BENTON COUNTY (KFSM) – The trial date for an accused Benton County child rapist is approaching, according to court records.
Ali Matar, 21, of Lowell is accused of sexually assaulting multiple young girls in 2014 at R.E. Baker Elementary School in Bentonville. Matar was arrested in May 14, 2014.
Court records state Matar has a pretrial hearing scheduled for Jan. 26 at 8:30 a.m., and his trial is scheduled to begin on Jan. 27 at 8:30 a.m.
He pleaded not guilty to two rape charges and one charge of second-degree sexual assault in June 2014.
Matar’s arrest came after an incident at the Bentonville School District’s after-school Adventure Club Program which involved a five-year-old girl. After being taken into custody, Matar was also accused of sexually assaulting two other six-year-old girls.