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Police Blotter: Woman reports she was sexually assaulted at party

06:49 AM CST on Tuesday, January 15, 2008

By Donna Fielder / Staff Writer

A woman reported to police that a man sexually assaulted her early Sunday after she went to bed at a house where she attended a party.

The woman said she was invited to the party in the 3000 block of North Bell Avenue and took half a Xanax pill before she left. She drank two mixed drinks containing Everclear and orange juice, and a beer at the party, she said, and then took a few puffs from a “blunt” marijuana cigar.

She began to feel strange and believes someone might have put something in her drink, she said.

She decided to sleep at the house and went into an empty room and went to bed. An acquaintance came into the room and asked her to have sex, she said. She refused, and the man forced himself on her, according to the report.

She said she then went to sleep in the bed.

Police received conflicting reports from witnesses, who said they saw the victim asleep on the couch, according to a report, and an investigation is in progress.

 

Other reports

1500 block of South Loop 288 — Police turned a 19-year-old mentally retarded man over to his grandmother Saturday after store employees said he had been wandering the business for several hours and had stolen several small items.

The employees said the man has come to the store before and stolen bicycles, according to a report.

700 block of North Crawford Street — An intoxicated man tried to cut a relative with a knife during a football-watching party, according to a report.

The man showed up uninvited but was admitted because his wife was a relative, according to the report. He was intoxicated when he arrived. When the woman’s uncle gave her a hug, the man became angry, accused his wife of having an affair and retrieved a knife from his truck. He swung the knife at the relative but missed. Police took him to jail on a charge of aggravated assault.

1400 block of Stratford Street — Someone emptied cans of Silly String and body spray all over a car parked in a driveway early Saturday, according to a police report. The empty cans were left in the driveway.

 

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday, Denton police handled 893 calls for service and officer-initiated calls, including one robbery, one sexual assault, seven assaults, two aggravated assaults, one harassment, 10 thefts, 16 reports of criminal mischief, one case of possession of a controlled substance, one fraud, four vehicle burglaries, three cases of credit card abuse, one report of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, one case of possession of drug paraphernalia and one case of evading arrest.

From 7 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday, Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers handled 662 calls for service and officer-initiated calls for the agencies they dispatch. Jailers booked into jail 121 people. Deputies took reports for one case of criminal mischief, one case of hindering apprehension, one fraud, two burglaries, one case of possession of a dangerous drug, one case of animal cruelty, one criminal trespass, one welfare concern, one overdose, two thefts, one assault and one threat.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com .

 

Denton County Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to arrests in these or other crimes. Callers will remain anonymous. Call 1-800-388-TIPS (8477).

 

 

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