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Wanted man arrested in DeKalb on rape, child molestation charges

Daquan Riley (Credit: Clayton County Sheriff's Office)
Daquan Riley (Credit: Clayton County Sheriff's Office)
By Raisa Habersham
Jan 14, 2017

After two years of being on the run, a man was arrested Friday in DeKalb County and accused of raping a 14-year-old girl.

Daquan Riley, 23, was wanted on child molestation and rape charges in the alleged January 2015 incident, U.S. Marshals spokesman Jim Joyner told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

According to authorities, Riley forced the girl to have sex with him against her will in College Park.

The U.S. Marshals and Clayton County officials arrested Riley without incident at a DeKalb home at the intersection of South Hairston and Wesley Chapel roads, Joyner said.

No other details were released.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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