COLUMBUS: A grand jury has indicted a man accused of raping a bank employee in central Ohio.
Police allege that defendant Billy Anderson walked into the downtown Chase bank building last month and said he wanted to rent a safety deposit box. Police say he then assaulted the female employee who assisted him before fleeing on foot.
Records show the 31-year-old Anderson was released from prison two days before the incident.
A Franklin County grand jury indicted Anderson on Monday on six counts of rape and a count of kidnapping.
Columbus Sgt. Terry McConnell says each charge involves a separate act of sexual assault.
At a bond hearing last month an attorney for Anderson denied the accusations. Court records don’t list an attorney representing him following the indictment.