A Sioux Falls man has been arrrested in connection with the rape of a 15-year-old girl, officials with the Sioux Falls Police Department said.
Cornell Ramon Jones, 20, has been charged with statutory rape, which is fourth degree rape and a class three felony, solicitation of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to the charges listed on the Minnehaha County Jail book-in log Thursday.
Officers had been looking for the girl after she was reported as a runaway, department spokesperson Sam Clemens said. During the investigation, officers found her staying with Jones at a motel in the 2600 block of East 10th Street, Clemens said.
Clemens said the two allegedly connected after Jones sent the teenager a message through Instagram.
“During the course, they had a conversation. There were a lot of different things that were said,” Clemens said. “At one point he arranged to have her picked up and brought to that motel room.”
The girl had been there a day or two, Clemens said. Officers learned sexual contact occurred between the two over the course of their investigation, the police spokesman added.