Police say quick thinking by the victim of a
frightening abduction and assault helped them
catch her attacker in the act.
The attack happened early Monday in the back of
an adult entertainment store.
Officers say Robert Giles, 27, asked the victim to
call her boyfriend so he could hear the assault.
Instead of calling her boyfriend, she called 911.
Police say the savvy 911 operator also kept his
wits about him and played along unbeknownst to
the attacker.
“It was quick thinking on his behalf. In fact,
(it) might have saved her life,” Clayton
County police Maj. Joe Woodall said.
Officers say Giles kidnapped the victim from
Hapeville and brought her to the closed Starship
Novelties and Gifts store on Tara Boulevard
around 4 a.m. Monday intending to rape her.
That’s when he allegedly asked her to call her
boyfriend so he could listen to the assault.
Deonte Smith was the only man working as a
Clayton County dispatcher early Monday, when
that call came through and he played along.
The victim called 911 and told her attacker it was
her boyfriend. The 911 operator, Deonte Smith,
played along.
“She explained to him what the perpetrator
had told her; that he was wanting him to
listen while she was being raped,” Woodall
said.
The operator tried to talk the attacker out of the
assault and sent police. Police quickly arrived and
say they arrested Giles in the act.
“They were able to stop it right then and
there and snatched him right from the car,”
Woodall said.
Smith told Channel 2 Action News on Tuesday he
was just doing his job, but the timing of the call
was crucial.
“Honestly I’d say divine intervention,” Smith
said. “I was the only guy on the floor that
night. The other guy we had had just left
not too long before the call came in.”
Smith said the victim deserves credit for her
quick thinking while being assaulted.
Giles now faces rape, false imprisonment and
obstruction charges. Hapeville police are
preparing kidnapping charges against Giles.
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