Crime & Safety

Redlands Molestation Suspect Must Return to Court

A hearing for Terence Giberson, accused of kidnapping a youngster from in front of a neighbor's apartment, was rescheduled by the prosecution.

A preliminary hearing for a Redlands man accused of kidnapping and molesting a young girl from a neighboring apartment was continued until next week to give prosecutors time to bring in a witness.

Terence Giberson, 52, was supposed to have a preliminary hearing Wednesday. The hearings help the court decide whether there is enough evidence to hold someone to answer to charges.

Giberson, who is currently in custody, appeared in court Wednesday in a green prison jumpsuit.

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Judge John N. Martin agreed to push the date of the hearing back to Monday or Wednesday at Deputy District Attorney Maryanne Choi's request. The prosecutor said an important witness is currently testifying in a trial in Victorville.

Giberson was arrested Aug. 8. Redlands Police investigators say they found him and a missing 4-year-old girl naked in his apartment.

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The child had reportedly been playing in front of her family’s apartment in the 900 block of Pine Avenue when she disappeared about 7:30 p.m. The girl's father searched the complex found the child nude, calling for him through Giberson's apartment window, said Carl Baker, spokesman with the Redlands Police Department.

When the father entered to apartment to get his daughter, police officials said he also found Giberson inside naked. The father took his daughter home and called police.

Giberson locked himself in his home and refused to surrender to police. About 30 minutes after police arrived, he voluntarily left his home, Baker said. Giberson was treated for several superficial, self-inflicted cuts, Baker said.

Giberson was charged with five counts in total – two counts of Oral Copulation/Sexual Penetration with a Child Under 10, two counts of Forcible Lewd Act Upon a Child, and one count of Kidnapping to Commit Another Crime.


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