Kirksville woman indicted for making false rape claims

A Kirksville woman is facing eight counts of perjury stemming from rape allegations that resulted in two innocent men spending eight months in jail.

According to Adair County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Williams, Earlene Rogers, 18, was charged with lying to a grand jury four times over two separate depositions.

Last year, Rogers allegedly accused Glen Johnson, 35, and Timothy Rogers, 30, of rape and forcible sodomy.

The men, with bonds of $150-000, spent eight months in jail before they were released in February of this year.

Earlene Rogers is currently being held at the Adair County Jail on a $25,000 cash-only bond. Johnson, a father of two, said he feels cheated by the time he lost with his children.

“I lost eight months of my life,” he said. “That’s eight months away from my kids. We missed a lot of holidays and functions we will never get back.”

Rogers was expected to be arraigned this week, but no attorney had been named to represent her.

If she chooses a private attorney to represent her, the arraignment date will be June 1.

If one is appointed by the state, the date will be postponed until June 2.

Johnson is just hoping justice will be served.

“I just want to let the court system do its thing,” he said. “A person shouldn’t technically be able to lie and get away with it.”

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