DECATUR — Aaron L. Hand, the sex predator and former Macon gas station employee who tried to kidnap one of his female customers, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Hand, 33, had pleaded guilty to a single count of committing aggravated kidnapping while armed with a knife. Hand appeared for a sentencing hearing Jan. 20 in Macon County Circuit Court and Presiding Judge Thomas Griffith also agreed to dismiss further charges of aggravated unlawful restraint, aggravated battery, unlawful restraint, vehicular invasion and theft. He was accused of using tape to gag and tie her up and leaving her in the women’s restroom. Hand is designated a sexual predator after being convicted of aggravated criminal sexual abuse when he was 21 and the victim was aged 16.

Source: CNN January 25, 2022 06:47 UTC