Crime & Safety
Man Used App To Have Inappropriate Relationship With Teen: Police
Roswell police say the relationship the 42-year-old man had with the 16-year-old girl lasted for at least several months.
ROSWELL, GA -- A Newton County man has been charged with having an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old Roswell girl.
Detectives have arrested Eric Jason Champion, 42, of Covington and charged him with statutory rape and enticing a child for indecent purposes, both of which are felonies, police records show.
Roswell police spokesperson Lisa Holland said the child's mother came to the police department to report the inappropriate relationship she believed had occurred between her daughter and a man.
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Holland said Champion allegedly met the girl on an app called Hot or Not and continued to communicate with her using the KIK messaging app.
The relationship, she added, appeared to have been going on for at least several months, she added.
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Fulton County Jail records show Champion was booked into the facility Jan. 5 and remains held without bond.
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