MARSHFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- One of two girls who accused a Maine carnival worker of rape has recanted her story, according to the Plymouth District Attorney's Office.

A Plymouth District Court judge, however, yesterday rejected a prosecutors' recommendation that 18-year-old Jeffrey Witham of Oxford be released pending a pre-trial hearing next month.

Witham remains held on $150,000 bail set earlier in the week. He's charged with raping two girls -- ages 13 and 14 -- whom he met while working at the Marshfield Fair. The alleged attacks occurred at the home of one of the victims.

Plymouth District Attorney spokeswoman Bridget Norton Middleton says one girl indicated that she and Witham had consensual sex. Middleton says because the girl is under 16, it would still be considered child rape even if not by force.