ACCUSED RAPIST CAUGHT 11-04-2010

AN ACCUSED KIDNAPPER AND RAPIST WAS CAUGHT IN GREENWOOD THURSDAY. TONY CARROLL, 42, REMAINS IN THE LEFLORE COUNTY JAIL TONIGHT AWAITING HIS INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE.  CHIEF HENRY PURNELL CARROLL PUSHED A WOMAN ON MAY 24 INTO A SMALL WHITE CAR FROM CHURCH'S CHICKEN LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 82 AND SYCAMORE STREET, THEN DROVE DOWN HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH TO THE HOOVER SANDERS BRIDGE OVER THE YAZOO RIVER, WHERE HE RAPED HER.  AFTER THE ATTACK, PURNELL SAID CARROLL PUT HIS VICTIM BACK IN THE CAR AND DROPPED HER OFF NEAR A TRAILER PARK ON COUNTY ROAD 512, WHERE THE VICTIM CALLED HER MOTHER.  PURNELL SAID THE VICTIM'S 911 CALL CAME INTO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SINCE THE ATTACK HAPPENED OUT IN THE COUNTY, BUT HIS INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN WORKING THE CASE.  CARROLL FACES KIDNAPPING AND RAPE CHARGES.