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Olive Hill man charged with rape of minor, animal sex abuse, Kentucky police say

A Kentucky man has been charged with several sexual assault charges, including rape of a juvenile and crimes against animals.

Kentucky State Police on Thursday arrested Jeremiah James, 19, of Olive Hill and charged him with at least four sex crimes. The case is still under investigation, state police said.

The arrest came after a minor female came to the Ashland KSP post earlier Thursday and reported that in July she had been given alcohol and then sexually abused, raped and sodomized by James.

She also told police that she saw James commit a sex crime with an animal, according to the KSP news release. Police said they obtained evidence to support the victim’s statements.

A police uniform citation filed in the case indicates that the animal was a dog.

James “acknowledged he provided the juvenile with vodka, but did not remember whether or not he sexually assaulted her, or the dog. He told detectives it could have happened, but he was so drunk that he did not remember,” the citation states.

The citation says a female passerby picked the victim up as she fled from the house after the incident, which happened in late July.

James has been charged with rape first degree, sodomy first degree, sexual abuse first degree, unlawful transaction with a minor and sexual crimes against animals. He is in the Carter County Detention Center.

Herald-Leader staff writer Karla Ward contributed to this report.