Gore Man Faces Rape Trial
by Monica Keen, Staff Writer
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A Gore man accused of the sexual assault of two young boys was recently bound over for trial in Sequoyah County District Court in Sallisaw.

Terry Gene Williams, 22, was bound over after his Jan. 31 preliminary hearing. Williams was charged in September with four felony counts of first-degree rape and two counts of lewd molestation, according to court records. Williams remains in the Sequoyah County Jail in Sallisaw on a $120,000 bond.

Kyle Waters, Sequoyah County assistant district attorney, said the two victims in the case both testified at Williams' preliminary hearing.

The charges against Williams stem from a September incident. According to court records, Gore Assistant Police Chief Billy White was called to a Gore home in reference to the abuse on Sept. 15.

The victims' mother told White that she walked into the bedroom of her two youngest sons, who were 8 and 9 years old at the time, to find her 15-year-old stepson in bed under the covers with her 9-year-old son.

The next day, the victims' mother asked the boys what had been going on when she went into their room. The boys allegedly told her that their step-brother and Williams had been "messing with them."

During interviews with the juveniles, the boys described what Williams did to them. The boys told police that the alleged sexual abuse took place at their Gore home and at Webbers Falls Lock and Dam No. 16.

Williams' district court arraignment has been set for March 2.

Since some of the incidents allegedly occurred in Muskogee County, charges are pending in Muskogee County.

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