Charlotte man accused of sexually assaulting mentally disabled girl

A Charlotte man is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old mentally disabled girl.

Jason Reid, 27, is charged with statutory rape and forcible fondling in connection with an incident in a Matthews home in November, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police report.

Reid was in the Mecklenburg County jail Thursday on $150,000 bail, jail records show. Reid was jailed Nov. 30.

Police also charged Reid with five counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

In a second case, Reid is accused of sending obscene material to a minor and soliciting illegal material from a minor from his home on Umstead Street in Plaza Midwood, according to a police report.

Reid was jailed on those charges on Nov. 28 and posted the $250,000 bail the next day, jail records show. He was jailed on the other charges two days later.

Police said the cases are related.

Joe Marusak

This story was originally published December 3, 2015 at 1:07 PM with the headline "Charlotte man accused of sexually assaulting mentally disabled girl."