DNA from 2014 Seattle sexual assault matched to black man already serving time for rape

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A convicted rapist serving a prison sentence was booked into the King County Jail on Friday to face another rape charge filed earlier this month after his DNA was matched to a second victim through a previously untested rape kit, jail and court records show.

Kirose Hailu, now 27, is serving a 14-year prison term for raping an intoxicated woman in an alley on Seattle’s Capitol Hill in February 2014. He was charged earlier this month with second-degree rape, accused of raping a second woman in downtown Seattle eight months after the first rape, charging papers say.

Since 2015, police agencies across the state have been required to submit evidence from every sexual-assault exam to the State Patrol Crime Lab for forensic analysis after a law was passed taking discretion away from individual officers and detectives to decide which kits to send in for testing. At the same time, the state began a concerted effort to catalog and test some 6,000 previously-untested kits that had sat untouched in evidence rooms for years, with the hope of linking cases and identifying serial offenders.

Among the tests sent in was the one belonging to a now-34-year-old woman, who was struggling with a heroin addiction when she was raped by a stranger on Oct. 22, 2014, say the charges against Hailu.

Following the rape, she went to the hospital and underwent a sexual-assault exam, where evidence taken from her body was packaged into what is commonly referred to as a rape kit, according to charging papers.

The kits can contain a variety of evidence, including underwear and swabs of a victim’s mouth, fingernails, genitals and any part of the skin where semen or saliva may be present. Blood and urine are also collected and bruises and other injuries are photographed.

A detective entered the woman’s rape kit into evidence and tried to contact her for a follow-up interview, but never heard back from her. Her case was closed in November 2014.

Though Seattle police submitted the woman’s rape kit in March 2015 for forensic testing, it doesn’t appear that it was analyzed at that time; court documents don’t indicate why. Police again requested that her kit be tested in June 2016 — but the results didn’t come back until April, nearly two years later. The DNA was matched to Hailu, the charges say.

In August, the case was assigned to another detective. By then, a victim advocate had located the woman, who agreed to come in for an interview.

According to the charges, at the time of the rape the woman was struggling with heroin addiction and after six months being sober, she went downtown looking to score drugs from her usual dealer. A man approached her, claimed he’d seen the dealer walk down a nearby alley, and offered to walk with her, the charges say.

Once in the alley, the man pushed her down, threatened to kill her and raped her, the charges say. Then he left.

Following the rape, the woman described hitting rock bottom and eventually overdosing.

She entered a one-year treatment program in February 2015.

By then, Hailu and a second man, Wolid Mohammed, had been identified as suspects in the February 2014 rape on Capitol Hill. They were charged with second-degree rape after their DNA was matched to DNA recovered from the then-21-year-old victim’s rape kit, court records show.

The woman had been out drinking with friends at R Place, but got separated from them when the bar closed. She encountered Hailu and Mohammed, who were both strangers to her, in an alley where they raped her, according to the charges.

Hailu and Mohammed pleaded guilty to the rape and other charges in August 2015.

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SEATTLE — Investigators arrested a registered sex offender who is accused of selling a woman for sex on Aurora Ave. in Seattle and raping the victim while acting as her 'pimp.'

Dawnte Jackson, 43, was charged Wednesday afternoon with two counts of rape, assault, promoting prostitution, and unlawful possession of a weapon, according to filings in King County Superior Court.

Seattle police arrested Jackson on Saturday after responding to a report of a fight with shots fired at his home on South Bennet Street.

A woman told police that Jackson had threatened her before breaking out windows in the home and firing a gun multiple times, then punching her in the head repeatedly, a police report states.

The victim was taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment where she later told police Jackson was her pimp.

According to police, Jackson took the woman to Aurora Avenue, where he forced her to perform sex acts on him after she had been trying to get ‘customers’ on the street.

A judge set Jackson’s bail at $1 million on Wednesday. Prosecutors also secured a court order that if Jackson were to post bail and be released, he would be prohibited from going within five blocks of Aurora Avenue.

“He poses a clear danger to women in the community and continues to commit crimes of violence,” Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Alexandra Voorhees wrote in charging papers.

Jackson has a criminal history with convictions of rape, theft, domestic violence, assault, unlawful possession of a firearm, felony violation of a no-contact order, harassment, drug distribution, and attempted residential burglary.

“Furthermore, the defendant’s history demonstrates a pattern of refusing to abide by court orders,” Voorhees wrote. “The defendant has been found guilty of multiple violations of no contact orders, he committed new offenses while out on bail and conditions of release and he has repeatedly been told that he no longer has the right to possess a firearm and he continues to be found in possession of firearms.”

