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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