A former church security guard who was captured when he fell through the ceiling during a police standoff in Hoover has pleaded guilty to second-degree rape.

Thomas Raburn “Tommy” Farris, 45, of Leeds, was initially charged with first-degree rape in the forcible rape of a juvenile girl that happened in a playhouse/shed in McCalla in 2020.

Farris has pleaded guilty in Tuscaloosa County to second-degree rape, according to court records. His sentencing is set for June 18.

Farris was indicted in Tuscaloosa County in 2022 in the girl’s rape. The victim became pregnant and delivered Farris’s child in 2021, according to court records.

Farris was later released from the Tuscaloosa County Jail on $35,000 bond, but prosecutors in January filed a motion to revoke that bond.

According to the conditions of his release, Farris was prohibited from being in possession of a gun.

Court records state that after being released from jail, Farris got a job as an officer for a company that provided security for a Birmingham church and carried a gun as part of his duties.

Court records included images of Farris with a gun in his waistband.

Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Daniel Pruet on Jan. 14 revoked Farris’s bond and issued a warrant for his arrest. Authorities had been searching for him since then.

The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force and Hoover police on Jan. 26 tracked Farris to the InTown Suites, an extended stay motel.

While surrounded, authorities say, the fugitive cut a hole in the ceiling and climbed into the attic. He was nabbed when he fell through the ceiling.

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