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Teen charged with second rape

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Euquarian Garner Source: Hinds Co. Sheriff's Dept. Euquarian Garner Source: Hinds Co. Sheriff's Dept.
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -

A teenager accused of assaulting a young girl in Jackson is staring at more charges in a similar case.

According to Jeffrey Scott with the Hinds County Sheriff's Department, 17-year-old Euquarian Garner faces an additional rape charge, two counts of sexual battery and one count of kidnapping. 

These new charges are related to an attack on a 17-year-old June 18 on Bilgray Drive. 

Garner was initially arrested on charges for a June 20 assault on a teenage girl and the robbery of two other girls outside that same house.

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