A Boston man was arraigned in Edgartown district court Tuesday morning on several rape charges after allegedly assaulting an Oak Bluffs woman in Chilmark.
Bryant K. Brown, 33, of Boston was charged with eight counts, including assault to murder, assault to rape, three counts of aggravated rape, kidnapping and indecent assault and battery on a disabled person.
The victim was a 28-year-old disabled woman, assistant district attorney Laura Marshard said.
According to a Chilmark police statement, the alleged victim met Mr. Brown and his girlfriend, Latoya Gatlin, in Oak Bluffs Sunday evening.
Mr. Brown offered the alleged victim a ride in his Corvette, Ms. Marshard said, and took her to the couple’s rental cottage at the Menemsha Inn. The assault allegedly occurred at the inn after Ms. Gatlin “passed out,” the police said.
The alleged victim was held against her will, police said, and called the West Tisbury police at 5:30 a.m. Monday when she escaped from the cottage and was walking on North Road.
Chilmark, West Tisbury, Aquinnah and state police responded to the inn, the statement said, and waited until the couple left the cottage and were in their vehicle before making the arrest because of Mr. Brown’s criminal history.
In 1999, Mr. Brown was sentenced in Suffolk superior court to three to four years in state prison, a court clerk said, and he was also convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and sentenced to two years of probation in the same case.
Ms. Gatlin, 28, of Roslindale, was arraigned Tuesday in Edgartown district court on unrelated charges of defrauding an innkeeper of more than $100, after the credit card used to pay for the inn did not go through, and possession with intent to distribute a class D substance (marijuana).
Police records in the case have been impounded by the district court judge.
Mr. Brown is being held on $300,000 bail, and a pretrial conference is scheduled for June 4.
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