Jackson served time in prison from 2019 to 2021. Shortly after being released from prison, Jackson followed a woman home in Seattle and shoved his way into her house while demanding she make a pornographic film with him, according to court records.

Jackson was convicted of attempted residential burglary and harassment for that case earlier this year. That victim told a sentencing judge that Jackson changed her life and shattered her sense of safety.

“What this man did was horrible,” the victim wrote in a statement to the court. “I now sleep with my loaded shotgun by my side, and extra locks on the door please take punishing this man very seriously. Next time he does this, and he will do this again, it may not turn out as well for all involved.”

In June, Jackson was sentenced to 37 months in prison and given credit for 30 months previously served. Jail records show he was released from custody one day after sentencing.

Jackson is scheduled to appear in court next week for an arraignment hearing on the new charges.

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A convicted rapist serving a prison sentence was booked into the King County Jail on Friday to face another rape charge filed earlier this month after his DNA was matched to a second victim through a previously untested rape kit, jail and court records show.

Kirose Hailu, now 27, is serving a 14-year prison term for raping an intoxicated woman in an alley on Seattle’s Capitol Hill in February 2014. He was charged earlier this month with second-degree rape, accused of raping a second woman in downtown Seattle eight months after the first rape, charging papers say.

Since 2015, police agencies across the state have been required to submit evidence from every sexual-assault exam to the State Patrol Crime Lab for forensic analysis after a law was passed taking discretion away from individual officers and detectives to decide which kits to send in for testing. At the same time, the state began a concerted effort to catalog and test some 6,000 previously-untested kits that had sat untouched in evidence rooms for years, with the hope of linking cases and identifying serial offenders.

Among the tests sent in was the one belonging to a now-34-year-old woman, who was struggling with a heroin addiction when she was raped by a stranger on Oct. 22, 2014, say the charges against Hailu.

Following the rape, she went to the hospital and underwent a sexual-assault exam, where evidence taken from her body was packaged into what is commonly referred to as a rape kit, according to charging papers.

The kits can contain a variety of evidence, including underwear and swabs of a victim’s mouth, fingernails, genitals and any part of the skin where semen or saliva may be present. Blood and urine are also collected and bruises and other injuries are photographed.

A detective entered the woman’s rape kit into evidence and tried to contact her for a follow-up interview, but never heard back from her. Her case was closed in November 2014.

Though Seattle police submitted the woman’s rape kit in March 2015 for forensic testing, it doesn’t appear that it was analyzed at that time; court documents don’t indicate why. Police again requested that her kit be tested in June 2016 — but the results didn’t come back until April, nearly two years later. The DNA was matched to Hailu, the charges say.

In August, the case was assigned to another detective. By then, a victim advocate had located the woman, who agreed to come in for an interview.

According to the charges, at the time of the rape the woman was struggling with heroin addiction and after six months being sober, she went downtown looking to score drugs from her usual dealer. A man approached her, claimed he’d seen the dealer walk down a nearby alley, and offered to walk with her, the charges say.

Once in the alley, the man pushed her down, threatened to kill her and raped her, the charges say. Then he left.

Following the rape, the woman described hitting rock bottom and eventually overdosing.

She entered a one-year treatment program in February 2015.

By then, Hailu and a second man, Wolid Mohammed, had been identified as suspects in the February 2014 rape on Capitol Hill. They were charged with second-degree rape after their DNA was matched to DNA recovered from the then-21-year-old victim’s rape kit, court records show.

The woman had been out drinking with friends at R Place, but got separated from them when the bar closed. She encountered Hailu and Mohammed, who were both strangers to her, in an alley where they raped her, according to the charges.

Hailu and Mohammed pleaded guilty to the rape and other charges in August 2015.

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (KOMO) — Prosecutors in Thurston County filed charges Tuesday against an Uber driver who is accused of driving an intoxicated female passenger to a secluded area and raping her over the weekend.

Ahmed Hassan Ali, 58, of Seattle, faces one count of rape in the second degree and one count of kidnapping in the first degree with sexual motivation aggravating circumstance.

According to the arrest report, Ali was driving for Uber Saturday morning when he gave a ride to an intoxicated woman who was at a bar in Olympia.

Investigators allege Ali marked the woman’s ride as complete in the Uber app but kept her in the car and drove to 6th Avenue SE in an unincorporated area of Thurston County and raped her.

The victim’s family became alarmed when she did not arrive at the house and her father tracked her location to a parking area near the Nisqually River, the arrest report said.

The father and other family members drove to the location and found the woman unclothed in the backseat of Ali’s car, and Ali appeared to be pulling up his pants while climbing over the center console, according to the sheriff’s office report.

