Dec. 6 – A 20-year-old Decatur man accused of having sex with a 13-year-old was charged Friday with second-degree rape, Morgan County District Court records show.
Xavier Nashon Thorne is charged with the Class B misdemeanor and remained in the Morgan County Jail Friday in lieu of $100,000 bail, jail records showed.
Decatur police responded to a home in the 1200 block of Broadus Avenue Southeast after the 13-year-old victim ran away from her grandmother’s home to meet Thorne in the early morning hours of Nov. 20, according to the signed affidavit by a police detective from Decatur on Friday. The grandmother used the Apple iPhone’s “Find My” app to track the runaway to Thorne’s friend’s home.
The then-unidentified man and the victim emerged from the home and a Decatur police officer returned the victim to her family. Thorne and the victim discussed the act via Snapchat, according to the affidavit, and Thorne was aware of the victim’s age.
Court records showed Thorne was free on $10,000 bond at the time for first-degree theft of property involving an allegedly stolen Chevy Tahoe. He had applied for youthful offender status, which was scheduled to be heard by a Morgan County judge on December 12. Thorne is now scheduled for a bond revocation hearing on the same day, records showed.
– david.gambino@decaturdaily.com or 256-340-2438.
