Whitehall man accused of sexually assaulting Columbus teenager

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A man received a seven-figure bond out of municipal court on rape charges, stemming from reports of a sexual assault this month in northeast Columbus.

According to court records, Columbus police was called to an apartment complex in the Clinton Estates neighborhood, where a mother reported that her 13-year-old child had been sexually assaulted.

Officers interviewed the child, who said she was forced to perform acts on a man who was at the apartment in the early hours of Oct. 6.

The victim and a witness reported that 20-year-old Dontarius Burley left afterward. Burley, of Whitehall, was arrested just over two weeks later and charged with rape and kidnapping, two first-degree felonies.

A Franklin County Municipal Court judge issued Burley a $1 million bond and ordered him to stay away from the victim, any potential witnesses involved in the case and the location of the alleged crime, should he post bond. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for the morning of Oct. 31.