TYLER, Texas (EAST TEXAS NEWS) – A fifth person has been arrested and charged with stalking and sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Smith County, according to an affidavit.
The affidavit states that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) was investigating 31-year-old Lamarcus Carlton Hambrick, a Tyler resident, for stalking and sexual assault of a minor. They discovered that Maurese Emmanuel Johnson, 22, had also sexually assaulted the same girl.
According to the affidavit, a DPS victim-support worker attending a Smith County Child Advocacy Center meeting learned of a Tyler Police Department file related to a previously reported sexual assault by Hambrick’s victim. After the investigation, the DPS determined that Johnson was a suspect in the case.
The DPS interviewed the victim, who identified Johnson in a photographic lineup as her attacker, and investigated several Snapchat accounts allegedly linked to Johnson before filing charges against him.
Johnson was arrested Thursday on charges of sexual assault of a minor and was booked into the Smith County Jail.
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