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Spokane Police Department opens thousands of cold sexual assault cases in statewide initiative
— Fox 28 Spokane, Jul 18, 2023
"To date, the department has tested 1382 out of 1404 sexual assault kits, with 23 yet to be tested. As a result of this initiative, the Spokane Police Department identified four criminal defendants and six criminal charges were filed.
Sgt. Storment added that although these were not the numbers the department was hoping for, the work being done behind the scenes is important."
Spokane Police Department opens thousands of cold sexual assault cases in statewide initiative
— Fox 28 Spokane, Jul 18, 2023
"To date, the department has tested 1382 out of 1404 sexual assault kits, with 23 yet to be tested. As a result of this initiative, the Spokane Police Department identified four criminal defendants and six criminal charges were filed.
Sgt. Storment added that although these were not the numbers the department was hoping for, the work being done behind the scenes is important."
Utah State football player arrested after DNA processed from 10-month-old rape kit
— KJZZ.com, KUTV, Jul 11, 2023
"Police on Monday arrested a Utah State University football player in connection to an undercover drug distribution investigation in April a rape investigation that began in September 2022.
Utah in 2020 was the eighth state to completely clear its rape kit backlog following a 2017 law that mandated a time frame for all kits to be tested, setting aside $1.6 million that yera to get the job done - an amount that forensic scientists said wasn't enough to keep up with the new kits, according to a 2022 report from the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services."
Boston serial rape suspect faces new charges of rape and assault
— NBC News, Jun 28, 2023
"The New Jersey lawyer accused of a series of sexual assaults in Boston more than a decade ago was indicted Tuesday on new charges of rape and assault, authorities said.
Matthew Nilo, 35, was indicted on seven additional counts — of rape, aggravated rape, assault with intent to rape and indecent assault and battery — related to a series of attacks that authorities say occurred from January 2007 to July 2008, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office said in a news release."
Boston serial rape suspect faces new charges of rape and assault
— NBC News, Jun 28, 2023
"The New Jersey lawyer accused of a series of sexual assaults in Boston more than a decade ago was indicted Tuesday on new charges of rape and assault, authorities said.
Matthew Nilo, 35, was indicted on seven additional counts — of rape, aggravated rape, assault with intent to rape and indecent assault and battery — related to a series of attacks that authorities say occurred from January 2007 to July 2008, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office said in a news release."
Finding answers for rape survivors: Initiative targets decades-old assault-kit backlog
— www.simivalleyacorn.com, Jun 24, 2023
"For Senior Deputy District Attorney Brent Nibecker, analyzing every one of Ventura County’s backlogged sexual assault kits is the right thing to do. With that in mind, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office’s forensic services bureau recently submitted the first 100 of an estimated 3,000 backlogged kits to a lab for analysis.
The Ventura County sexual assault kit initiative, funded by a $2.5-million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, is a multi-agency effort to submit all untested kits for DNA testing, investigate unsolved cases and prosecute offenders. June 1 marked the launch of the project’s website, vcsaki.com, where the community can track the county’s progress."
Durham police charge man with rape and kidnapping reported nearly 33 years ago
— The News and Observer, Jun 23, 2023
Nearly 33 years after a woman told police that a man kidnapped and sexually assaulted her, Durham police have charged a man with rape. Samuel Harris, 56, was arrested last week on two counts of first-degree rape and three counts of first-degree sex offense, the Durham Police Department reported in a news release Thursday. Police said his DNA matched evidence collected in a rape kit from August 1, 1990.
Wisconsin man sentenced for serial sex assaults; uncovered by backlogged sexual assault kits
— TMJ4 Staff, Jun 23, 2023
"A Wisconsin man was sentenced on Friday to 18 years in connection to serial sex assaults that were uncovered by backlogged sexual assault kits.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), Matthew Crockett, 46 of Racine, pled guilty to three counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of false imprisonment. He was sentenced to 18 years of initial confinement followed by 18 years of extended supervision."
Akron bartender accused of sexually assaulting several customers takes plea deal
— Akron Beacon Journal, Jun 7, 2023
"An Akron bartender accused of sexually assaulting several of his customers recently accepted a plea deal rather than take his case to trial.
Kevin Suhoza, 49, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery, a third-degree felony, in Summit County Common Pleas Court.
Suhoza is among several people charged based on the work of the Akron Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (ASAKI), which is reinvestigating cold rape cases that have DNA evidence from the past 20 years."
