All Blog Posts Tagged 'rape' (6)

Reggae singer Eek-A-Mouse accused of rape in Kill Devil Hills

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C.

The reggae singer known as Eek-A-Mouse was charged Sunday with rape and kidnapping after a 23-year-old woman reported she was held against her will at an Outer Banks motel, police say.

The musician, whose real name is Ripton Joseph Hylton, had performed at the Port O’ Call Restaurant & Gaslight Saloon on Saturday before leaving some time after the show ended Sunday about 1:30 a.m., said Kill Devil Hills… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 22, 2008 at 8:42am — 1 Comment

Man accused in gang rape in East Austin

Austin police arrested a man accused in the gang rape of a woman. A woman told investigators she was given some sort of date rape drug Friday night and then assaulted by about 10 men at a house in East Austin.

A neighbor called police Saturday morning when the woman showed up partially-clothed and crying.

Police say Robert Delone Scott, 35, was found next door with the victim's ID in his pocket.

He was arrested and charged… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 22, 2008 at 3:59pm — 12 Comments

Georgia Tech player charged with campus rape

The victim reported the incident to DeKalb County police at about 4 a.m. on April 25. A Georgia Tech police report shows the DeKalb County police notified Tech police of the incident at 4:14 a.m.

The rape allegedly occurred at the Undergraduate Living Center, an on-campus dormitory, the report said. No weapons were used.

Tarrant, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound redshirt freshman from Carrollton, emerged from spring practice as a potential starter… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 1, 2008 at 12:44am — 1 Comment

Man convicted in grad student's rape, torture

NEW YORK (AP) -- An ex-convict was found guilty Tuesday in the rape and torture of a Columbia University graduate student who survived 19 hours of nightmarish sadism in which he scalded her with boiling water and attempted to blind her before trying to burn her to death.Robert Williams was convicted of attempted murder, rape, kidnapping, arson and other charges in the attack, which was so prolonged and agonizing that the victim begged her tormentor to… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 25, 2008 at 1:08pm — 11 Comments

2 Henry High honor students are now 2 rape suspects

The day Minneapolis Henry High School student Santwoine Thornton was charged with raping another student during school hours last week, he was to be honored as a college scholarship winner.

An honor roll student, Thornton wrote last month in the school's online newspaper that he planned to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College to major in urban park, recreation and youth development. He boasted… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 25, 2008 at 12:46pm — 7 Comments

2 sentenced in gang rape, prostitution of girl

Prison cells await two more people who have been sentenced for their roles in the 2005 gang rape and prostitution of a 15-year-old El Mirage girl.

Ryan Lia Rasmussen, 29, also known as "Hawaiian Ryan," and Mark Anthony Grayned, 22, both of Phoenix, will join four other people who have been imprisoned in the case.

Rasmussen was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison, while Grayned received a seven-year stretch. The two men, who are… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 23, 2008 at 11:15pm — 1 Comment