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Neighbors react after 80-year-old arrested on rape charge
WISH ^ | April 25, 2017 | Howard Monroe

Posted on 04/25/2017 6:45:53 PM PDT by digger48

KOKOMO, Ind. (WISH) — People in Kokomo are on edge following the arrest of an 80-year-old on rape charges.

A woman told police it happened Sunday night on Lafountain Street.

According to Kokomo police the woman went to the man’s house to sell him a tablet. It’s not clear how this transaction was initiated, but police say it didn’t originate online.

The 29-year-old woman says she was held against her will at gunpoint.

Police arrested William Graham for rape, armed robbery and confinement.

24-Hour News 8 was able to speak with the man’s brother, who says this is out of character for him.

“I worry about my grandkids and my nephew’s kids — they play out here all the time,” said Jim Cummings, who lives nearby. “Makes you wonder what goes on inside the rest of the houses around here.”

The woman called police just before 6 a.m. Monday. After a five-hour stand off with Kokomo police and SWAT, Graham surrendered without incident.

“He moved in here a few months ago. And I didn’t think we’d have that kind of trouble out of him,” said Cummings.

Also arrested was 56-year-old Robert Meriwether. He was in the house during the standoff. Police haven’t connected him with the rape case. He’s charged with failure to appear on a warrant.

“We really have to keep our children close and keep an eye on what’s going on because you never know — your neighbor could be a molester or a rapist or a murderer, so you have to be careful out here,” said Antonio Wiley, who lives nearby.

Medics took the woman to an Indianapolis hospital. She suffered minor injuries.

Officials haven’t yet released the probable cause for Graham’s arrest.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: blackpeople; craigslist; rape; scams; sexualassault
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To: digger48

I reckon he’d already had a tablet...or three.


21 posted on 04/25/2017 7:22:01 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I don’t think he can get it up anywhere..


22 posted on 04/25/2017 7:22:51 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: gaijin

"Watch it sucka!"

23 posted on 04/25/2017 7:28:29 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: gaijin

If he didn’t have a gun, I think I could take him.... (meaning escape the rape)


24 posted on 04/25/2017 7:30:13 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: CrazyIvan

“Sex at my age is like shooting pool with a rope”

Groucho Marx


Ohmygosh. I don’t even remember that Groucho quote! Ha!


25 posted on 04/25/2017 7:31:34 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

My favorite Groucho quote: “You’re only as old as the woman you’re feeling.”


26 posted on 04/25/2017 7:33:35 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: BenLurkin

Seriously, does he have HIV?

But they have treatment for that now.

What the hell is wrong with him?


27 posted on 04/25/2017 7:35:10 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: digger48

some of the antiparkinson drugs have sexual predation issues as a side effect


28 posted on 04/25/2017 7:39:21 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Chickensoup

Somebody needs to dig into this guy’s missing neighbors from when he was an adult and middle age. Predators don’t start raping when they are in their 80s.


29 posted on 04/25/2017 7:43:33 PM PDT by sagar
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To: gaijin

Robert Meriwether Sr. was also arrested. (Provided Photo/Howard County Jail)

Two men, 80-year-old William Graham and 56-year-old Robert Meriwether, Sr. have been arrested. Graham faces preliminary charges of rape, confinement and armed robbery. Meriwether was arrested for body attachment and a failure to appear warrant.

30 posted on 04/25/2017 7:51:18 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

What’s body attachment?


31 posted on 04/25/2017 7:51:54 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: sagar

Sometimes it does.

Hypersexuality with dementia and poor judgment leads to real crime.


32 posted on 04/25/2017 7:53:18 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Chickensoup

Well he’s dangerous now.


33 posted on 04/25/2017 7:55:34 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

absolutely


34 posted on 04/25/2017 7:56:39 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Now I go 3 or 4 times...every night”.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Old guy goes to Doctor and says

“Doc, every morning at 4 I have to pee and at 7 I do a #2. Never fails, like clockwork”

Doc-”Well at your age that is great. Younger people wish for such regularity”

OG-”Maybe so BUT you are the SOB that told me to stay in bed till 8”.


35 posted on 04/25/2017 8:01:17 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""No such thing as holding your own-You are either moving forward or backward. Where are you?")
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To: digger48

Always meet in a public place when you’re buying and selling to avoid crime and buyer’s/seller’s remorse.


36 posted on 04/25/2017 8:04:37 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Freepy Award for the Pun of the Week !

LOL

Leni

37 posted on 04/25/2017 8:08:11 PM PDT by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP !!!.....GO PENCE !!!.....GO USA !!!)
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To: conservative98

Order to arrest for contempt of court.

No show.


38 posted on 04/25/2017 8:10:29 PM PDT by digger48
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To: digger48

she sold him the wrong tablet.


39 posted on 04/25/2017 8:22:24 PM PDT by Eternal_Bear
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To: digger48; conservative98

“Order to arrest for contempt of court. No show.”

AH HA! So, the Authorities want to attach HIS body, is that it?


40 posted on 04/25/2017 8:43:50 PM PDT by jocon307
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