madison County in 2008, Bank Robbery and a Felon in
Possession of a Firearm in United States District Court in 2011, and Automobile
Theft in Hinds County in 2012.
District Attorney Michael Guest was
sworn into office in January 2008 and represents the Twentieth Judicial
District, Madison and Rankin Counties.
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Defendant:
Name: Samuel Terrail Young, Jr.
Address: 159 Wheatley Place, Ridgeland
Date of Birth: December 14, 1987
8 comments:
One more bad guy off our streets. Thank you & keep up good work!
If this leach on society had been given a life sentence in 2008 he could not have committed the additional crimes in 2011, 2012, & the rape in 2015. Tougher sentences keep these animal in jail & away from society. Liberal democrats are 50% to blame for the women. Remember Mississippi is culpability law state.
So this 29 year old scumbag is off the streets, and we get the pleasure of forking over $50k a year for the next 50 years to imprison him. $2.5 million when a $1 for a bullet between his eyes would save us all time, grief and safety of others.
If a frog had wings, 4:10. Where was your sharpshooter ass when he was between the van and the court house? Watching The View. Thought so.
7:27 uuuummmm. Basic reading skills would lead to concluding that 4:10 is making an appeal for capital punishment, not vigilante behavior.
I don't think so, 8:25. Capital punishment in this country doesn't include a bullet between the eyes. Nor is capital punishment ever a sentence for rape. Come back after you've rethought your position. uuuummmmmm.
Real question here. What is the penalty for Bank Robbery? I am not kidding. How in the world was he not in prison for a decade?
3:11, I am 4:10. You are wrong and 7:27 is right. Firing squads have been used in this country in the past. But you are more than welcome to pay extra taxes to provide digs for the rapist for the next 50 years.
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