Jury acquits Dayton man accused of rape while making service call

Submitted by anthony on Fri, 2008-04-04 23:37

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'A Darke County jury has acquitted a Dayton man accused of raping a woman while making a service call to turn off the power to her home.

Ali Drew Warner, who was working for a DP&L contractor at the time, had been indicted in November on a felony count of rape and a felony count of aggravated burglary.
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She asked how to avoid having the power disconnected, according to the document. Warner told her she could have sex with him. When she refused, he allegedly raped her. Her 2-year-old daughter was home at the time.

Warner, 27, was released Thursday, March 27, after nearly five months in jail. The jury deliberated about 90 minutes Thursday before finding him not guilty on both counts.

Warner's attorney, Mia Wortham Spells, said the case came down to credibility, noting the alleged victim owed DP&L thousands of dollars and had used bad checks.'

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... he never should have been indicted. They just sent this case to trial because of the nature of the alleged offense and no one wanted to say "This is nuts." No skin off the GJ's collective nose-- they don't have to pay for the lawyers or deal with the stigma following them around.

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Submitted by mcc99 on Sat, 2008-04-05 22:08

Evidently, this guy actually did have sex with this skank! Just how g*d*mned STUPID can you be?

That little roll in the sack cost him 5 months in jail, lawyer fees and probably his job! Not to mention that he could just as well be on his way to state prison if the jury was swayed the other way about the consensual sex.

Some men are dumb but others like this one is dumb to the bone.

Also, the power company he worked for should have sent out 2 instead of one for situations like this. It could have saved a lot of grief!

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Submitted by Luek on Sat, 2008-04-05 22:45