Crime & Safety
Brief Standoff With Suspect in Rape, Child Molestation: Police
Suspect in custody after located at a McDonough area hotel, according to Spalding County Sheriff's Office.
GRIFFIN, GA — Stephen Keith Spires was arrested early Sunday morning at a Spalding County hotel on charges including rape and child molestation.
The arrest was made at about 2:30 a.m. at the Scottish Inn in McDonough by McDonough Police Department officers and Spalding County Sheriff's Office deputies.
"The arrest followed a brief standoff when Spires initially refused to exit the hotel room to surrender to law enforcement personnel," Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam said in a news release.
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Spires, 31, eventually surrendered without incident, Beam said.
He is being held in Spalding County Detention Center on the following charges: child molestation, aggravated child molestation, statutory rape, sexual battery, sodomy and incest.
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Spires' girlfriend, 19-year-old Carmen Clay, was arrested on charges of interference with custody.
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