Semmes Man Pleads Guilty to Rape
By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
March 31, 2026
MOBILE, AL. A Semmes man plead guilty this week to a rape charge even though he was scheduled to go on trial.
Elijah Persons arranged to meet a woman in October 2022 according to law enforcement.
While the woman sat in her car, a male appeared armed with a gun and dressed in a hoodie and bandana over his face got in her car and raped her at gunpoint.
Rather than go to trial, Persons took what’s called a “blind plea” on charges of sexual torture.
A blind-plea means that a prosecutor has not cut him a deal and that there is no guarantee of what the penalties will be.
A judge ordered a pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing for May 14.
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