He is suspected of raping a young woman on the campus of Gettysburg University in Pennsylvania in December 2013 when he was a student.
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A 31-year-old American, suspected of rape on an American campus, was arrested in Metz at the end of April, France Bleu Lorraine Nord learned from the Metz public prosecutor’s office this Thursday. He had been the subject of an international wanted notice since 2021. Without a fixed address, he was arrested during a check on a train and placed in pre-trial detention. He is awaiting his extradition across the Atlantic.
It was during a customs check on board a train, between Pagny-sur-Moselle and Metz, that this thirty-year-old aroused suspicion on April 22, because he had in his possession immigration papers. stolen identity. He was then handed over to the Metz police for receiving stolen goods. It was during this arrest that the agents discovered that he was the subject of a request for arrest from the international criminal police organization.
He confirmed his identity during his arrest but made few statements on the facts with which he is accused, appearing “in a vagrancy situation” And “not very lucid”indicates the Metz public prosecutor’s office.
This thirty-year-old is suspected of having raped a young woman on the campus of the University of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, in December 2013. He was himself a student and aged around twenty. The American authorities have 60 days to transmit their formal extradition request.
