An Athens criminal on probation was arrested late Thursday night with attempting to molest an 11-year-old girl during a break-in at the child’s eastside home earlier that day, Athens-Clarke police said.
Rashard Timothy Blackshear, 24, of Lexington Heights, was charged with criminal attempt to commit child molestation and burglary.
Blackshear, who has an extensive arrest history, was on probation after he pleaded guilty last year to three counts of entering auto and served nine months in jail as part of his sentence, according to Clarke County Superior Court records.