Editor’s Note: LevittownNow.com has opted to withhold the name of the accused in order to protect the victim’s identity.
A 44-year-old Bristol Township man is accused of attempting to rape his wife.
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Bristol Towwnship police responded to a call by a female victim in the Red Cedar section of Levittown shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday for reports of a physical domestic assault between a woman and her husband.
According to the woman’s statement to police, her and her husband had been arguing about a lack of sex in their relationship before he “grew angrier” and then he “aggressively demanded sex from her”.
As noted in the affidavit of probable cause, the husband then grabbed his wife and slammed her on the floor. He grabbed her by the hair before forcing her face into the carpet and forcibly removing her clothes against her will. The woman told police that as the attack happened, her husband kept screaming, “I want sex!”
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The victim struggled to break free from her husband, and although she was unable to stop him from removing all of her clothes, she did prevent him from successfully raping her, according to court documents.
Police noted the victim had a swollen face with a laceration above her left eye and blood on her face when they arrived.
The man was taken into custody by police and charged with two felony counts of rape forcible compulsion, simple assault, two counts of harassment, disorderly conduct and terroristic threats. He was arraigned by District Judge Gary Gambardella on Wednesday morning where his bail was set at 10 percent of $1 million dollars. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 27.
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Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
