Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – A rape charge against a Jonesboro man has been dropped after the minor victim’s parent refused to make the child available to testify, according to court documents filed Monday.

Gerren Ray James, who was 41 at the time of his arrest in March 2025, was originally taken into custody after police received a report that a child was touched and assaulted.

A probable cause affidavit stated the victim told investigators James had them perform sexual acts and, in a separate instance, touched them inappropriately while they were playing a video game. James was initially held in the Craighead County Detention Center on a $250,000 bond.

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On Nov. 9, 2026, an order of nolle prosequi was filed in the Craighead County Circuit Court, officially dropping the rape charge, along with additional charges of possession of firearms by certain persons and aggravated assault.

A handwritten note on the court order stated, “Prosecutor advises the minor victim was not available to testify and her parent would not make her available for trial”.

The filing noted that because the victim was “either unavailable or uncooperative, it is in the best interest of the parties that this offense be nolle prossed,” and ordered James to be discharged.

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