Two men were arrested in connection with a sexual assault against a girl at a home near Calhoun, Gordon County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Charlotte Harford said.

The alleged assault happened Feb. 4, but deputies weren’t told of the attack until Feb. 10, Harford said.

One of the men, Jacob Silvers, 20, of Fairmount, turned himself into authorities Feb. 15. A second man, Justice Darden, 19, of Calhoun, was arrested Friday.

Both were charged with rape.

No other details were released.

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They said they think career criminals are targeting the area.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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