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UPDATE: Upper Providence Man Arrested for Alleged Child Rape
The man, who shared a bedroom with the 12-year-old boy, claims that the acts were consensual.
Update: Raheem Smith-Little, of Upper Providence, has been charged with rape of a child and related offenses after allegedly assaulting a 12-year-old boy in a bedroom that the two shared, according to the Pottstown Mercury. According to police, the child's mother attempted to enter his bedroom Jan. 13 around 2 a.m. to find that the door was locked, breaking a rule in the house that no doors are to be locked in the house. Smith-Little, 20, allegedly opened the door and said that he didn't lock it; shortly thereafter, the boy went to his mother's room "shaking and crying," saying that he was assaulted, according to police. The boy's mother transported him to Phoenixville hospital, where doctors indicated that there had been swelling and …
Alyson D'Alessandro
5:03 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
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