Mobile man sentenced to life in prison for Christmas Day rape

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Todd Overstreet to life in prison for breaking into a woman’s home and raping her on Christmas Day 2020.

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Prosecutors said that Overstreet was high on drugs on Christmas Day 2020, and broke into a woman’s home in the Country Club Village area of Mobile.

Todd Overstreet. (Photo courtesy of the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office)
Todd Overstreet. (Photo courtesy of the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office)

He hid in her closet, and once she returned, he pulled a gun on her and began to sexually assault her.

He then led investigators on a manhunt for two weeks, and then he was spotted by an officer and captured while walking in the area of Cody Road North.

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Overstreet was sentenced to life for first-degree burglary, sex abuse by force and sodomy. He’s also serving a concurrent 10-year sentence for his second-degree assault.

Overstreet was also given credit for the time he already served in Metro Jail toward his prison sentence.

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