NC- Accused molester shot by girl's mother

6-24-2009 North Carolina:

LUMBERTON — A 43-year-old Lumberton man who was shot following accusations that he molested a 7-year-old relative has been charged with the sexual offense.

Ray Demery, of Trenton Drive, was apparently shot by the alleged victim’s mother, according to a sheriff’s report. The woman has not been charged with a crime. The Robesonian has elected not to identify her in order to protect her child’s identity.

Demery, who was arrested Tuesday evening, is charged with first-degree sexual offense. He was taken to the Robeson County jail and placed under a $120,000 bond.

Lt. Kathy Torre of the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Division said investigators served a warrant for Demery’s arrest shortly after his release from Southeastern Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for his injuries.

According to a sheriff’s report, Demery was with relatives in Pembroke on Friday night when a female relative asked him to stay with her daughter so that she could run an errand. According to a sheriff’s report, the woman received a phone call from her daughter, who said she had awakened and found Demery molesting her.

The report said the 7-year-old girl managed to lock Demery out of the house and waited for her mother to return. The woman told deputies that when she returned she confronted Demery and shot him.

A second sheriff’s report said that Demery reported being shot at about 3:10 a.m. Saturday. Demery told deputies that he was walking on Union Chapel Road when he “heard shots being fired” and “felt pain” in his arm and side. He also told deputies that he did not know who was responsible for the gunfire. He was then taken to the hospital.

Deputies began putting the pieces together when the 7-year-old girl was also taken to Southeastern Regional Medical Center and admitted as a victim of sexual assault.

The initial sheriff’s report said Demery denies molesting the girl. Demery also faces charges of failure to pay child support. ..Source.. by Stephanie S. Beecher




Robeson sitter shot, charged with sex offense

Pembroke, N.C. — The Robeson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a case of a vigilante reaction to alleged child molestation.

Authorities said a woman shot Ray Demery Jr., 43, of Trenton Drive in Lumberton, after her daughter said he molested her.

Lt. Kathy Torre said Demery was being held in the Robeson County Jail under a $120,000 bond on a charge of first-degree sex offense. Demery was arrested Tuesday, she said.

A Pembroke woman told deputies she asked Demery to watch her 7-year-old daughter Saturday night. While she was out, she got a call from her child to come home, only to find Demery locked outside her house. When the girl told her mother that Demery had touched her inappropriately, the mother opened fire, hitting him twice, deputies said.

Torre said Demery initially lied to deputies about how he got the wounds, saying he did not see his shooter. He later said the mother shot him, but that he did not know why. ..Source.. by WRAL.com