Jerry Lee Manigault
We typed the post last night. Now that the news is out we will publish it. We didn’t want to interfere with the official investigation.
Let’s talk about serial offender (and sex offender) Jerry Lee Manigault of Baptist Hill Road in Hollywood. We were surfing the database of the Al Cannon Detention Center today and found he was arrested Monday evening and charged with Failing to Register as a Sex Offender. His bond was set at $2,105 by Judge Bligen.
In light of recent events in Hollywood, namely the disappearance of an elderly woman, we thought we would dig around a bit. We found out Manigault has ties to Hollywood and Beaufort County. His address on the sex offender registry and on most of his arrest records is 4940 Baptist Hill Road. Curiously, that is only .3 miles from Julie Ann Mudgett’s residence on Toogoodoo Road according to Google Maps.
Earlier this week we put up a post in which we intuitively linked the disappearance of 77 year old Hollywood resident Julia Ann Mudgett and the murder of 70 year old Polly Ann Mitchell of Bluffton on Monday. Mudgett’s missing car was found Monday at a boat landing only a few short miles from Mitchell’s home.
From what we have learned about Manigault he likes raping elderly women and in fact is alleged to have sexually assaulted his own mother. He has an extensive criminal history. Let’s review it.
1991 Charges (Charleston County):
Distribution of Crack Cocaine - Reduced to Possession of Cocaine by the 9th Circuit Solicitor. Sentenced by Judge Daniel E. Martin to time served. Bond information is not available so we don’t know how long he spent in jail.
1992 Charges (Charleston County):
2nd Degree Burglary - Dismissed by the 9th Circuit Solicitor.
Grand Larceny - Reduced to Receiving Stolen Goods by the 9th Circuit Solicitor. Sentenced to time served.
2nd Degree Burglary - Dismissed by the 9th Circuit Solicitor.
Grand Larceny - Reduced to Receiving Stolen Goods by the 9th Circuit Solicitor. Sentenced to time served.
2nd Degree Burglary - Dismissed by the 9th Circuit Solicitor.
Assault & Battery High and Aggravated - Dismissed by the 9th Circuit Solicitor.
Grand Larceny - Reduced to Receiving Stolen Goods by the 9th Circuit Solicitor. Time served.
2nd Degree Burglary - Dismissed by the 9th Circuit Solicitor.
1992 Charges (Beaufort County):
Criminal Conspiracy - Dismissed by the 14th Circuit Solicitor.
Armed Robbery - Dismissed by the 14th Circuit Solicitor.
1995 Charges (Charleston County):
2nd Degree Burglary - Dismissed by the 9th Circuit Solicitor with the notation Manigault had permission to enter the residence.
Grand Larceny - Pled guilty. Sentenced by Judge Charles Whetstone to 5 years, suspended to 238 days and 5 years of probation.
1996 Charges (Charleston County):
1st Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct - Reduced to Assault & Battery High & Aggravated by the 9th Circuit Solicitor. Sentenced by Judge Paul Burch to 10 years, suspended on time served and 5 years probation.
Kidnapping - Pled guilty. Same sentence as above. Concurrent.
2000 Charges (Beaufort County):
Possession of a Sawed-Off Rifle - Dismissed by the 14th Circuit Solicitor.
Unlawful Carrying of a Pistol - Pled guilty. Sentenced by Judge Luke Brown to 124 days time served.
2001 Charges (Charleston County):
Probation Violation
2001 Charges (Beaufort County):
Strong Arm Robbery - Pled guilty. Sentenced by Judge Jackson Gregory to 12 years.
2009 Charges (Charleston County):
Strong Arm Robbery - Reduced to Simple Assault by the 9th Circuit Solicitor. Sentenced by Judge Thomas “Felon’s Friend” Hughston to 30 days.
Two (2) counts of Forgery - Pled guilty. Sentenced by Judge Roger Young to 1 year, suspended on 90 days and 2 years probation on each charge, concurrent.
2010 Charges (Charleston County):
1st Degree Burglary - Dismissed by the 9th Circuit Solicitor.
Strong Arm Robbery - Dismissed by the 9th Circuit Solicitor.
1st Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct - Dismissed by the 9th Circuit Solicitor.
Assault & Battery High & Aggravated - Dismissed by the 9th Circuit Solicitor.
Kidnapping - Dismissed by the 9th Circuit Solicitor.
Probation Violation
In this case from 2010 Manigault beat and sexually assaulted an 82 year old woman after breaking into her home at about 4:30 in the morning on 26 July, 2010. He then went on the run and ended up in Beaufort County where he was arrested.
2011 Charges (Charleston County):
3rd Degree Burglary - Pled guilty. Sentenced by Judge Stephanie McDonald to 2 years.
2012 Charges (Charleston County):
1st Degree Burglary - Pled guilty. Sentenced by Judge Thomas “Felon’s Friend” Hughston to 3 years in January 2013.
Here it is May of 2014 and Manigault is roaming the streets of the Lowcountry.
Here you have yet another example of a violent offender coddled by the 9th Circuit Solicitor and judges - for decades.
Given Manigault’s proximity to the Hollywood victim and the fact that her car was recovered very close to the Bluffton victim’s residence, plus his history of violence and sexual assaults on elderly women, we believe Manigault is a solid suspect in each of those crimes.
We finished this post at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday evening. We will refrain from posting it so we don’t interfere with any possible investigation of Manigault by the authorities.
