A Goochland County Grand Jury returned a number of indictments just after noon on Tuesday, including six felony counts and one misdemeanor against Irving Leroy “Chubby” Martin.

Martin, 46, was indicted on counts of breaking-and-entering with intent to commit rape as well as rape, two counts of grand larceny, arson of a motor vehicle and forcible sodomy.

The Grand Jury also returned a single misdemeanor indictment for assault and battery.

Martin allegedly beat a Goochland womanat her home on Feb. 5 and was on the run for eight months.

But within 24 hours of his profile and story airing on the long-running crime series “America’s Most Wanted,” Martin was reported by viewers in both Oklahoma and Arkansas, where he had assumed several aliases and was working odd jobs.

Authorities in Van Buren, Ark. were on the lookout for a man whom a tipster believed to be Martin. That’s when they pulled into the parking lot of a gas station located several blocks from the police station and noticed a suspicious person duck down in the back of a red Jeep Cherokee.

Initially attempting to identify himself as “Kevin Jenkins,” Martin’s fingerprints and photographs confirmed his identity after authorities contacted the Goochland County Sheriff’s Office.

At the time of his arrest, Martin was trying to secure passage to Texas.

After being held in Crawford County, Ark., Martin was extradited to Virginia Oct. 12 where he’ll now face the laundry list of charges.

Ferguson to face forcible rape charge

Craig Allen Ferguson, 34, was arrested in September in connection with the rape of a 15-year-old girl and the Grand Jury returned an indictment on a single count of forcible rape this week.
The girl was described as “mentally or physically incapacitated” in arrest warrants.

A resident of the 3200 block of River Road West, Ferguson was employed by the City of Richmond as a social worker with Child Protective Services at the time of his arrest.

It’s alleged that he met the girl through outreach efforts in his capacity as a volunteer with the Goochland County Fire-Rescue department.

Authorities say the arrest was made after the victim’s family contacted Fire-Rescue to ask whether or not the he was affiliated with the department.

Richmond’s press secretary Linwood Norman confirmed in a press release that Ferguson was an employee and that he had been place on leave without pay.