MANHATTAN—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a series of alleged rapes and have made an arrest.
On March 5, 2021, officers filed a report for rape and aggravated indecent solicitation of a child under 14 years of age, listing now 13- and 15-year-old girls as the victims and a now 18-year-old male as the suspect, according to a media release.
On Wednesday, police arrested Phillip Daniel Smith, 18, of Ogden, in on requested charges of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child under 14 years of age and two counts of rape. The series of rapes are reported to have occurred in Ogden from August 2020 to February 2021.
Smith is confined in the Riley County Jail on a total bond of $500,000.00.