RIDGELAND, S.C. (WSAV) — An inmate at the Ridgeland Correctional Institute pleaded guilty to the rape and kidnapping of a commissary worker, officials announced Tuesday.
Ahmad Rashad Bonds, 41, pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping at the Jasper County Courthouse Tuesday. He was sentenced to 29 years for both charges and his sentences will be served concurrently, meaning he will serve his sentences at the same time.
Bonds was already incarcerated and serving a 25-year prison sentence for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, first-degree burglary and armed robbery when the attack happened in 2019.
He snuck into the prison’s stockroom through an unlocked door while the worker was documenting damaged items and attacked her, a 14th Judicial Circuit spokesperson said.
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“He waited for an opportunity to attack the victim, and he got his chance when she went to the restroom to wash her hands,” Hunter Swanson of the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, who prosecuted the case said. “Wearing a face covering, he attacked her from behind, pushing her to the floor.”…