Metro police say a 17-year-old has been arrested after a pregnant woman was attacked and raped at an Antioch apartment last week.

It happened last Wednesday afternoon at the Overlook Apartments on Bell Road when the woman returned home.

Police said the teen suspect, now identified as Dantis Lakka-Lako, turned 17 on Tuesday, the day of his arrest.

According to a release, detectives went to the teen’s apartment on Hickory Hollow Place on Tuesday to execute a search warrant for his DNA.

Police said statements made by the teen during an interview with a detective led to his arrest.

A significant break in the case came on Friday after the victim’s car, which was stolen after the rape, was recovered from Hickory Trace Apartments, where Lakka-Lako lives.

Citizens called police after noticing the car parked at the apartment complex Friday morning.

Police said Lakka-Lako’s name was connected to the case after the car was forensically analyzed for evidence. The investigation also revealed a person matching the teen’s description used the victim’s stolen credit card four times at a Bell Road convenience store.

Police believe Lakka-Lako entered the victim’s apartment while she was making a second trip to her car to get groceries.

The woman was lying down when he entered her bedroom armed with a knife from her kitchen. Police said the teen demanded money and told the woman not to run.

He proceeded to take her purse and rape her, according to police.

During her struggle with Lakka-Lako, the victim hit him over the head with a bottle, which caused him to flee.

The woman used a knife to slash open the window screen before she jumped from her third-floor apartment to escape.

She remains hospitalized for her injuries.

Lakka-Lako is charged with aggravated rape, aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary.