Man Charged with Rape of 14 Yr Old

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A 36 year-old man has been charged with the rape of a 14 year-old girl on several occasions in 2018.

Moronae Soe is charged with five counts of rape and is being held on bail of $50,000.

According to the government’s case on June 20, the girl’s father reported to police that the defendant had a sexual relationship with his daughter in 2018 and 2019. An officer met with the girl’s father and the girl who had a newborn baby with her. It’s not clear if the baby’s father was the defendant. The court filings don’t mention why the complaint against the defendant was made two years after the alleged offenses.

Police gathered from an interview with the girl and her father that the relationship between the defendant and the girl began during Sunday school classes.

The two ended up having sex for the first time while the girl was attending a church service for her grandmother‘s funeral in October of 2018.

According to the victim she went for a walk to relieve emotional stress and the defendant drove by and invited her to go for a ride.

The defendant allegedly took the girl to his house. She told police she refused to go in but the defendant grabbed her hands and led her in. The two had sex inside the house then the defendant dropped her off at her grandmother’s funeral.

After that first sexual encounter the defendant would pick up the girl from school and have sex with her in his vehicle.

On July 30, police took the defendant in for questioning where he admitted to having a sexual relationship with the girl He said he knew she was too young to have sex but said she was cheeky and she had sex with other boys.

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