Sanford man charged in violent attack, attempted rape of Circle K clerk
A man was charged Tuesday in the violent attack of a gas station clerk.
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Around 4:30 a.m., officers with the Sanford Police Department responded to the Circle K on Carthage Street, where they saw a man attacking a 21-year-old woman who worked there.
Police said the man entered the store and went behind the counter, striking the woman in the face and head "numerous times with his fist knocking her to the ground."
When the victim was on the ground, the man tried to sexually assault her, police said. According to police, the man was trying to drag the woman into the back office when officers arrived.
The woman was taken to UNC Chapel Hill Hospital with severe head trauma.
Jeffrey Lynn Miller, 28, was arrested and charged with first-degree kidnapping, attempted first-degree forcible rape, assault inflicting serious bodily injury and interfering with emergency communications. He was being held in the Lee County Jail under a $500,000 secured bond.
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