Man Accused of Raping Elk County Teen

A Tennessee man is in jail for allegedly raping an Elk County girl over the weekend.

Emporium State Police say they were helping St. Marys Police locate a missing 13-year-old, who they found at a home along CCC Memorial Highway in Cameron County. They say she was with 20-year-old Jonathon Allen Prater, and determined that he sexually assaulted her.

Prater is charged with rape, involuntary sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault and interference with custody of children, all felonies.

He’s in Elk County Jail on $250,000 bail.


Note: This is not the same person accused of killing an Eldred teenager earlier this year. That is Jonothan Edward Prather, who is in Potter County Jail without bail.


Comments

Joan said…
Anne,
I wanted to thank you for NOT following the new trend in online "journalism" where website managers take the easy way out by copying and pasting press releases and minutes from meetings and try to pass it off as reporting. If I wanted the police report I would ask the pollice for it myself.

That being said, I'm not belittling the pain and suffering this girl went through at the hands of this (alleged) scumbag. You would think with all the news about child sex abuse lately he'd get the message.
November 30, 2011 at 3:41 AM
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