Investigators said family members assaulted Ali and took the woman out of the car. At some point during the confrontation, the victim’s father fired a gun twice, but the bullets did not strike anyone, according to the report.

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Neighbors called 911 to report the gunfire and deputies stopped Ali’s vehicle as he was driving out of the area. A deputy noted that Ali was bleeding heavily from his head and hands when he was contacted, but the report notes Ali was in a hurry to leave and initially refused medical treatment.

Prosecutors said in a court hearing Monday that Ali’s injuries were so severe that it was suspicious Ali would attempt to refuse medical care.

A judge set Ali’s bail at $100,000 at the hearing. Jail records show he posted the bail Monday night and was released from custody.

Ali is scheduled to appear at an arraignment on July 2.

Uber sent the following statement to KOMO News in response to Ali’s arrest:

The driver’s behavior is appalling and has no place in our society or on the Uber platform. We take reports of this nature very seriously and removed the driver’s access to the platform as soon as we were made aware of the incident. We have a dedicated team standing ready to assist law enforcement with their investigation.

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SEATTLE - Seattle Police have arrested a man accused of breaking into a woman's apartment and attempting to rape her while she was asleep.

24-year-old Jaylen Tyrique Johnson was arrested and booked into jail on Sept. 11 for first-degree attempted rape.

According to charging documents, in early August Johnson broke into the apartment in the middle of the night where a woman was sleeping. He stood over her, pulled the covers from her and attempted to force her legs open several times, charging docs say.

The victim fought back and screamed, and he told her to "shut up or he would kill her," documents say. He struck her in the ribs, body and face, leaving a cut on her forehead, bruising on her body and swelling to her face.

She kicked and scratched Johnson, and was eventually able to escape and run to her neighbor for help, charging docs say. According to documents, her face was covered in blood and she was going in and out of consciousness. Her injuries required stitches at the hospital.

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According to documents, Johnson ran from the apartment. He was only identified later in August when his fingerprints matched those collected at the scene, and his description was matched to the victim description and surveillance video.

Johnson is scheduled to be arraigned in court on Sept. 20 for first-degree attempted rape. He is being held on $600,000 bail.

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Eleven years after the attack, a 52-year-old man was arrested for the kidnapping and repeated rape of a 14-year-old girl he allegedly abducted in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of South Seattle.

The victim's rape kit, stored among more than 1,000 in a well-known backlog of untested sets of evidence, was finally examined and yielded a DNA match for Darin Bolar in December 2017.

Police arrested Bolar Sept. 26 and prosecutors charged him Monday with first-degree kidnapping and two counts of second-degree rape for the October 2007 attack.

RELATED: Seattle PD to test all rape kits in storage

Then-Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole announced an initiative in 2015 to test each of the backlogged kits. At the time, of the 1,641 rape kits administered in the previous 10 years, only 365 had been tested by the State Patrol crime lab.

Cases had to meet certain criteria to be sent to the state crime lab for testing, but O'Toole's announcement prompted Seattle police to send each kit along for examination.

Bolar was already a Level III sex offender and had been convicted in 1993 of third-degree child rape for assaulting a 14-year-old girl at the Wild Waves amusement park.

The 14-year-old girl in the Seattle case was walking on a street in Beacon Hill Oct. 24, 2007 looking for a pay phone to call her boyfriend when she noticed a man walking behind her, according to a police report.

RELATED: Rape kit backlog testing yields charge for 2007 Seattle rape, kidnapping

The man grabbed her, pulled her into a yard with tall bushes and raped her. He allegedly used a garden hose attached to the house and forced it in the girl's vagina to clean the evidence of the assault.

The attacker then took her to a nearby vehicle and threatened to kill her if she tried to find help. They reportedly drove to a McDonald's and headed back to the man's residence somewhere off Martin Luther King, Jr. Way South. The man told the teen that she was not allowed to leave and he would find and kill her if she did, according to court documents.

He raped and beat the girl and forced her to clean his house throughout the next two days, police said. The girl would later claim that the man raped her at least seven or eight times. Every time she tried to leave, he beat or raped her again.

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The teen escaped while the attacker was at work and another man inside the house was asleep on the couch. She ran out the front door and contacted a friend who called police.

Staff at Harborview Medical Center collected forensic evidence from the girl for her rape kit. The kit was not tested until Dec. 28, 2017, when the crime lab found a DNA profile that matched Bolar's in their database.

Bolar was 42 at the time of the girl's assaults.

