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Former West Virginia star Justin Crawford arrested for having sex with 12-year-old girl

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Former West Virginia running back Justin Crawford was arrested Saturday by police in Columbus, Ga., on charges of aggravated child molestation, incest with a minor, sodomy, and enticing a minor for indecent purposes, according to an arrest report obtained by The Dominion Post.

All the charges are felonies in the state of Georgia.

Crawford, 23, appeared in court Monday, where a police detective illuminated the complaint that Crawford had oral sex and intercourse with a 12-year-old girl. Crawford allegedly admitted to both acts, claiming the sex was the girl’s idea, the detective testified.