Detectives in Clarendon have charged 18-year-old Clifford Pratt of Seven Ground district with the alleged abduction and rape of a 14-year-old girl.
In addition to rape, Pratt is also charged with forcible abduction and sexual touching.
The police’s Corporate Communications Unit said that about 4:00 pm on June 23, the teen was walking home from school when she was reportedly accosted by Pratt.
He allegedly dragged her to the back of a building, where he reportedly raped her.
A report was made to the police and an investigation was launched.
Pratt was later arrested after he was pointed out to the police by the teen.
He was subsequently charged.
His court date is being finalised, the police said.
