District Attorney Keith Higgins announces that on Friday, August 23, 2024, Troy Rogers III, of Brunswick, GA, was found guilty by a Glynn County jury of one count of Rape, two counts of Aggravated Child Molestation, and one count of Child Molestation. The jury rendered its guilty verdicts after deliberating for only one hour. After the verdicts were returned, Superior Court Judge Roger Lane sentenced Rogers to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 19 years in prison.
The evidence presented at trial showed that on March 25, 2023, the 14 year old female victim was in her apartment making lunch when Rogers knocked on the door and told her that her stepfather owed him twenty dollars. When the victim said her parents weren’t home and she didn’t have any money to give him, Rogers pushed his way into the residence and picked up a bat. Over the next several hours, Rogers raped the victim and orally sodomized her by forcibly making her perform oral sodomy on him and performing oral sodomy on her. Rogers’ DNA was found inside the victim’s vagina.
The victim bravely confronted Rogers at trial and emotionally testified as she clutched onto a stuffed animal. In his testimony, Rogers admitted to the criminal acts, but claimed he did not use “force,” that he “had fun with her,” that he looks for girls “like that,” and that he was mad because she “told on him.” The victim continues to undergo mental health treatment as she seeks to recover from the trauma she suffered.
The case was prosecuted by Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney Whitney J. Gregory and Assistant District Attorney Ada Zeno. The lead investigator was Det. Carla Futch with the Brunswick Police Department.
Members of the media with further questions may contact the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office at 912-554-7200.
