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Olympic medalist Angelo Taylor arrested for sex with minor

By The Associated Press
Posted 12:05PM on Friday 14th January 2005 ( 20 years ago )
<p>Two-time Olympic gold medalist Angelo Taylor was arrested Thursday when a DeKalb County police officer allegedly found him having sex with a 15-year-old girl in the back of a parked car.</p><p>Taylor, 26, of Decatur was charged with one count each of child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes. He posted $2,000 bond at the DeKalb jail later Thursday, said Officer Dale Davis, spokesman for DeKalb police.</p><p>An officer came upon a black GMC Yukon in the parking lot of Fork Creek Mountain Park in Ellenwood shortly after midnight and discovered Taylor and the teenager in the back seat, police said.</p><p>Taylor won gold medals in the 2000 Olympic 400-meter hurdles and 4x400 relay events. The former Georgia Tech track star placed second at the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 400-meters and went on to finish fourth in his Olympic semifinals race.</p>

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