PARAGOULD, Ark. — A man is facing three Class Y felony charges for alleged rape in Paragould.
The probable cause affidavit says on March 1, the Paragould Police Department’s CID and Arkansas State Police’s Crimes Against Children Division were notified of a sexual abuse report involving a 15-year-old.
The CACD investigator conducted a forensic interview with the alleged victim, who disclosed sexual acts that constitute rape by definition of the statute.
The alleged victim named Bryan Gray as the potential defendant. Gray allegedly performed sexual acts on the juvenile multiple times. The incidents allegedly began in 2020, when the juvenile was merely 10 years old. The affidavit says it lasted until January 2025.
Bryan Gray, 52, of Paragould, was arrested on March 1 on three counts of Rape, a Class Y felony punishable by up to life in prison in Arkansas.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Update 9/16: Bryan Gray has died.
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