Ex-firefighter held without bond on rape, stalking charges

Jeremy Simmons, a former Gwinett County firefighter, is being held without bond for the alleged stalking, and rape of his estranged girlfriend on April 15 and continued to stalk her until April 17.

According to court records, Simmons continued to stalk her over the next few days by parking in front of the victim's house and repeatedly calling, texting and leaving her voicemail messages threatening to kill her.

In a petition for a temporary protective order filed by the victim April 17, the victim wrote that Simmons "has told me if he can't have me, nobody can."

A police report says that about six minutes after Simmons was served with the judge's order requiring him to have no contact with the victim, Simmons sent her a picture message of himself crying. He also called her several times from his department-issued Nextel phone and from his personal phone, the police report states. The telephone calls and messages were a violation of the temporary protective order.

Simmons was arrested that evening, and his position as a firefighter, which started back in 2004, was also terminated, according to Gwinett Fire Captain Tom Rutledge.