UNG Student Charged with Strong Arm Rape

DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office arrested University of North Georgia student Jesse Luke Clements, 22, Thursday and charged him with the strong arm rape of a 20-year-old UNG co-ed at the Bellamy Apartments just off the Dahlonega campus.

According to authorities the unidentified female victim knew Clements and invited him back to her apartment where the alleged rape took place. The victim did not report the incident to the sheriff’s office until the next day. Deputies went to his apartment at 82 College Lane and arrested him without incident.

Clements Facebook page indicates he attended LaFayette High School in LaFayette, Ga. and, in addition to being a student at UNG, is also employed by the school.

He is currently being held without bond at the Lumpkin County Detention Center.