By MONROE ROARK
mroark@thecitizennews.com

Grady Michael Couch Sr. of Tyrone faces two counts of child molestation in Fayette Superior Court next week.

In both cases the alleged victim is a 13-year-old girl. The incidents are alleged to have taken place between Sept. 7 and Dec. 25, 1998, when Couch was 42 years old.

The trial will be part of a week of criminal jury trials set to begin Monday afternoon.

Everett Jerome Tripodis, also known as Laderrick Glen, faces a trial next week for theft by taking. The 22-year-old College Park resident allegedly stole a 1978 Chevrolet Caprice from a Fairburn woman in August of 1996 and was apprehended while in possession of the car, police said.

Derrick Brown, already serving a life sentence for other crimes, is charged with aggravated assault and obstruction of an officer in connection with two separate incidents last year in the Fayette County Jail.

Brown allegedly tried to elbow a detention officer while being transported May 17, then severely beat another inmate over the head with a telephone three days later.

He was convicted last year of kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault of a person over 65, robbery by force and burglary, and was sentenced to life plus 60 years in prison.

Charles Eugene Evans is to be tried next week on a charge of criminal possession of an explosive device, for his alleged possession of a Molotov cocktail at a Fayetteville residence in January last year.