An 18-year-old man has been arrested in the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rockville, Maryland, authorities said.
Officers from Montgomery County and Rockville City police departments responded to a residence in Rockville on Saturday at around 8:30 p.m. for a report of a rape that had just occurred, county police said in a news release.
The victim said “she had been assaulted by the suspect who had been riding a bicycle on the pedestrian bridge near Lakewood Elementary School,” according to police.
After a search of the area, authorities said they arrested 18-year-old Caden Isaiah Riley, of Rockville.
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Following interviews with the victim and suspect, police searched Riley’s home and found evidence “indicating Riley as the perpetrator.”
He is charged with three counts of first-degree rape, and one count of first-degree assault.
More details about the attack were not immediately provided.
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