Cobb Police have charged a transient man with the rape of a 12-year-old girl at Shaw Park last weekend.
Douglas Darch, 62, was taken into custody on Jan. 22 and remains at the Cobb Adult Detention Center without bond, according to booking reports.
Police said in a warrant that he approached the girl the day before as she was walking in a wooded area of the park shortly before 6 p.m. He offered her a water bottle, and after she drank from it, she began to feel dizzy, according to police.
The warrant said the suspect then took out a knife and threatened her to do what he told her.
According to the warrant, she was forced to provide oral sex, and the suspect also ordered her to remove her clothing, then touched her genitalia.
The victim further stated in the warrant that she “was in fear for her life or bodily harm.”
Darch is facing felony charges of aggravated child molestation, child molestation, aggravated assault, cruelty to children and making terroristic threats.
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