Man Charged In Abduction, Sexual Assault Of 63-Year-Old
CANNON
Editor's Note: The name of the victim in this article is not identified in keeping with the Tyler Morning Telegraph’s policy to protect the identity of victims of sexual abuse and to encourage the reporting of such crimes.
By KENNETH DEAN
Staff Writer
GUN BARREL CITY — A registered sex offender has been charged in the abduction, beating and sexual assault of a 63-year-old woman he allegedly pushed into an abandoned well last week.
Staff Writer
GUN BARREL CITY — A registered sex offender has been charged in the abduction, beating and sexual assault of a 63-year-old woman he allegedly pushed into an abandoned well last week.
Henderson County Sheriff officials said Joshua James Cannon, 18, has been formerly charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and felon in possession of a firearm.
He remains in the county jail on bonds totaling $167,500.
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The woman told the Tyler Morning Telegraph she answered a knock at her door shortly after midnight last Friday and found Cannon asking to use her phone.
Cannon then allegedly attacked the woman, beating her with the butt of a rifle before he assaulted her and dragged her to her car in the driveway. After driving for several hours, he drove into a wooded area and pushed her into the well.
The woman said she was in the well 16 hours before family members found her and she was rescued.
She is now home from the hospital recuperating from her injuries.
Sheriff’s officials said Cannon registered as a sex offender with the department less than 48 hours before the attack on the woman.
Records show he was detained in the Texas Youth Commission for molesting a 5-year-old girl when he was a juvenile.
Cannon and a juvenile were found in the woman’s car hours after she was pushed into the well. The juvenile is not believed to have been a participant in the crime.
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