A 36-year-old Little Rock man accused of forcing his way into a bathroom to rape a 14-year-old girl pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree sexual assault Thursday.
Alvin Dewayne Bell Jr. admitted to having sexual contact with the girl in exchange for a sentence of five years on probation conditioned in part on him not living with children. He was also fined $1,000 and ordered to register as a sex offender under the arrangement negotiated by his attorney, Danny Williams.
According to a police report, the girl and her father told investigators in January 2017 that they had been living with friends at the trailer park at 8186 Stanton Road while their trailer was being repaired.
The girl reported that Bell had attacked her in the home about three weeks earlier. The girl said she had just finished using the bathroom when Bell, who lived nearby, entered the bathroom. She told police that she tried to fight him off, but he overcame her, and raped and sodomized her.
Bell was arrested Nov. 16 after police obtained enough evidence for a warrant. He's been in jail since then.
Metro on 09/21/2018