Airman charged with 10 counts of rape of 14-year-old girl while stationed in Delaware

A US soldier has been charged with raping a young girl while deployed in Delaware. Amir Hughes is accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl while deployed at Dover Air Force Base.

The 20-year-old caught the attention of detectives when they began investigating a sexual relationship between him and a young girl. Investigators found that Hughes had a sexual relationship with the teenager.

On Thursday, May 30, Hughes was arrested and taken to Squad 3, where he was charged with ten counts of second-degree rape.

He was arraigned and is being held at the Sussex Correctional Institution on $600,000 bail.

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