Thursday, March 27, 2008

Man charged with 1st degree rape of "friend"


A 20 year old Ardmore, OK man was accused of raping an acquaintance over the weekend. Jeremy Clay Cheek, 20, was charged with 1st degree rape and held on $250,000 bond at his initial appearence in Dstrict Court Tuesday afternoon.

Capt. Eric Hamblin, Ardmore Police Department Criminal Investigation Division, said the 20-year-old victim and Cheek were friends. Cheek was reportedly spending the night with the victim when the rape occurred. Hamblin declined to release any further details, saying, "I can't comment further on the evidence."

Cheek was booked into the Carter County Detention Center at the time of his arrest.


He remains in jail pending bond posting. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 28.

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