The state Attorney General's office won a $3 million U.S. Department of Justice grant last year to test and investigate the 6,460 rape kits stored and untested at law enforcement agencies throughout Washington. The oldest dates back to 1982, the office said.

The Attorney General's office has only received 25 percent of the award to perform an inventory of the state's backlog, but announced Wednesday it would request the remainder of the money to so the kits can be tested and investigated.

SeattlePI reporter Lynsi Burton can be reached at 206-448-8381 or ***@seattlepi.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LynsiBurton_PI. Find more from Lynsi here.

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A 27-year-old man is accused of trying to rape a woman and assaulting her at a Spokane Valley business. Detectives say the man is also suspected in other sex crimes in the area, and they’re asking people with information on him to come forward.

Gordon Majmeto was booked into the Spokane County Jail on suspicion of first-degree attempted rape, first-degree burglary, first-degree attempted robbery, second-degree assault and second-degree attempted kidnapping, according to a Spokane Valley police news release.

Deputies responded around 11 p.m. Monday at a business on the 13500 block of East Sprague Avenue, the release said. The caller reported Majmeto was still at the location, took the victim’s cell phone the day before and was back at the business demanding money.

Deputies heard a woman scream as they entered the building and found the victim bleeding from her hand, police said. She declined medical attention.

The woman told deputies Majmeto harassed her and other employees previously.

That night, she told deputies Majmeto hit her in the head with his fists, brought her to a back room against her will, threw her down on a bed and removed her clothes as she tried to resist. She thought he was going to rape her but then heard deputies arrive, causing Majmeto to flee the business, police said.

She said Majmeto previously stole $1,000 and a cellphone from her, the release said. She also alleged Majmeto sexually assaulted her two days before the incident, but she had not reported it yet.

Deputies eventually located and arrested Majmeto.

Majmeto was also arrested Aug. 31 on suspicion of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation and was released from jail the next day, police said. Majmeto is listed as a suspect in other sex crimes.

Detectives believe Majmeto may be associated with other incidents not reported yet.

Majmeto is described as Asian/Pacific Islander and approximately 5-foot-6, and 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Detectives hope to contact anyone who may recognize Majmeto and may have witnessed any suspicious behavior or potential criminal activity in the last few months, the release said.

Contact Detective Tom Keys at [phone] and reference Majmeto or case No. 10133564.

Majmeto is set for an arraignment on Sept. 19 in Spokane County Superior Court. He remained in jail Friday night on a $200,000 bond.

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KENT — A serial rapist accused of sexually assaulting two teenage sisters after tying up their mother in a Federal Way apartment nearly three years ago was sentenced this morning to 36 years to life in prison.

Anthony Dias, 29, entered an Alford plea to several charges stemming from three separate incidents in King County in 2005, including the rape of the two girls and sexual assaults on four women. The plea means that though he did not admit guilt, Dias acknowledged he would likely be convicted if tried.

King County Superior Court Judge Brian Gain said Dias’ sentence would be served concurrently with a lengthy prison term he received earlier this year for two rapes in Pierce County.

Dias is accused of committing several rapes and robberies in homes from Des Moines to Tacoma between August and November 2005. He was shot by police and arrested early Nov. 8, 2005, outside a Federal Way apartment after he tied up a woman with a dog leash and duct tape and raped her two teenage daughters — then 13 and 15.

According to prosecutors in King and Pierce counties, Dias ordered a number of his victims to bathe in an effort to wash away his DNA. But DNA evidence found on one victim’s body, another’s toothbrush and cigarette butts left at different crime scenes helped investigators tie Dias to six rape and burglary cases, they say.

Dias had also been accused breaking into a Federal Way-area apartment on Oct. 28, 2005, and binding and beating three men and forcing two women to perform sex acts.

Three days later, prosecutors said, Dias broke into a Des Moines house and used duct tape to bind six people, including a 2-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy, and repeatedly raping two sisters, ages 20 and 24.

In January 2006, while awaiting trial, Dias tried to hang himself with cloth strips torn from the mattress in his jail cell after reading a newspaper article saying his DNA had been tied to the Pierce County rapes, according to a Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman. Guards intervened and Dias was treated at a local hospital and returned to the jail.

Dias was sentenced in May to 227 years in prison for breaking into three homes in the Tacoma area in 2005 and raping two women.

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Washington running back Tybo Rogers, who was arrested and charged last month with rape in two instances that allegedly occurred during the 2023 season, is no longer with the program, a spokesman confirmed to ESPN.

The team had suspended Rogers following his April 5 arrest. Rogers, 19, was charged with second- and third-degree rape for incidents involving two women in October and November. He pleaded not guilty to the charges last month.

