Pro Soccer Player Charged with Rape in Brookhaven

Brookhaven police arrested a professional soccer player on charges he raped a woman while in town for a North American Soccer League game.

Bryan Joshua Arguez, 24, is being held in the DeKalb County Jail on one count of rape.

Arguez was in town with the Carolina RailHawks for a game against the Atlanta Silverbacks. He and several teammates were staying at a friend’s home in Brookhaven on Aug. 11 when the attack occurred.

The investigation determined Arguez had gone out to a Brookhaven club with a teammate, the teammate’s girlfriend and a friend of the girlfriend. They then returned to a residence in Brookhaven for the evening.

Arguez was supposed to be sleeping on a couch downstairs when he entered the second floor room of another woman and raped her, police said. The victim told Brookhaven investigators that she was asleep and awoke in the early morning hours of Aug. 11 to find Arguez on top of her.

The victim called 911. Brookhaven police arrested Arguez at the scene of the attack without incident and transported him to jail.

On Wednesday, a DeKalb judge granted Arguez a $75,000 bond. As of Thursday afternoon, he remained in jail.

Arguez, of Miami, most recently played for the RailHawks.

This reported was prepared by the city and edited for publication.