DeKalb brothers charged with sexual assault of 13-year-old

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By Elise Hitchcock

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A 13-year-old girl who left home was picked up on the street, given marijuana and sexually abused by brothers living in her Stone Mountain neighborhood, according to police and court documents.

DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Charlie Burton, 25, is charged with the sex assault of a 13-year-old DeKalb girl.

DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Lapraver Burton, 18, is charged with the sex assault of a 13-year-old DeKalb girl.

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Charlie Burton, 25, and Lapraver Burton, 18, were arrested July 25 on charges of statutory rape, child molestation aggravated sodomy, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and enticing a child.

The girl's mother filed a missing person report the night of July 19. According to the report, the girl "had a bad attitude during the day and ran out of the house" in a subdivision off South Indian Creek Drive. The girl was allegedly picked up by the brothers and taken to their nearby Seneca Way home.

The victim has an unspecified mental disability, according to the missing person report.

The men gave the girl marijuana and sexually abused her, according to arrest warrants. Then they dropped her off near where they found her, according to the police report.

Both men are expected back in court Aug. 22 and are not likely to post bond, according to documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

In the police report, a DeKalb police officer looking for the missing girl said he found her "standing in the street" and returned her to her home.

The next day, according to a police report, the girl's mother called to report her daughter had been sexually assaulted.

If convicted of child molestation, both men would, upon their release, have to move from their current residence, which is located less than 1,000 feet from Rowland Elementary school. According to Georgia law, sex offenders cannot "live, work or loiter within 1,000 ft of any school, childcare facility, school bus stop, or place where minors congregate."