The first alleged rape occurred in late October, at the apartment of a 19-year-old Seattle Central College student, who reported the incident to Seattle police on Oct. 28. The second incident involved Rogers and a 22-year-old Washington student, whom he had met at a Halloween party. The alleged assault occurred at the female student's apartment, and she reported it to Washington's Title IX office on Nov. 28

Washington suspended Rogers from team activities in late November and did not include him on the travel roster for the Pac-12 championship game Dec. 1 in Las Vegas, according to a certification of probable cause document from a Seattle police detective. The document also noted multiple emails within Washington's athletic department stating that Rogers shouldn't travel with the team to the championship game, but the emails included no reasons for the removal or possible discipline.

The detective also referenced text messages from Washington staff members referencing Rogers and what was happening with him. The communications occurred shortly after the Washington student's report to the Title IX office, and after she had posted on her Instagram story, detailing the alleged assault and warning others to be careful around Rogers.

Ryan Grubb, then the team's offensive coordinator, told reporter Dan Raley of Dailymotion in mid-December that Rogers was working through some off-field issues, and couldn't comment further. Grubb, head coach Kalen DeBoer and athletic director Troy Dannen all have since left Washington to take other jobs.

Rogers returned to the team for the College Football Playoff semifinal and national championship games, where he had six total rushing attempts. He finished the season ranked third on the team in rushing.

Rogers and another Washington player, Diesel Gordon, were charged last month with allegedly assaulting a cyclist in a road rage incident in March. According to a police report obtained by KOMO News, Rogers and Gordon yelled at the man to get out of the street, and after he went to a nearby stairwell to hide, they "hit him and pushed him down, damaging his bicycle, before leaving." Washington suspended Gordon from the team in early April, and Gordon is no longer with the team.

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KENNEWICK, Wash. -- The Benton County Prosecuting Office said a jury found serial rapist Brandon Jones guilty after a three-week jury trial, Wednesday.

Brandon Jones, 28, was found guilty of 11 counts of rape in the first degree, six counts of first degree robbery and four counts of attempted first degree robbery.

Jones may also face an increase in jail time because of committing these crimes with a firearm, according to officials.

The prosecuting office said Jones' sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later date.

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WANTED IN KING COUNTY - King County Sheriff's detectives say Ishmail Kidane surrendered at the Regional Justice Center in Kent. He has been released on Electronic Home Monitoring to await his trial.

Prosecutors have charged Kidane with 3rd Degree Rape.

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The victim says she was asleep in a bed at a friend's house after a party last November, when she awoke to Kidane raping her.

He could be armed, as court documents show he had a Glock handgun with him that night that he showed off to people at the party. The victim told detectives he placed the gun on the bed during the rape.

"I'd like to talk specifically to our suspect in this case. I read the summary and we know what happened on that night in November of 2020. We know what you did and it's time to turn yourself in and bring closure for our victim. There's no place in the U.S. that you're going to go that we won't find you and bring you back. The courts have found $75,000 in reasons to bring you home and we need to get you in and hold you accountable for the event. You know what you did. Turn yourself in, so we can get this case closed for our survivor," said King County Sheriff’s Sgt. Tim Meyer.

Kidane is also wanted by Tukwila Police for Failure to Obey an Officer in a case that is separate from the alleged rape.

He’s 24 years old, 5’7", weighs 155 pounds and has tattoos on his arms that include three cartoon monkeys that are respectively covering their ears, eyes and mouth.

Detectives say Kidane could be in the Fife, SeaTac, or Tukwila area and is known to drive a silver 2004 Honda Accord with Washington plates BLB2072.

If you know where he's hiding, use the P3 Tips app on your smart phone that you can download for free to submit the information to Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound, or call the hot line at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477). It is anonymous and you'll get a cash reward of up to $1,000 if your tip helps lead to his arrest.

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SEATTLE - FOX 13 News is investigating why a convicted bank robber sentenced to 43 months in prison, and who was still in Department of Corrections custody, was able to become a suspect in a recent attempted rape in Seattle.

On Aug. 31, Amber Myers says a man came into her business, while she talked to her dad on the phone, pulled out a knife and tried to rape her.

Seattle Police says surveillance video from a nearby business captured images of the suspect. Police say the suspect is 31-year-old Jordan Alexander.

Police say he is a repeat offender known for wearing costumes and disguises.

FOX 13 News found out that Alexander was still in Department of Corrections custody at the time of this alleged attack.

Documents we obtained show Alexander was sentenced to 43 months in prison, following a bank robbery. He was sentenced in July 2021.

