A Mount Airy man, who was arrested Monday on charges of raping and sexually assaulting a neighborhood girl, is being held at the Carroll County Detention Center on $25,000 bail, court records show.

Alonso Steeve Rodriguez, 21, of the first block of Meadowlark Ave. was charged with second-degree rape and assault, and second- and third-degree sexual offenses.

The girl, now 15, is not being named because of her age and to protect her privacy.

According to court documents, the alleged sexual assaults began when she was 12 years old and continued to occur at various locations between Jan. 13, 1996, and June 14.

At a bail review yesterday, visiting District Judge Alice P. Clark reduced Rodriguez's bail from 100 percent to 10 percent acceptable. If bail is posted, he cannot have any contact with the girl.