Fraternity member charged in on-campus rape at private SC college, police say
Editor’s note: The student’s name has been removed from this article since charges were dropped and the person’s record was expunged, records show.
Just days after commencement ceremonies at a small private college in South Carolina, police arrested a fraternity member and accused him of raping someone on campus, a warrant shows.
Wofford College police arrested the student on May 24, five days before his 21st birthday. Police say he used force to rape someone on the Spartanburg campus April 27, according to an arrest warrant.
An incident report says the victim reported the assault the same day, according to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
The student was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Wofford, according to the school and his LinkedIn page.
Court records show he was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct. He was released on a $10,000 bond the day he was arrested, according to court records.
The college alerted students in recent months to three sexual assaults on campus, Fox Carolina reports.
The first was on April 27 at a residence hall, but school officials would not confirm if this is the same assault the student was arrested for, the Herald-Journal reports.
Another incident on May 4 involved two student victims, and a third student who is the suspect, according to Fox Carolina. And another assault happened at Wofford’s Greek Village, the Herald-Journal said.
This story was originally published June 12, 2019 at 9:14 AM.
