Man charged with raping 9-year-old arrested

NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) - February 18, 2011

Thirty-three-year-old Emerald A. Johnson was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of first-degree rape and other offenses. He is being held in Delaware on $114,000 secured bail.

Police say the victim's grandmother told the girl to a hospital on Dec. 22. Later, police say the girl told social workers that Johnson had molested her before.

Police went to a warehouse where Johnson worked, but he fled.

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