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  • Black man suspected of Lehigh University and Lafayette College sex crim

    From It's Africoon Month Again!@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 16 03:48:15 2025
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    Bethlehem police Clement Swaby was convicted Friday of rape and other crimes against Lehigh University and Lafayette College students.

    Authorities have filed additional charges against a man accused in the 2020 rape of a Lehigh University student and an attempted sexual assault at an off-campus Lafayette College student apartment earlier this year.

    Clement Swaby, 35, was charged Thursday with burglary, terroristic threats, possessing an instrument of crime, simple assault and theft by unlawful taking, Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck said in a news release. The charges stem from a
    burglary at a different off-campus Lafayette apartment Feb. 22.

    Swaby, of Bethlehem, allegedly entered the apartment on the 400 block of McCartney Street armed with a knife. The apartment was occupied by two women, one of whom encountered the burglar in her bedroom. She told police he threatened her with the knife
    and told her he would rape her. The other woman in the house locked herself in her bedroom after hearing her roommate’s scream and a man’s voice.

    The woman who encountered the burglar provided a description and police obtained surveillance video from the Lafayette College Public Safety Department and other records that helped lead them to Swaby, 35.

    According to authorities, Swaby was the culprit in an attempted sexual assault that occurred March 5 in a neighboring student apartment on McCartney Street. He was charged in that incident with attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, burglary,
    and other offenses.

    Swaby was also charged in the knifepoint rape of a Lehigh student in May 2020 at her apartment on Hillside Avenue. He’s a suspect in sexual assault cases in Orange County, Florida, and in West Conshohocken in Montgomery County, Houck has said
    previously.

    “This arrest now concludes Swaby’s terrorizing crime spree in Northampton County,” Houck said, adding that the cooperation among Lehigh University, Lafayette College, Bethlehem and Easton police departments was critical to making the cases.

    “We will now focus on making sure this defendant receives a significant sentence of incarceration for these heinous crimes,” Houck said.

    https://www.mcall.com/2021/08/26/man-suspected-of-lehigh-university-and-lafayette-college-sex-crimes-faces-more-charges/

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  • From It's Africoon Month Again!@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 16 07:16:36 2025
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    CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chicago man has been charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and keeping her locked in his basement for nearly five months as he repeatedly sexually assaulted her.

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    Derek Swift, 48, is charged with one count each of aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, criminal sexual assault, and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

    Cook County prosecutors said the girl was walking home on Dec. 6 when Swift pulled up in a car and offered her a ride, according to court records.

    After the victim got in his car, he pressured her into drinking alcohol and taking pills, and she lost consciousness, according to prosecutors.

    The victim later woke up naked in a bed in Swift's apartment. Swift kept her locked in the basement, repeatedly raping her through late April, sometimes leaving her alone for two to three days at a time.

    At one point while she was locked up, Swift gave her a phone so he could check on her, and threatened to kill her if she contacted anyone. Prosecutors said he also forced her to take pills, and would force them into her mouth when she refused.

    Swift kept her in the basement until April 29, when she called police.

    At his first court appearance on Thursday, he was ordered held at Cook County Jail as he awaits trial. He is due back in court on May 21.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/derek-swift-charged-kidnapping-sexual-assault-teen-girl/

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