
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, July 4, 1995                   TAG: 9507050048
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: HOLIDAY 
SOURCE: DIANE STRUZZI
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

ROANOKE WOMAN CLAIMS SHE WAS SODOMIZED

A 26-year-old Northwest Roanoke woman told police she was sodomized Wednesday by a man who offered her a ride home from downtown Roanoke.

Police gave this account of what happened:

The woman was using a pay telephone on the City Market about 5 p.m. to call her husband for a ride home. A man standing nearby offered her a ride, telling her he was "nice and she should not worry," according to a news release from the Roanoke Police Department. She accepted the ride.

The man drove the woman north on Williamson Road, past her residence. He drove behind a Williamson Road business and sexually assaulted her. After the attack, he drove the woman near her home and allowed her to get out.

by CNB