In July of 2022, DOC officials say Alexander arrived at a work release center in Seattle. Here he would work a full-time job, while under partial confinement, with the ability to leave the center.

To be eligible for work release there are several eligibility expectations, including having a record of good behavior.

Another parameter for work release states that anyone with 12 months, or six months if eligible, left on their sentence can be referred to work release.

However, Alexander served about 12 months of his 43-month sentence.

DOC officials say he also received what is known as "earned release time".

Earned release time is where a prisoner’s sentence is reduced for good behavior and good performance.

DOC officials say Alexander’s earned release time date was Oct. 10, 2022. That would have equaled about 35% of his total original 43-month sentence.

However, he did not make it to that date. On Aug. 30, DOC reports Alexander escaped his work release.

The next day is when Seattle Police say he attacked Myers.

FOX 13 News reached out to the DOC for an on-camera interview. They responded with this statement:

"DOC takes these situations extremely seriously, and understands how frightening they can be for the community.

Mr. Alexander was scheduled to release from prison on October 14, 2022. Providing the individual a less restrictive housing assignment in a reentry center prior to release provides a higher likelihood of success upon his inevitable release. DOC uses a rigorous risk-based system to determine eligibility for work release for each individual in our custody. It includes analyzing the nature of the crime committed, the length of their sentence and whether or not they have displayed good behavior. Using that evidence-based method, DOC determined that a less restrictive, partial confinement was the appropriate option in this case to provide Alexander with the services he needs for a successful reentry.

DOC is working with all law enforcement agencies within that jurisdiction including Seattle Police department to ensure that this individual is brought back into custody as quickly as possible."

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The V.I. Police Department has arrested 27-year-old Juan Grant on a warrant issue Tuesday and charged him with rape in an incident that has been reported as taking place on St. Thomas in early December and was first reported to the Seattle Police Department.

According to a report issued Friday, Seattle police contacted the VIPD on Dec. 18 about a reported rape.

The victim had told the Seattle Police Department that she arrived on St. Thomas on Dec. 2 and was offered a ride from someone named “Jay,” later identified as Juan Grant.

The victim said Grant took her sightseeing and then to a private location. While at that location, the victim said, she began consuming alcohol and at some point blacked out.

The victim told Seattle officers that she woke up naked the next day, Dec. 3, in a private location. She said she confronted Grant, who told her they had had sexual intercourse.

After further investigation by CIB, an arrest warrant was signed and issued for Juan Grant 27 years old on Tuesday. He was located, arrested and charged with first-degree unlawful sexual contact. Bail was set at $50,000 and Grant was remanded to the Bureau Corrections.

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Less than 15 hours after Asfawesan Dres was released from the King County Jail, Seattle police say he raped a young woman in her bedroom after entering her University District apartment through an unlocked front door.

Dres, a 34-year-old man, refused to appear in King County District Court on Wednesday, so bail was not set as a judge found probable cause to hold him on investigation of rape, said Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for Prosecutor Dan Satterberg. He remains in jail pending a charging decision in the sexual-assault case and is to make his next court appearance Thursday.

Dres was charged with residential burglary Wednesday for an incident that happened four days after the rape that led to his arrest.

Jail records show that Dres was released with conditions from the King County Jail at 7:25 p.m. on Feb. 22 after being booked on investigation of vehicle theft and for failing to appear in court on a prior felony drug charge, the records show.

The rape occurred around 10 a.m. on Feb. 23 in the 4700 block of 16th Avenue Northeast. The woman was still in bed when her roommate left to go to class, says the probable-cause statement outlining the police case against Dres.

It’s not uncommon for the door to be unlocked for a short period of time because the woman usually leaves for class soon after her roommate, the statement says.

The victim woke up to find a stranger in her bedroom. He raped her as she cried and told him “no,” according to the statement.

After the assault, the man apologized and “fist-bumped” the woman, then walked out the front door, the statement says.

The woman called 911 and provided a detailed description of the suspect and his clothing.

Just before 5 a.m. Monday, four days after the alleged rape, a man walked into a couple’s bedroom in a house in the 5600 block of 15th Avenue Northeast, a half-mile from the victim’s apartment, say charging papers filed in the burglary case. He turned on the lights, waking the couple, then entered a second bedroom, waking another resident, charging papers say.

He was escorted out, and the residents called 911, providing police with a description of the suspect and his clothing that matched the description provided earlier by the rape victim, according to the charging papers and probable-cause statement.

Nothing was stolen, and there were no signs of forced entry, the charges say.

