Orem police are investigating two reported rapes and have arrested an Orem man.

On Saturday an 18-year-old woman told police she was raped March 2 by a male juvenile while attending a party in Orem.Sunday around 10 p.m. a 14-year-old girl called police and reported she had been raped by a 23-year-old man while attending a party in northeast Orem. Police arrested Marcelino Melchor, 163 W. 930 North, in connection with that incident.

Melchor was charged with rape, a first-degree felony, Monday in 4th Circuit Court in Orem. Judge Joseph I. Dimick set bail for Melchor at $25,000. He remains in custody in the Utah County Jail.

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