EL CERRITO — Contra Costa County prosecutors have charged a Richmond man with forcible rape and three other felonies tied to a sexual assault that happened in May, authorities said.

Court records show that 18-year-old Malachi Attaway also faces special allegations for all four charges. Prosecutors also have charged him with sodomy by use of force; forcible oral copulation and forcible sexual penetration, court records showed.

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He is set to appear in court on Sept. 4.

Detectives arrested Attaway on Aug. 13, according to a statement from El Cerrito police. They identified him as a suspect after receiving a notification from the Combined DNA Index System, police said. Officers took him into custody as he was leaving Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez after maki

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