ACCUSED KINGSPORT RAPIST HAS BOND INCREASED

Friday, February 3, 2012
by Roger Epperson

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A YOUNG GIRL IN SULLIVAN COUNTY HAS HAD HIS BOND INCREASED. 20 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS HILLIS IS CHARGED IN HAWKINS COUNTY WITH STATUTORY RAPE. THE CHARGE STEMS FROM ALLEGATIONS THAT HE HAD INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL. HOLLIS WAS FREE ON 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND AT THE TIME AND HAD BEEN CHARGED IN SULLIVAN COUNTY WITH TWO COUNTS OF RAPE OF A CHILD. HE HAS A MAY 9TH TRIAL DATE SET FOR THE CHARGES OUT OF SULLIVAN COUNTY.