A local 14-year-old

boy will be tried as an adult on charges of statutory rape and aggravated

child molestation.

The child is

accused of forcing himself on a young girl under the age of 16 on March

24 and 25, according to warrants filed for his arrest by the Georgia Bureau

of Investigation. The incident occurred at a residence at the Marnelle

Mobile Home Park, said Joe Jackson, the Special Agent in Charge of the

GBI's Greenville office.

The suspect's

address is also listed at Marnelle Mobile Home Park on the warrants for

his arrest. The Citizen is withholding the suspect's identity since he

is a juvenile.

At a bond hearing

last week, Magistrate Court Judge A.K. Melear set the suspect's bond at

$100,000. The youth had been incarcerated at the Regional Youth Detention

Center in Griffin prior to the hearing.

Melear placed

several conditions on the bond, forbidding the suspect from contacting

the victim and from being around children at Marnelle. Melear also required

the suspect to abide by a curfew beginning at 4:30 p.m. and lasting until

7:30 a.m. the next day.

As soon as

the suspect makes bond, he will be required to enroll in sexual abuse

counseling, according to the bond conditions.

Both the victim

and the offender were "well under 16," Jackson said.

The GBI was

asked to assist in the investigation by the Fayette County Sheriff's Department,

Jackson said. There were no unusual circumstances warranting that assistance,

he added.

Detectives

from the sheriff's department were listed as witnesses on the warrants

for West's arrest.