AUBURN, Ala. - On Dec. 19, 2024, Auburn Police, with assistance from the Department of Defense Police, arrested Elliot Jarvis Brown, age 40, from Dacula, Georgia, on a felony warrant charging him with first degree rape.

The arrest stems from Auburn Police receiving a report of a possible sexual assault that occurred on June 27, 2024. Officers met with the victim who was traveling with the suspect when the crime occurred. The victim reported that during the trip, the suspect sexually assaulted the victim while they were stopped near the 1900 Block of McMillan Street in Auburn. The suspect was known to the victim.

Elliot Jarvis Brown was identified as the suspect, and after further investigation, an arrest warrant for rape first degree was obtained. Brown was located by the Department of Defense Police in Iowa, and he was arrested in obedience to the warrant. Brown was held at the Des Moines County Jail in Iowa while awaiting extradition.

After waiving extradition, Brown was transported to Lee County, Alabama, and the warrant was executed on Dec. 19, 2024. Brown was booked into the Lee County Jail and held without bond pending further judicial review.

All defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.