A few hours later, police officers were checking out a homeless encampment near Northeast 50th Street and Seventh Avenue Northeast and spotted Dres seated on a chair, the charges say. The officers — who had heard the burglary call over their police radios and recalled seeing a bulletin that had been distributed after the rape — noted that Dres matched the witness descriptions and was wearing the same clothing described in each of the incidents, charging papers say.

He was arrested, and one of the victims of the burglary was brought to the scene and identified Dres as the man who had been inside his house, according to the charges.

The rape victim also picked Dres out of a police photo montage, says the probable cause-statement in the sexual-assault case.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/suspect-in-u-district-rape-released-from-jail-hours-earlier/

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SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Spokane Valley investigators are looking to speak with anyone who may have been assaulted by a man they believe is responsible for violently attacking two different women in the last year.

23-year-old Jackson Parit was arrested on several felony charges, including rape and sexual assault. Parit is a recent graduate of Cornell University and has been in Spokane since 2018, according to court documents.

The Spokane Valley Police Department (SVPD) released pictures of the suspect and his car in hopes of speaking with anyone who had a similar, unreported encounter with him. The request comes after Parit was accused of raping two women last April.

"Due to the similar and random nature of these sexual assaults, including the locations, the vehicle used, and the facts of how they occurred, we are releasing photos of Parit with the belief people may have had similar contact with Parit and may not have been victimized or may not have reported the incidents to law enforcement," SVPD said.

In April 2022, the Spokane Valley Sexual Assault Unit (SAU) received a call from a woman stating she was sexually assaulted by Parit. She told investigators they met at a gas station late at night on April 14, 2022. She told police she accepted an offer to hang out but told him she didn't want to do anything else.

The victim told investigators Parit brought her to his apartment in his silver 2012 Chevrolet Equinox. She admitted to using drugs with him but said she didn't want to go inside his house. Parit reportedly offered the victim food, clean clothes and a shower if she came inside, so she did.

After some time, Parit allegedly became aggressive. The victim tried to stop him but said Parit started hitting and choking her. She told investigators she tried to calm Parit down, but the suspect pulled her back. She eventually escaped, screaming for help. Shortly after, police made contact with her.

Deputies said they saw similarities in another sexual assault case from earlier that month.

Another victim said Parit assaulted her on April 9, 2022, after meeting him in a convenience store. She told police she asked Parit to buy her some cigarettes, but he said he didn't have his ID. The suspect convinced her he knew a place that sold cigarettes without ID, so she agreed to go there with him.

Instead of taking her to the Valley, the victim told police he drove them to a park, where he locked the doors and began assaulting her. The victim tried to fight back but said Parit hit her in the head several times, knocking her out.

After the assault, the victim said Parit dropped her off at a gas station. She went inside the store, where several people noticed she was hurt and began to help her. She was taken to a hospital for treatment.

After collecting evidence from both cases, SAU noted similarities between the two cases and connected Parit as the suspect. DNA evidence from both women also linked Parit back to both cases, according to investigators.

The suspect was arrested and booked into the Spokane County Jail in March of this year. He is charged with first and second-degree rape, two counts of second-degree sexual assault, two counts of unlawful imprisonment with sexual motivation and harassment.

Parit's bond is set at $150,000.

Anyone who has information on either case is urged to call SAU Detective B. Schmidt at 509-477-3200, reference number 22-10043303.

https://www.krem.com/article/news/crime/man-arrested-sexual-assaults-spokane-valley/293-ed2c6186-cf32-48c1-8472-db1458de30d0

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Louis Arbee II (Washington Department of Corrections)

A 41-year-old California felon accused of raping an elderly woman in July was charged with another count of first-degree rape this week for allegedly holding a 32-year-old woman captive for 15 hours and repeatedly sexually assaulting her in April.

A California felon accused of raping an elderly woman in her apartment at a SeaTac assisted-living facility in July has been charged with another count of first-degree rape in connection with a violent sexual assault against a 32-year-old woman in April, according to King County prosecutors.

Louis Arbee II, 41, was booked into the King County Jail on July 22, two days after he is accused of crawling through a first-floor window and beating and raping a 71-year-old woman in her apartment, jail and court records show. He remains jailed in lieu of $1 million bail, charged with first-degree rape and first-degree robbery in that case.

On Tuesday, Arbee was charged with raping a 32-year-old woman who he barricaded in his apartment for 15 hours in April, according to police and prosecutors. SeaTac police officers ended up kicking down Arbee’s door in order to rescue the woman, who had gone to Arbee’s apartment with a female acquaintance in order to sell Arbee some meth, charging papers say.

Arbee’s alleged victim was a stranger to him but he knew the other woman, who left Arbee’s apartment while the 32-year-old was in the bathroom retrieving the drugs from inside her bra, according to the charges.

