On Thursday, a local 13-year-old female reported to her parents an incident involving an adult male that she met on a social media network. The 13-year-old agreed to meet up with the male in the early morning hours of Thursday, at a Southside location.
During the meeting with the male, the juvenile alleged the male provided her drugs and forced her into a sexual encounter. She only knew the male by an Instagram name.
Subsequent investigation by Kokomo Police investigators led them to a male identified as 18-year-old Ahmed Osman Salat of Indianapolis, Indiana. At approximately 2:10 p.m. Friday, on today’s date, Salat was taken into custody in the 6700 block of Lambert Drive in Indianapolis.
Salat was arrested for one count of Child Molest, a level 3 felony. He was transported and released to the Howard County Criminal Justice Center. Ahmed Salat is currently on bond for a similar incident involving a juvenile female from Shelby County Indiana.
The Kokomo Police Department was assisted with the Investigation by Detectives from Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI Indianapolis Violent Crimes Task Force. Anyone having additional information about this incident is asked to contact the Kokomo Police Department or Detective Grammer at 765-456-7411.