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Satanist Democrat Couple Arrested
A Durham couple charged with kidnapping, rape and assault was involved with a satanic cult, a prosecutor said Monday. Joy Johnson and Joseph Craig appeared at a bond hearing Monday. A judge set Craig's bond at $590,000, but refused a prosecution request to increase Johnson's bond from $270,000 to $500,000.Prosecutors said Craig's victims met him through a shared interest in Satan worship. They alleged Craig shackled his victims to beds, kept them in dog cages and starved them inside his Albany Street home. He was charged with beating one victim with a cane and a cord and with raping a woman. Johnson, who was third vice-chair of the Durham County Democratic Party and vice-chair for the Young Democrats, was charged with two counts of aiding and abetting. Prosecutors said she knew her husband planned the crime and watched as they were committed. She has resigned her positions with the Democratic Party, said state Sen. Floyd McKissick, D-Durham. Craig and Johnson were ordered to have no contact with their victims. Prosecutors said they anticipate more charges will be filed against the couple. Technically, should that be 'Democrat Satanist', 'Satanic Democrat', or 'Democrat and Satanist'?
Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-06-30 |
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