A Macon police officer accused of the statutory rape of a 15-year-old resigned from the force Friday.
Precinct 4
Officer Rory Qualls, 23, resigned after being arrested on charges of statutory
rape involving a 15 year-old female he met on an Internet dating site in July,
according to a police news release.
The incident
was reported to Macon police Thursday by the mother of the girl, the release
stated.
Qualls was
released from the Bibb County jail late Friday on a $11,200 bond, according to
the jail website.
Qualls, who
moved to Macon for police training in September 2012, was sworn in as an
officer in March.