Malachi Mpata: Georgia student, 16, charged as adult for raping girl in boys bathroom
Trigger Warning: Rape, graphic content
COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA: A teen student of McEachern High School, Georgia, has been arrested and charged as an adult on December 7 for raping a girl in the boys' bathroom sometime in mid-November. The student identified as Malachi Mpata, 16, aspired to pursue a career as a doctor and showed no signs that he could commit a crime as heinous as rape, according to acquaintances who spoke to the media. McEachern falls under the Cobb County School District that has 113,000 students enrolled under its various schools. This is the third time in recent months that the district has been rocked by sex crimes.
In November, Osborne High School's graphic design teacher Zachary White was arrested and charged with sexual assault after being accused of having sex with a student in his school office twice in October. A day before his arrest, another teacher named Matthew Anderson of The Walker School was jailed and on charges of obscene material and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He sent inappropriate messages and emails to a 14-year-old girl who happened to be his former student. He was accused of introducing sexual intercourse, oral sex, drugs, into the conversation wherein he often used sexual innuendo, according to CBS46.
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Who is Malachi Mpata?
Belonging to the same school district where Anderson and White taught, Mpata reportedly raped his classmate, a 15-year-old female in the bathroom after school hours. According to the arrest warrant, he committed the misdeed in an area that wasn't under surveillance. The warrant states he pushed the girl against a wall, held her neck, and called her lewd names. Mpata then forced the girl to perform oral sex on him, while not letting go of his grip on her neck. He is now facing rape and sodomy charges.
A woman living across the street from Mpata who was shocked to learn of his arrest. "I just honestly, I'm shocked," said Sarah Dell to CBS46. "I just can't believe what he's being accused of.. He watches the kids without his mother even asking. I've seen him around children, he's been in my house. I mean he's going to school and said he wants to be a doctor. It's just stunning." The school district spokesperson in a statement said, "As soon as school administration was alerted, the school immediately reported the incident to crimes against children and local authorities to continue the investigation." They won't be making any further comment due to the nature of the charges and the ages of those involved. Mpata has a Twitter and Facebook account but the posts seem to have been taken down.