Napa man arrested in assault of girl, 13

A 50-year-old man was arrested in Bodega Bay on Saturday after kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, the Sonoma County Sheriff ’s Office said.

Timothy Lee Marble, a Napa resident, was arrested about 5:40 a.m. at Highway 1 near South Harbour Way when he called 911 saying his “companion” had jumped out of his car and run away, sheriff ’s Sgt. Spencer Crum said in a statement.

When deputies arrived at the scene, Crum said, the girl stumbled out of the bushes, covered in road scars. She told deputies that Marble had raped her, Crum said.

The girl was immediately transported to a local hospital and was reunited with her mother.

Investigators determined that the girl ran away from her Napa

“He has a different side of it, but there’s definitely probable cause in making the arrest. His accounts of the event differed somewhat. Some corroboration and some distortion.” Sheriff ’s Sgt. Spencer Crum

home Thursday night after getting into an argument with her mother. She was at a Napa gas station about 3 a.m. Friday, just hours after running away, when she met Marble, Crum said.

The account of the assault is based upon information provided by the girl, Crum said.

“He has a different side of it, but there’s definitely probable cause in making the arrest,” Crum said of Marble. “His accounts of the event differed somewhat. Some corroboration and some distortion.”

The girl told deputies that Marble said he would give her a ride and told her to get into his red Chevy pickup. He drove her to an unknown location, where they smoked marijuana and Marble made sexual advances toward the victim, Crum said.

When the girl rejected his advances, she told deputies, Marble tied her to a tree and sexually assaulted her, Crum said.

After untying her, Marble put her back in the truck and used a syringe to inject her with methamphetamine, Crum said. He then assaulted her two more times, and used a razor blade and knife to make superficial cuts to her leg and to scratch his name onto her skin, Crum said.

Marble’s name was still visible on the girl’s skin, Crum said.

As Marble continued driving to Bodega Bay, the victim jumped out of the moving truck and ran into the bushes, she told deputies. Marble stopped his truck, called out to her and threatened to kill her, according to Crum’s statement.

When she didn’t answer, Marble called 911, Crum said.

Marble was arrested on 11 felony counts of sexual acts with a minor, kidnapping and child abuse. He was booked into the Sonoma County Jail without bail. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. As of Sunday, Crum said Marble did not have a lawyer, and he refused to answer more questions without a lawyer present.

Marble has a long criminal history and is a felon convicted of drug charges. Police said he had no previous sexual assault charges.