Man allegedly uses storm as pretext to rape 12-year-old Wheaton girl

Montgomery County police report a horrifying story from Wheaton. Detectives allege that a man used an afternoon thunderstorm on May 23 as a pretext to rape a 12-year-old girl. James Allen Booker, 59, of Upper Marlboro, has been charged with the second-degree rape and third-degree sex offense of a 12-year-old female. 

According to police, Booker offered the girl a ride home during the thunderstorm. She agreed, but when they arrived at her residence, he allegedly sexually assaulted her in his car. Booker then allowed the girl to leave the car. She went into her house and reported the assault to a parent who called police.

Booker was arrested yesterday at his job in Wheaton.