Punk-rock bassist charged with rape
March 25, 2007
Adapted from the Philadelphia Inquirer
A member of a California punk-rock band was arrested and charged after he allegedly admitted in an e-mail that he had raped a woman while on tour in Philadelphia.
The 30-year-old bass player is being held on charges of rape, aggravated assault, and related crimes, and is awaiting extradition from California to Pennsylvania, police said.
According to police, a 19-year-old woman from Virginia met him at a club at June 2006. The two, who police describe as acquaintances, left the club together on foot. The man then allegedly raped the woman behind a factory in the city.
The woman then returned to Virginia, police said. She contacted him by e-mail, and he wrote her back in January 2007 admitting what happened. She met with police in Virginia who then called Philadelphia police.
A warrant was issued for his arrest recently.
Philadelphia detectives looked at the band's Web site to learn where the group was performing and contacted police in California, who arrested the man at a club where they were to play that night.
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