Arnold Willard Carey Jr., 28, waived his right to a preliminary hearing on July 9 and his rape case was placed on the Sept. 29 sounding docket for the next trial.

The McIntosh County resident has been charged with second degree rape, lewd molestation, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and obstructing an officer.

According to Deputy Sher- iff Bailey Degraffenreid, he was dispatched to a rural residence after a 17-year-old juvenile was reported missing.

Degraffenreid later discovered the female with the suspect in the parking lot of the Lake Eufaula Inn in Eufaula, he said..

Deputy Matthew Youngblood joined the investigation at the motel.

According to Youngblood’s Probable Cause Affidavit, Carey said he met the girl on the online service Discord and that she told him she was 19.