Athens-Clarke County police arrested on Tuesday a man they allege sexually assaulted and beat a woman on the county’s east side. Following the assault, the victim flagged down a police officer on East Broad Street, sparking a search that ended with the arrest of 26-year-old William Dennis Durham.
The Vine Street resident was booked into the Clarke County Jail at 5:15 a.m. on charges of criminal attempt to commit rape, aggravated sodomy with force and aggravated assault.