Hiker/Biker Trail Area Shaken By Attacks, Rapes On Or Near Trails

The ominous signs are tacked on both sides of the opening in the black chain-link fence, warning travelers who venture out of the West Hyattsville Metro station that a rapist — or rapists — has been terrorizing the trails that lie ahead.
One woman was headed to work when a man forced her into the parking [...]

Woman Fights Off Attacker In Attempted Rape

Montgomery County, MD – Montgomery County police’s major crimes detectives are on the hunt for a man they say broke into a woman’s home Sunday evening and attempted to rape her.
The 56-year-old woman told police she was attacked at 6:30 p.m. but police were not dispatched to the scene in the 9400 block of Saybrook [...]

Woman Attacked On Quiet Street

CHICAGO, ILL — Police have issued a community alert, after a man tried to sexually assault a woman in a quiet section of the Andersonville neighborhood.
As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, the man approached the 22-year-old woman about 4:35 a.m. Sunday in the 1500 block of West Carmen Avenue, just steps from the neighborhood’s trendy [...]

Relative Of 11 Year-Old Girl Arranged For Another Man To Repeatedly Rape Her

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — A Pawtucket, Rhode Island, man has been arrested after a Massachusetts teen told her guidance counselor that he arranged for another man to repeatedly rape her when she was 11.
The Providence Journal reports that John Rainey, a relative of the alleged victim, was arrested Thursday and charged with three counts of conspiracy [...]

Woman Assaulted For 17 Hours

North Liberty, Iowa – Police said a North Liberty man beat a woman and held her against will for 17 hours on Sunday.
North Liberty Police officers were dispatched to 12 Holiday Lodge at 8:37 p.m. for a domestic violence report. Police said the victim – who is not identified in criminal complaints – had lacerations [...]

Man Attacks Woman On Street, Attempts To Rape Her At Gunpoint

Athens, GA – An Athens man was arrested Saturday after police said he robbed and attempted to rape a woman.
The 27-year-old woman was walking on Hill Street when she heard footsteps behind her shortly after 2 a.m., Athens-Clarke County police spokesman Lt. Keith Morris said.
When she was near Pope Street, a man grabbed and forced [...]

Man Gets 3-4 Years For Raping 12-Year-Old Girl

SALEM, MA — A Malden man admitted in court yesterday to having sex with a 12-year-old Salem girl he met online.
Leandro Desouza, 24, who pleaded guilty to a charge of child rape, will spend three to four years in state prison and then face deportation, a Salem Superior Court judge told him yesterday during a [...]

Woman Shoots, Kills Ex-Boyfriend; Claims Self Defense

Bryant, AR – Shots ring out in Bryant Monday afternoon, a woman shoots and kills a man she says it’s her ex-boyfriend, but claims it was self defense.
It happened at about 4:30 p.m. Bryant police were called to the corner of Raymar Road and Meadowlake.
When police arrived on the scene they found the alleged suspect [...]

Jogger Fends Off Attack By Man Who Jumped Out Of Bushes

Watsonville, CA – A man jumped out of the bushes and attacked a 25-year-old woman running down a Watsonville sidewalk Monday evening, police reported.
The attacker grabbed her and tried to drag her back into the shrubbery on south Green Valley Road near Maranatha Drive around 7:30 p.m., Sgt. Saul Gonzalez said. The jogger fended off [...]

Man Charged For Raping Woman At Denver Airport

DENVER – The rape of a woman at Denver International Airport has left family members raising questions about the late-night attack and officials defending security at the Rocky Mountain hub, which serves millions of travelers each year.
Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said Wednesday that violent crime is rare at the airport, and that he knows of [...]

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