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For Release on: May 14, 2005    Rape         

On May 1, 2005 at 4:00 a.m. a 32 year old East Toledo woman was abducted while walking in North Toledo.  She was taken to East Toledo and Raped in the 400 block of Oak Street.  She was then released.  The suspect is described as a black male in his late twenties or early thirties.  He wore a well-groomed goatee.  He also had a short Afro hair style that was also neatly trimmed.   The suspect was driving a two-toned aqua and dark green pick-up truck.  The truck was older with a slight amount of rust.  There was a sticker on the passenger side of the rear window of the Tasmanian devil. 

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH WOULD LEAD TO THE ARREST AND INDICTMENT OF THE INVOLVED, YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CASH REWARD FROM THE CRIME STOPPER PROGRAM.  MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY OTHER CRIME WHICH COULD LEAD TO ARREST AND INDICTMENT, YOU MAY ALSO BE ELIGIBLE.

CALL CRIME STOPPER 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AT

255-1111.

Sergeant Steve Forrester
Crime Stopper Coordinator
245-1594

026912-05