A Peachtree

City man has been indicted by a Fayette County Grand Jury for raping a

16-year-old girl at the Subway sandwich store off Ga. Highway 54 in February.

Daniel Joseph

Venn, 19, of Peachtree City was indicted by the September term of the

grand jury for rape, sexual battery and two counts of aggravated sodomy.

Since prosecutors

handled the indictment as a special presentment, Venn wasn't arrested

until after the grand jury returned the true bill on all four counts.

Dan Hiatt,

chief assistant district attorney, declined to explain why prosecutors

decided to use the special presentment process instead of having police

process a warrant for Venn's arrest.

The incident,

which occurred Feb. 4, was investigated by the Peachtree City Police Department.

According to the incident report, the victim said that on the evening

of the attack, Venn told her he was going to work late "to get overtime."

The victim

told police that Venn later approached her from behind and began to kiss

her once she went to wash dishes in the back of the store. The incident

escalated from there, as he forced himself on her sexually, the victim

told police.

The victim

told police that after the incident, Venn told her he would call her.

When Venn left at her urging, the victim locked the door so he couldn't

re-enter the store, the police report stated.

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