CITIZEN STAFF REPORT

OLIVE HILL — An Olive Hill man was arrested Aug. 11 on charges related to sexual assault of a juvenile.

Jeremiah James, 19, was charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse, unlawful transaction with a minor and sex crimes against animals.

Kentucky State Police Post in Ashland said that earlier Aug. 11, a juvenile female reported she was provided with alcohol before being sexually abused, raped and sodomized by James in July. She also claimed to have witnessed James commit a sex crime with an animal, police said.

Detectives said they located James and obtained evidence to support the victim’s statements. He was lodged in the Carter County Detention Center.

The case remains under investigation by Detective David Boarman.