Man, 23, Faces Rape, Kidnapping Charges
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and raping his former girlfriend earlier this week, prosecutors said.
Jose Tovar Mejia is to be arraigned Monday in Van Nuys Superior Court, according to the district attorney’s office.
He is charged with one count each of kidnapping to commit rape, forcible rape, rape by threat, evading an officer, making criminal threats, robbery and corporal injury to the victim, who was identified as the mother of his young son.
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