A Lawrenceville woman didn't want a 20-year-old man to be arrested for having consensual sex with her 14-year-old daughter, police said.

Police say it doesn't matter because the man broke the law.

Now the girl's mother and the man are both in jail without bond. Lucio Gomez-Gonzalez was charged with statutory rape. The mother, Rosa Benavides-Arellano, 42, was charged with being a party to statutory rape. They were arrested last week.

According to a police report, Gomez-Gonzales had sex with — and impregnated — the 14-year-old while staying at her mother's home.

A case worker with the Division of Family and Children Services reportedly met with the girl's mother on March 17 after someone from Richards Middle School found out the 14-year-old was two months pregnant. Benavides-Arellano told them Gonzalez had been living in her home for about a month, a police report says.

According to the police report, Benavides-Arellano knew Gomez-Gonzalez was having sex with her daughter. She told police he was living with them because he wanted to provide for the 14-year-old and the unborn baby. Neither Benavides-Arellano nor her daughter wanted Gonzalez to be arrested, police said.

After speaking with the case worker, Gonzalez voluntarily packed his belongings and moved to his cousin's house in Lawrenceville.

Three days later, he was questioned by police and arrested.

The age of consent in Georgia is 16, said Capt. Greg Vaughn, spokesman for the Lawrenceville Police Department. For someone older than 16 to have sex with someone younger than 16 is illegal.

"At 14 years old, it doesn't matter if her parents give consent. That's the law," Vaughn said.

If only four years or less separate the ages of the victim and offender, and the victim is at least 14, the offender can be prosecuted with just a misdemeanor. This is sometimes referred to as a "Romeo and Juliet" clause.

Gomez-Gonzalez is six years older than the alleged victim, so he faces a felony statutory rape charge and would be forced to register as a sex offender if convicted.