Girl, 14, Says She Was Raped

A 14-year-old Marietta girl has told police a man sexually assaulted her after school Tuesday.

The girl was waiting for a bus at the corner of Powder Springs and Sandtown roads when she instead took an offer of a ride from a man who pulled up next to her, spokesman Officer David Baldwin told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV.

The man drove her somewhere, believed to be within the city limits, roughed her up and raped her, WSB reported, citing the police and the girl's mother.

Extensive interviews with the girl and her mother helped police identify a person of interest in the case, the AJC said.