Daleville man charged second time with sexual abuse
OZARK — A Daleville man who was out of jail on bond for first-degree rape and sodomy was charged Thursday with the sodomy and sexual abuse of a three-year-old girl, according to authorities.
A press release from the Dale County Sheriff’s Office said Ashley Paul Norris, 30, of Daleville, was re-arrested Thursday and placed in the Dale County Jail under no bond.
Dale County Chief Sheriff’s Investigator Harvey Mathis said Norris was arrested by the Daleville Police Department on April 23 for rape and sodomy.
An investigation that surfaced after the girl reported abuse to another adult led to Norris’ second arrest, Mathis said.
“Once the new allegations surfaced, the Dale County Sheriff’s Office made this case a priority,” Mathis said. “Any case involving a child is a priority.“
Norris is expected to appear before a judge soon.
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i have read the comments left by others. yet i am sadden to read them, you people know only what you have read in the paper or seen on the news but you have never thought of any of this being untrue have you i can tell you both charges pending of ashley are not true he is innoscent on them both. i can also tell you that the 3 yr old child that he is acused of now is false because i am the mother i am also going throw a costudy battle with my ex husband right now and none of these charges came up until i started fighting for my daughter. i have been saying that their is something wrong with my daughter for about 2 yrs no one would listen to me.(just so you know ashley was in prison at the time) so you read the artical think about what i have said because it is simple minded people that allow this kind of think to happen to good people. have any of you wondered if this is true do any of you know the facts behind the news report no you dont you just know what you saw on the new or read it the paper.( so what does that say about you) also im the one who got him out on bond. I DONT BELIVE THE CHARGES AND I AM THE ONE LIVING THEM WITH HIM RIGHT NOW. I HAVE KNOWN THE MAN FOR 17YRS. HE IS THE MOST WONDERFUL CARING PERSON YOU WILL EVER MEET NOT WHAT YOU PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE HIM OUT TO BE. I will pray for everyone of you may GOD forgive you for saying those things for you no not what you do.
You know what really makes me mad is that they send drug dealers and shop lifters to jail for thirty years.. and i bet that this sorry low life piece of crap will get out in three to five years.. this is a bunch of bull.. i can’t believe how crappy our legal system is.. I really hopes he gets what he deserves.. I hope the pple he is in jail with are raping him right now. i really hope he wishes he was dead..
i am so outraged i’m literally sick to my stomach. how can people do this to our little precious babies. i bet if i went out and killed this man for what he did they wouldn’t have no problem putting me away for life even though the sick b-st-rd deserves to die. this kind of thing is happening more than we know. always be aware of who your neighbors are. if someone new moves into your neighborhood, make it a priority to know who they are. it’s a crying shame that things like this happen to our innocent babies. i say we tie the sicko with his hands above his head with not a stitch of clothing, tie his feet together, bend him over and ram a light pole up his tail pipe repeatedly. he would wish he was dead. there needs to be strickter laws agaist sex predators. they shouldn’t be allowed to bond out if it’s just their first offense or not. if they sick enough to do it once they definitely won’t have a problem doing it again. i hope he gets BIG BURT for a cell mate. the sick b-st-ard.
I, too, wonder at why the legal system so devastatingly failed here. Did they let him out because the jail was too full? Did they let him out because of “bleeding-heart liberals” crying that this poor man has rights too? Did they let him go because it was legal protocol? I don’t know why…and it could be because of a number of stupid reasons together. But all of us are sitting here complaining and sympathizing with the victims, but what are WE doing about this???? We’re all sitting safely at our computers, knowing our children are safe (for now), and saying it would never happen to us. But it can happen to you. So, how many of us have tracked down who the judge was that signed off on the bail??? How many of us have joined organizations fighting this??? How many of us have contacted political figures and pushed heavily for changes??? How many, at the very least, have submitted Letters to the Editor of this newspaper concerning this issue??? Let’s do something to stop any kind of these sick crimes to continue.
I agree with BusyMom—why did it suddenly become a priority after the second allegation? It wasn’t so important before?
What was this fool doing out on bail? Sex offenders are at the bottom of the prison food-chain. Hopefully he’ll end up there. Unfortunately those that let him out won’t.
This monster & the judge who released him on bail should share a cell in prison for LIFE!
What I would,,what needs to be done, is take this sicko strip him,stake him out spread eagle next to a fire ant bed,,and poor some molasses on his genetals!!!
And now we will feed, clothe and house this piece of crap while he awaits his “fair trial”, it is sickening how backward the system is at times.
Heartbreaking to hear of that little 3 year old baby and know that she is just one in a list of victims—there’s no telling how many this S.O.B has hurt that haven’t been reported, it’s shocking that this monster was out on bond and did this to another child, but statistics show that these scum bags abuse again even after serving time—they deserve death or at the very least casteration (spelling?) and a near death beating experience. Hurting a child that has no way to protect themselves, robbing them of their innocence…sitting up in a jail cell is far too light a punishment.
If I were the judge that allowed this S.O.B out on bond I’d be feeling pretty sick right now. How can that person not be accountable for putting a sicko out there to hurt yet another child?
So it says that now that he’s been arrested the 2nd time,this is a priority for Dale County police system. “Once the new allegations surfaced, the Dale County Sheriff’s Office made this case a priority,” ...why did it take two children being raped to make this a priority?? Whomever signed off to allow that monster back on the streets after the first baby was raped should be held accountable as well.
This guy should be hung up by his toe nails and beaten to death—our current system is way to easy on sex offenders and if this were my 3 year old he would definitely look at jail as a blessing, though it’s doubtful he’d make it there. It is an OUTRAGE that he was allowed back on the streets to hurt yet another child, what in the world are you guys thinking??
Until Last December, I was a single father of a beautiful 8 year old girl. I have raised her with some help from mymom since she was five months old.I would lose my mind if someone harmed her in any way. I have to say that person would not make it to trial. I am extremely protective of her. More so because I have been the one raising her. I have little use for people that intentionally hurt children. The only use I would have would be target practice for rock throwing, etc.


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