My pleasure, FRiend!
Posted on 06/13/2002 7:45:35 AM PDT by elcaudillo
A 30-year-old man who investigators say sexually assaulted an 11-year-old Marco Island girl, threatening to kill her during the rape if she told anyone about the attack, was arrested Tuesday night.
Marco police arrested Hicham Rhazouani of of 1786 Dogwood Drive, Marco Island, and charged him with sexual battery of a person under 12, burglary while armed and burglary with assault or battery. He was in custody Wednesday night at the Collier County jail on $200,000 bond, sheriff's officials say.
Police say the rape happened April 9 in the 1000 block of San Marco Road. The name of the victim isn't being published because of the nature of the case.
Arrest reports give this account:
Around 2:45 a.m., the girl said Rhazouani came into her room quietly and awakened her. She said she was half asleep and Rhazouani was whispering to her.
She said she could feel a small knife, which fit into his hand, held to her throat. He'd taken it from his rear pants pocket.
Before he raped her, he asked her how old she was and if she were a virgin. When the girl told him that she'd never had sex, he said, "It won't hurt. I'll be gentle."
He then sexually assaulted her, asking her where she went to school. He kept talking to her, trying to keep her quiet and threatening her by telling her he'd come back and kill her if she told anyone about the rape.
During the police investigation that night, officers learned that a white car had been seen across the street from the house. A Collier sheriff's K-9 tracking dog had picked up a scent in that area, between the girl's house and a house across the street.
Rhazouani had been chased out of the girl's house by a man who lived in the house, but Rhazouani got away, heading toward where the white car was parked.
Police questioned the owner of the house across the street, who said she rented to two foreign exchange students, whom she described as being from Egypt. Police earlier had learned that the girl's attacker was a man with an acdcent.
Last week, police interviewed a friend of Rhazouani who said Rhazouani was often out late at night drinking and hanging out at local bars and also stayed up late on the Internet. The friend also remembered seeing police at the girls home and said Rhazouani was at his home that night.
The friend's description matched that of the one given by the girl and the man who chased the suspect. Police interviewed Rhazouani who said he was staying at the house that night, that he would help and said he was "shocked that this could happen."
On Monday, police showed a photo lineup to the girl and the man who chased her suspected attacker,. Separately, each chose Rhazouani.
On Tuesday, police interviewed Rhazouani who was read his Miranda rights but who decided to talk to investigators.
He said he couldn't have committed the crime because of his religious belief. He was then told that his photo had been picked by the victim.
He then asked to confront them and prove that he is innocent. He kept declaring his innocence and when he was told there were bodily fluids that could be used to determine if he was the attacker, he stopped talking.
Rhazouani, a citizen of Morocco, said he wanted the government to provide him with an attorney and ended the interview.
Why would you ask a question like that? What does it have to do with this case? Where would you get the idea that I think we shouldn't give "special attention" to people who are in this country on visas from suspected terrorist countries? Talk about a leap!
Or should we have only investigated them after acts of sabotage and assasinations where there was direct "courtroom" proof of their guilt?
Are you reading the same thread as I am commenting on? I have addressed comments by people who think that a man who is accused of rape has no rights whatsoever because he is from a middle eastern country. I didn't write the constitution, it gives everyone who is accused certain rights. If you don't like it , then attack the founders, not me.
This guy isn't being held as a terrorist, he is being charged with rape. If he is found guilty, I would be in favor of the highest possible punishment.
If he turns out to be a terrorist as well, then treat him as you would any other foreigner who is suspected of that. As far as that goes, it wouldn't bother me one iota to revoke the visas of anyone or any group of people who are here only with our permission. But that isn't the topic of this thread, at least it didn't start out that way, and surely not when I made my comments regarding constitutional protections and the rule of law.
You have leapt to a conclusion, that usually leads to an incorrect comment. As is the case with your post.
Would you list what rights have been taken from you ? Post it on another thread or FReepmail it to me .
I believe you owe the courtesy of replying to a couple of other folks here also .
I'll wait my turn but I also want the list .
I owe you nothing. And the idea that I have been treated courteously by anyone here is preposterous.
I'll wait my turn but I also want the list .
Your turn may be a long time comming.
If you want a list of freedoms lost, go read the "Patriot act".
I'm guessing you can't explain why the constitution applies to you but not other US citizens. Like the rest.
If the pod fits, put it on your head.
But you will send me the list of dozens of rights that you have lost since 9-11 right ?
200K, not 200M
Great post and awesome response from My Fav. Headache. I can't wait to catch up on the latest. Are the Feebs all over this jackel? The Homeland Security Dept?
He said he was bored with us and that he was leaving a few post back, but I guess he has no other life, so he stays and continue to pester like a gnat.
Hey TJ, whats up. Oh I know, the constitution and your rights.
Stay vigilant.
Thanks for the ping, nutmeg.
Great work MFH!
But what does all that have to do with this case in Florida, directly? The privileges of citizens are different than the privileges of foreign visitors. At least, they're supposed to be. We have it backwards these days, though. Maussoui (sp?), the "20th hijacker," is a foreign national and gets a regular trial in court, and Jose Padilla, a US citizen (someone who probably shouldn't have gotten citizenship - if we had listened to one of the real Thomas Jefferson's warnings) is given a military tribunal. That's backwards. If we scrap what bit of the Constitution is still hanging by a thread, in order to "win the War on Terrorism," then we've lost it all.
But this Marco Island rapist should have been booted from our country a long time ago. There's a 12yr-old girl in FL who would be a lot better off today if he had been. One of the causes of 9/11 is the modern American belief that any culture is as good as any other culture. Thomas Jefferson knew that wasn't true, as did all his colleagues.
I think there is a link here. Virgins as their heavenly reward. He was going on his mission?
Has anyone unmask the owner of the hotel, Mort Olshan? Sciff, Skip, Skin???freeper was doing a search. Humidston looked at the Houston Olshans. I found Olshan Realty in NYC, but owner agent was a fairly young woman - daughter?
I will also be calling CAIR to see what the they will say about this. I listed their contact info a few posts back. Everyone, please call them!
A lot of money could be made by someone buying up property cheap after the WTC attack, and selling later as the city rebuilds. I'd love to see their transactions immediately prior to, and since, 9-11. Remember, there was LOTS of short-selling of airline stocks at the time.
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