When she came out of the bathroom and saw the other woman had gone, she tried to leave, but Arbee shoved his couch against the door, head-butted the woman and then made her undress while he held a knife to her throat, say the charges. He then forcibly injected her with what the woman believed was heroin and then raped her at least three times over the 15 hours she was held captive in his apartment, according to the charges.

Arbee told the woman she was his wife and that he planned to keep her in his apartment for a week before killing her, say charging papers.

When Arbee fell asleep, the woman — who had seen his address on a piece of mail — went into the bathroom and texted a friend, asking that he call 911 and providing the friend with Arbee’s address, say the charges.

Soon after, the woman heard officers yelling her name through a partially opened window and yelled back to them, which woke Arbee, according to the charges. He came into the bathroom and switched off the light, which enabled officers to determine which apartment the woman was in, say the charges.

Arbee remained in the bathroom while the woman ran into the bedroom as the officers kicked down the apartment door and pushed past the couch, charging papers say. They got the woman safely away. Arbee came out of the bathroom and claimed the woman was his wife, say the charges. He was placed under arrest.

The woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center and was reportedly confused due to the suspected drugs Arbee had injected her with, say the charges. While at the hospital, she declined to give officers a statement, so Arbee was released.

After Arbee was arrested for rape in July, detectives tracked down the 32-year-old woman, and she willingly agreed to participate in his prosecution, telling detectives she had been confused at the hospital and hadn’t understood what was going on, charging papers say.

Arbee spent 19 years in a California prison after being convicted in San Diego County in 1996 of attempted kidnapping, robbery, carjacking and eluding a police vehicle, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in July. He was released March 7, 2015, and through an interstate compact agreement, had his community supervision transferred from California to Washington.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/accused-rapist-charged-with-raping-second-woman-in-seatac/

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SEATTLE -- A Seattle man caught raping a teen girl little more than a year ago has again been accused of sexually assaulting someone he met on a Metro bus.

Previously sentenced to two years in prison for raping a teen runaway, Jeremy D. Ondracek is now alleged to have raped a disabled woman after following her home from a North Seattle bus stop.

According to charging papers, Ondracek "befriended" the small, physically limited woman on July 28 aboard a bus in Crown Hill. Ondracek is alleged to have waited outside as she ate at a restaurant and then followed her back to her North Seattle home.

Ondracek then pulled the woman into nearby bushes and sexually assaulted her after pulling off her clothing, a Seattle detective told the court. According to charging papers, Ondracek choked the woman while he raped her, then left the scene.

Investigators noted the woman's throat was bruised; injuries to her torso, arms and legs were also apparent. Video taken aboard the bus and outside the restaurant where the woman dined also supported her account.

Ondracek was arrested days after the alleged attack on a warrant. Following a tip from King County Jail staff, Seattle detectives interviewed Ondracek about the incident.

Writing the court, a detective said Ondracek admitted to having sex with the woman.

"I picked the wrong person, I guess, again," Ondracek told police, according to charging papers. "I'm telling ya, it would be easier to just go buy prostitutes."

By "again," Ondracek was apparently referring to his prior rape conviction stemming from an April 2012 sexual assault.

In that case, Ondracek ultimately pleaded guilty to third-degree rape following allegations that he raped a 16-year-old girl in a Seattle alley. Ondracek, who was alleged to have choked the girl during the rape, was ultimately sentenced to 22 months in state prison following a plea deal with prosecutors.

Writing the court at the time, Ondracek's attorney contended the teen's account was unreliable and that her client pleaded guilty against her advice. Describing Ondracek as mentally ill, the public defender suggested the teen may have embellished her story to avoid trouble with her father.

According to charging papers filed in the case, Ondracek was found on Phinney Ridge sleeping with his pants down, using the girl's backpack as a pillow. The girl told police Ondracek gave her marijuana before raping her in an alley.

Jailed without bail, Ondracek faces a potential 25-year mandatory minimum if convicted as charged.

https://komonews.com/archive/a-year-after-raping-teen-seattle-man-charged-in-another-rape

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Who is Antonio Dailey?

Antonio Dailey, 28, a medical assistant from Kinwell Primary Care in Redmond, Washington State, is facing charges of second-degree rape, and the detective believes there are more victims out there. The victim alleges Dailey was “wildly inappropriate” during the exam making overtly sexual comments about her body and, towards the end of the exam, raped her. The victim reported the incident to an employee right after it happened.

https://www.victimscivilattorneys.com/antonio-dailey-medical-assistant-charged-with-rape-of-patient/