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Investigators at the Tuscaloosa Police Department have arrested 16-year-old Anthony Jamal Hill and charged him with the rape and sodomy of an 8-year-old girl.

-- Investigators in Tuscaloosa arrested a 16-year-old Tuesday and charged him with the rape of an 8-year-old girl.

Investigators at the Tuscaloosa Police Department have arrested 16-year-old Anthony Jamal Hill and charged him with the rape and sodomy of an 8-year-old girl.

Sgt. Brent Blankley, a Tuscaloosa Police Department spokesman, said a report was filed on May 9 that said the suspect had sexually assaulted the child recently.

Juvenile investigators took the case on, and found cause to obtain warrants for the arrest of 16-year-old

Anthony Jamal Hill

. They arrested Hill Tuesday and charged him with first-degree rape and sodomy.

Hill was taken to the Tuscaloosa County Jail, where he is being held pending a $120,000 bond. Blankley said he will be charged as a adult for his alleged crimes.