Columbia police say a 58-year-old man charged with first-degree rape following an incident in 2018 was arrested Tuesday.

Antonio Earl Bates of St. Louis was arrested Tuesday in the St. Louis area on a Boone County warrant that was issued for first-degree rape, according to a Columbia Police Department news release.

According to a probable cause statement, police responded to a sexual assault call in the 800 block of Ann Street in Columbia on early in the morning on July 24, 2018.

A woman told investigators that the suspect, who was unknown to her at the time, pulled her behind an apartment building and forcibly raped her, according to court documents.

The woman screamed for help, and someone chased the suspect away, according to court documents.

The suspect was identified as Bates thr

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