A Spotsylvania County man was indicted this week on eight molestation charges including rape and sodomy of a teenaged girl.
James Edmond Curtis, 67, was charged with abusing a 15-year-old girl, who came to police to report repeated rapes, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in Spotsylvania Circuit Court.
The affidavit states that the sexual abuse had been happening for several years. It further states that the girl kept a diary and recounted some of the assaults in the diary.
Recently, the girl underwent a forensic examination at the hospital and came to police about the abuse.
One of the items the search warrant was issued to obtain is photos of Curtis' body, along with a DNA swab.
Curtis was indicted Monday on three counts of rape, one count of indecent liberties, two counts of aggravated sexual battery and two counts of sodomy.
Online court records show that one of Curtis' rape charges is a second offense, and the affidavit states that he was convicted in 1985 of raping a 13-year-old girl.
Curtis is not listed, however, on Virginia's sex offender registry.
According to the indictment list from the Spotsylvania Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, Curtis is represented by public defender Martha Norton and is currently incarcerated.
He is scheduled for arraignment Sept. 5.
Ellen Biltz: 540/374-5424
Email: ebiltz@freelancestar.com