SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Authorities say a 24-year-old Utah man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl he met on a Salt Lake City-area public transit train.
The Deseret News reports that Alec Cole Tate of South Jordan was charged Friday with two counts of felony rape of a child.
Court records do not say whether Tate has a lawyer representing him in the case.
Police allege that Tate asked the girl for her phone number while riding TRAX in July, began text-messaging her, and later met her at a friend’s apartment for sex.
Records show that Tate has previous felony and misdemeanor drug convictions.
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Information from: Deseret News, http://www.deseretnews.com
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