Newton man sentenced to 16 years in kidnapping case

A Newton man was sentenced to 16 years in prison Tuesday on charges of kidnapping, solicitation of a felony and drug charges stemming from an incident in August in rural Jasper County.

Cecil W. Williamson, 50, pleaded guilty in Jasper County District Court to one count of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, a class C felony, one count of solicitation of a felony, a class D felony and one count of false imprisonment, a serious misdemeanor.

District court judge Terry Rickers sentenced Williamson to serve his sentences consecutively. Williamson was fined more than $2,000 and a five-year no contact order was put into place between Williamson and the victim.

According to court documents, Williamson allegedly waved down a woman’s car, jumped into her vehicle and then forced several sex acts on her. The victim said she was traveling westbound on Highway F48 when a man walking along the roadway jumped in front of her car and began waving his arms and yelling.

The victim had her windows and sunroof open and Williamson was able to get into her car. She asked him to get out of her vehicle, but Williamson demanded she drive him to the Lion’s Den adult entertainment store parking lot, where he allegedly forced her to perform oral sex, court documents stated.

Williamson then forced the victim to drive to his nearby home where the victim said she was repeatedly and violently raped by Williamson. Court records do not make clear how the victim was able to escape from the home.

The victim told police that Williamson had recently moved to the area from Georgia for a tree trimming job.