Man accused of raping 14-year-old girl

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- A 34-year-old man was arrested on a warrant last weekend after DNA evidence linked him to a sex crime involving a 14-year-old girl. Scott Laquinn Johnson, Jr. has been charged with Sexual Assault of a Child, a second-degree felony.

According to an Odessa Police Department report, on May 27, a young teen told investigators that she’d been raped by Johnson during the overnight hours of May 25 into May 26. The teen was given a Sexual Assault Nurse Exam where DNA evidence was obtained.

In August, the Texas Department of Public Safety labs reported that the vaginal swabs obtained during the SANE exam contained male DNA. “The probability of obtaining this profile if the DNA came from Johnson is 278 octillion times greater than the probability of obtaining this profile if the DNA came from an unrelated, unknown individual,” the report stated.

Johnson was arrested on August 17 and remained in the Ector County Law Enforcement Center as of Monday afternoon. His bond has been set at $30,000.

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