A 27-year-old man accused of hiding in a teenage girl’s closet for five days and sexually assaulting her has been arrested.
Jarred Workman of Albemarle, North Carolina, turned himself in to deputies on Monday after more than two weeks on the run.
Workman
has been charged with 11 counts of statutory rape and five counts of
statutory sex offense. His victim was a 14-year-old girl.
In the closet: The girl¿s mother discovered Workman when she went to put some of her daughter's belongings in the closet
According
to deputies, Workman lived in his victim’s closet from April 27 until
May 2. The girl’s mother discovered him when she went to put some of her
daughter’s belongings in the closet.
‘I
was sorta shocked more than anything. I asked him who he was and he
said Jarred Workman and he was 19,’ the mother, who asked not to be
identified, told WSOCTV.
Workman then ran off leaving his wallet and cell phone behind.
Just the fact that he would be that
brazen. To come up here and meet a girl online and then stay in her
residence not knowing what her parents are or what they are about,’ said
Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Bill Hamby.
After interviewing the girl, deputies put out a warrant for Workman's arrest.
'I'm uncomfortable in my own home. I'm scared. I can't sleep at night,' the teenager’s mother said.
She wants other parents to know the importance of monitoring their children's online activity.
'The internet has just ruined that poor girl. She was just taken advantage of,' she said.
Investigators said Workman has a handful of prior arrests and faces charges in another sexual assault case.
Video: Man accused of sexually assaulting girl lived in her closet
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