Medical reports showed the aged woman was raped. The young man was rescude by Kammengo police officers from angry mob who wanted to lynch him. Accordingg to the residents of Bukabi village, this man had raped more than 20 girls.
Mr John Birimuntumbwe, the officer in charge of criminal investigations department at Kammengo Police Post, called upon the public to partner with the police to curb crimes in the area.
Other stories:The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Joshua Platte Shumway, 26, was arrested Monday after an unidentified woman came to police and told them of her alleged ordeal that happened in April.
The 37-year-old woman
was staying the night at Uintah Basin Medical Center in Roosevelt, where
Shumway worked, to recover after a surgery.Shumway entered her
room during the night and allegedly sexually assaulted the woman five times in
the course of the evening. He was not her assigned nurse.
According to a probable
cause statement, the nurse first gave her medication before placing her hand on
an automatic morphine injector to activate it. The woman told investigators she
had stopped using the injector because it was making her nauseous.
After pumping her with
morphine, Shumway allegedly lifted up the woman’s hospital gown and began
fondling her multiple times in the night.
The woman told
investigators she tried searching for a nurse call button to get help, but was
unable to find it.On his fourth visit
into her room, Shumway allegedly showed her a syringe and said he could put her
into cardiac arrest with it. Detectives said he also threatened her should she
tell anyone, saying that he knew where she lived and “could find her if
needed.”
On his final visit,
Shumway is accused of choking the victim.
“Each time she would
whimper or cry, [he] would tighten his grip on her neck,” investigators wrote.
After the incident, the
victim said she sought counseling and was persuaded by her therapist to come
forward to police with the allegations.
The accused was booked
into Duchesne County jail with a bail set at $500,000.He now faces a long
list of felony charges, including object rape and forcible sodomy, three counts
of forcible sexual abuse, and three counts of witness tampering. Shumway has also
been charged with making threats of violence, a misdemeanor.