A Cobb County 16-year-old has been arrested after police accused him of forcing himself on a fellow McEachern High School student twice while on school property after hours.
Malachi Mpata of Powder Springs was arrested Dec. 7 and charged with rape and sodomy, according to a Cobb arrest warrant obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The incident that led to Mpata’s charges allegedly took place at McEachern on Nov. 17, sometime after school hours.
Mpata is no longer a student at the school, a district spokesperson told the AJC.
In the warrant, police accuse Mpata of pushing the 15-year-old victim against a wall and grabbing her throat, as well as calling her a misogynistic name. He then took her to a location with no cameras and slapped her, then forced her to perform sex acts, the warrant said. After that, the warrant said Mpata told the victim to go into a boys’ restroom, where he raped her.
“As soon as school administration was alerted, the school immediately reported the incident to crimes against children and local authorities to continue the investigation,” the Cobb school district spokesperson said. “Due to federal privacy laws, including FERPA, we are unable to provide more details except the student is no longer enrolled at the school.”
Aside from the arrest warrant, no further information about the incident has been released. Online court records show that Mpata remains in custody without bond. His next court appearance will be a bond hearing scheduled for Dec. 28.
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