GBI says rape claim at Augusta YDC unfounded

AUGUSTA - An investigation of a rape allegation by a 15-year-old boy at the Augusta Youth Development Campus found evidence that the claim was not true, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. <br> <br> A boy in the cottage for short-term detainees told a guard May 31 that he had been raped in a bathroom stall. He said two boys, both 15, cornered him, held him down and held his mouth shut. <br> <br> Evidence showed that sex took place with one boy but that it was consensual, said Mike Seigler, special agent in charge of the GBI&#39;s Thomson office. Witnesses&#39; statements pointed away from rape. <br> <br> According to the department, there were 109 allegations of sexual assault or sexual battery in Georgia&#39;s YDCs in 2001. Thirteen were substantiated. Twenty-five of the allegations last year came from the Augusta YDC.

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