A 25-year-old Maryland man with a long arrest record was charged with first-degree rape Wednesday amid allegations that he dragged the victim into a wooded area in Rockville as she walked from a Metro station just before midnight.
Detectives said they do not think he knew the woman, who is in her 30s and was hospitalized after the attack for kidney pain and injuries to her throat and face.
The woman fought the attacker and eventually was able to break away and run to a nearby office building. Surveillance video shows her rushing to the glass doors and looking over her shoulder to see if he was chasing her. A security guard helped her and called the police.
Investigators were led to the suspect, Dustin Thomas Rogers, in large part because he left his iPhone at the crime scene, according to Montgomery District Court records filed Thursday. Detectives also reviewed surveillance video from a convenience store near the scene that showed Rogers making a credit card purchase at 11:36 p.m. Tuesday, just minutes before the attack.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...9270f9cce17_story.html?utm_term=.057be68d9b24
What evidence does she have to corroborate her story?
Detectives said they do not think he knew the woman, who is in her 30s and was hospitalized after the attack for kidney pain and injuries to her throat and face.
The woman fought the attacker and eventually was able to break away and run to a nearby office building. Surveillance video shows her rushing to the glass doors and looking over her shoulder to see if he was chasing her. A security guard helped her and called the police.
Investigators were led to the suspect, Dustin Thomas Rogers, in large part because he left his iPhone at the crime scene, according to Montgomery District Court records filed Thursday. Detectives also reviewed surveillance video from a convenience store near the scene that showed Rogers making a credit card purchase at 11:36 p.m. Tuesday, just minutes before the attack.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...9270f9cce17_story.html?utm_term=.057be68d9b24
What evidence does she have to corroborate her story?