CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Detectives are seeking charges against a 25-year-old homeless man for the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police documents show.
CMPD obtained warrants against Tydarereous Naquan Graham for statutory rape of a child under 15, indecent liberties with a child, assault by strangulation, assault on a female and crime of domestic violence. According to an affidavit, Graham is considered a danger to himself and others, with officers citing a comment from Graham saying he’d rather get into a shootout with police than go to jail.
CMPD responded to a reported assault on July 8, according to the affidavit. When officers arrived, they spoke with a 15-yearold girl who said she’d been in a sexual relationship with Graham for several weeks. The victim told officers that Graham punched her in the head multiple times and strangled her to the point that she couldn’t breathe. As she left the apartment, the teen passed a note to workers at the complex asking for help and to call her mother…