MURRAY – Following his extradition to Kentucky late last week, the Florida man charged in a Murray juvenile rape case made his first appearance Tuesday in Calloway District Court for arraignment.
Shane White, 34, of Pensacola, Fla., faces one count of first-degree rape, a Class B felony punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison.
White was arrested April 8 at a construction site in Panama City Beach, Fla., and held without bond in the Bay County Jail, pending extradition, local TV station WJHG reported. According to the Calloway County Detention Center website, he was booked into the facility Friday.
At Tuesday’s arraignment, Calloway District Judge Randall Hutchens left the $100,000 cash bond set last week in place, appointed the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy to represent White and scheduled a preliminary hearing for Wednesday, May 6, at 9 a.m…