A jury on Friday acquitted a 25-year-old man of charges he raped a woman at a party in Falls Township.
Timothy Dress of Middletown Township’s Levittown section was found not guilty by a jury of his peers Friday on charges including rape.
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“Tim always denied in any way violating [the woman]. I’m glad the jury saw it that way,” Dress’ defense attorney, Lou Busico, told the Doylestown Intellegencier following the acquittal.
In an affidavit of probable cause, a 25-year-old woman reported to police that she was raped by Dress at a small party hosted by her sister’s boyfriend at the Village of Pennbrook apartment complex on Saturday, March 1. The woman testified at a preliminary hearing that Dress had sex with her even after she said no repeatedly.
The woman claimed Dress told her, “you know you like it,” according to court papers.
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In testimony, the woman said she informed her sister what happened hours after the alleged rape and she was taken to Doylestown hospital for examination. Police said a hospital nurse reported the examination revealed thigh bruising, vaginal abrasions and a torn fingernail.
Busico said, according to the newspaper, the accuser had a boyfriend and later ” regretted her decision” to have sex with Dress.
