Man caught with missing 13-y-o girl at SOE checkpoint charged with rape
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A 13-year-old ward of the state, who had been reported as missing, was found travelling with a man at a police/military checkpoint in St Catherine, where a state of emergency was recently imposed.
Reports are that about 5:00 pm on Friday, June 17, a vehicle with 26-year-old Curtis Hamilton and the teen was stopped at the Angels, Spanish Town check point when police identified the teen as a ward of the state who was reported missing.
Further investigations revealed that Hamilton allegedly engaged in sexual activities with the child, including rape, police said.
Hamilton, who is of a Top Mountain, Kitson Town, St Catherine address, was arrested and charged with rape, grievous sexual assault and sexual touching of a child.
His court date is being arranged.