Police: Man Rapes Woman With Daughter Home

Nov 11, 2010 - 13:09
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Police: Man Rapes Woman With Daughter Home

COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- A man was charged after police said he raped a woman while her daughter was at home on Tuesday afteoon.

The victim was retuing home from shopping with her daughter, when she was confronted by 26-year-old Craig Leon Fields at her Smya apartment, Cobb County police Sgt. Dana Pierce said. Fields, of Rex, forced his way into the apartment and raped the woman, Pierce said.

After the ordeal, Fields fled in the victim’s car, Pierce said. Several hours later, detectives and undercover agents found the car at a Sun Suites Extended Stay Hotel on Mount Zion Parkway in Morrow, Pierce said. When Fields retued to the car at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, officers arrested him.

He was charged with rape, burglary and second-degree cruelty to children. He was being held at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.

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