Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Contra Costa (California) Times – “Berkeley man faces six felony counts in rape trial” – April 8th, 2014:

MARTINEZ – A prosecutor described the actions of a Berkeley man as “the worst mightmare” and during closing arguments of a rape trial Monday asked a jury to return guilty verdicts on six felony counts.
Depity District Attorney Ryan Wagner argued that Antonio Andre Mouton, 26, was responsible for two of the three sexual assaults that occurred at Walnut Creek’s Park Regency Apartments over a six-week period in the summer of 2010 – a spree that left residents of the complex on edge.

Mouton is charged with three counts of rape by force, two counts of burglary and one with assault with intent to commit rape.
On June 30, 2010, Wagner said, Mouton gained entry into the apartment of one woman after knocking on her door around 1 a.m. and asking for a glass of water. He placed his hand over her mouth, but fled when she fought back.

On July 6, Wagner said, Mouton entered the apartment of a second woman through an unlocked door shortly after her husband left for work. Wagner told the jury that Mouton awoke the sleeping woman and raped her.
“It’s the worst nightmare,” Wagner said. “Asleep in your own apartment, no worries, letting your guard down in a place where you feel safe. Then he burglarizes her apartment and rapes her in the bed she shares with her new husband.”

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