A 45-year-old Slidell man is going to prison after being found guilty of first degree rape of a special needs child under the age of 13 and an additional charge of molestation.
Glenn David Mills had been left alone with four children by the woman who would later witness his molestation of the child when she returned home.
The witness recorded her confrontation with the defendant and also provided text messages he’d sent her after the incident to authorities. The defendant had fled the scene but was later arrested in Jefferson Parish.
The State presented the video recordings and text messages.
The defendant was heard saying: “I’m mad at my [expletive] self;” “I let that happen just now;” “I don’t know what the [expletive] I was thinking. It was stupid;” and “Wow, I just threw my whole [expletive] life away;” followed by “I’ve never done anything like this before.” The video showed the victim in the room, holding her baby doll.
Text messages from the defendant revealed the defendant saying, “Hope you can forgive me” and “you have every right to be angry.”
In closing, Assistant District Attorney Taylor Nicholson told the jury, “We can hold him accountable, we can protect those who can’t protect themselves.”
The defense claimed that the defendant was “set up” by the eyewitness and that the victim was “used as the weapon”, as she couldn’t deny or prove the incident. Assistant District Attorney Zachary Popovich refuted this statement with regard to the eyewitness, “People don’t lie to make their lives harder!” He said, “After three years this witness has been consistent in her story from the 9-1-1 call up to her testimony at trial. This would not be possible if it were not the truth.”
Mills faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. He will be sentenced on January 11, 2023.
