Man Suspected of Molesting 4-year-old Faces Judge

A Redlands man who police say abducted a 4-year-old girl and was later found with her in his apartment while they were both nude, pleaded not guilty to sexually molesting the child.

Terence Giberson, 52, faced Judge Kenneth Barr wearing the familiar orange jumpsuit with the letters S/W on the back for suicide watch.

Giberson was charged with two counts of oral copulation/sexual penetration with a child under 10, two counts of forcible lewd acts upon a child, and one count of kidnapping to commit another crime.

If convicted on all charges, Giberson faces a possible three life terms in state prison.

The abduction happened about 7:30 p.m. Monday. Redlands Police investigators said the girl had been playing with other children in front of her parents’ apartment in 900 block of Pine Avenue when she disappeared.

The child's father went looking for the girl through the complex. As he approached a neighbor's apartment he saw his daughter through a window, said Carl Baker, spokesman with the Redlands Police Department.

The father walked into the apartment and found his daughter and Giberson naked, police officials. The father left the apartment and called police.

Giberson is scheduled to return to San Bernardino Superior Court on Aug. 19 for a pre-preliminary hearing.