Man Convicted Of Raping Teen Girl Inside Ice Cream Truck

ATLANTA — A 45-year-old man who raped a teenage girl inside his ice cream truck has been sentenced to serve 25 years to serve in prison and spend the rest of his life on probation. Khabir Daniel was arrested on July 25, 2018, when police police responded to a suspicious person call. A witness told police he saw an ice cream truck parked in a vacant Carter Street lot that was rocking back and forth. The witness told police he believed there were people inside having sex.

Police approached the truck and knocked on the door. Daniel appeared from the rear of the vehicle, opened the passenger door, and claimed he and his “girlfriend” were in the back of the truck stocking shelves.

When police spoke to the girl, she admitted she was 14. Following Daniels' arrest, the victim was interviewed by the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy. She said she had worked for Daniel in his ice cream truck since June 15, 2018, and that he had forced her to have sex with him.

Daniel had been arrested 28 times previously and had six prior felony convictions, including burglary and child molestation in DeKalb County and three drug-related convictions in Cobb County.

He was convicted of child molestation, statutory rape, aggravated child molestation, sodomy and enticing a child for indecent purposes.