THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, January 24, 1997              TAG: 9701240542
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   20 lines

RAPE SUSPECT IS RETURNED FROM CANADA

A 28-year-old man arrested in Canada on rape and attempted murder changes has been returned to the city, police said.

Mark A. Michael, 28, faces arraignment at 8:30 a.m. today on 17 charges stemming from what authorities say was a 1991 Super Bowl party-turned-gang-rape in Deep Creek.

Two detectives accompanied Michael to Virginia. He arrived Thursday night and was being held in the city jail without bond.

Michael - who failed to show up for a General District Court hearing in April 1991, skipping out on a $50,000 bond - was located about a week ago in Toronto and detained as he apparently tried to re-enter the United States.

KEYWORDS: SEX CRIME RAPE