Auburn man charged with rape of child under 15

Captain Kyle Platt told The Citizen that the department received an anonymous complaint on June 1 alleging that Weston R. Rhodes, 29, engaged in sexual conduct with a female child under the age of 15.

The department has launched an investigation, Platt said, including an interview with the child. Rhodes was arrested on a warrant in the city at 5:16 p.m. Thursday.

Rhodes was charged with second-degree rape (a class D felony), second-degree sexual assault (also a class D felony), and endangering the welfare of a child (a misdemeanor).

He was taken to the Cayuga County Jail.