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发帖数: 1016 | 1 The Iowa City man accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was showing him
her apartment for rent last week found her through a website that caters to
Chinese nationals, according to a search warrant filed as part of court
documents at the Johnson County Courthouse.
According to the search warrant, the woman who reported to police that she
had been sexually assaulted had placed her ad on zhan.renren.com with the
intent of subletting her apartment. The warrant stated that the ad was
directed at Chinese nationals and was written in Chinese.
The woman received a response to her ad last Thursday (March 29) and agreed
to meet him that night at 8 p.m., according to the warrant. The man was
identified as Peng Tang, 21, of Iowa City.
As the woman was showing the man the bedroom, he grabbed the victim by the
hands and attempted to tie her up, according to the documents. Telling her
he had a knife, he then forced her to perform sex acts and took photos,
according to the warrant.
“You have better follow my requirements because I have a knife,” the man
told the woman, according to Iowa City police criminal complaint.
Near the end of the assault, the woman told the man she had friends waiting
for her at the University of Iowa Main Library, so he walked her there
afterward, later warning her by text message that if she went to the police
he would post the photos of the sex acts online, according to the search
warrant.
The following day, after reporting the incident and receiving a sexual
assault examination at the University Hospitals, the woman worked with
police to convince the man to meet her at her apartment via phone, as the
police waited to arrest him, according to the warrant. That afternoon, when
Tang arrived, the woman was able to positively identify him, and he was
arrested by police, according to the warrant.
When asked by police why he was there, Tang said he was there to visit a
friend. When police asked him if he had any weapons on him he revealed he
had a fruit knife in his backpack. The packpack also contained condoms and a
passport, according to the warrant.
According to a story by the Gazette, a later search of Tang's apartment at
923 E. College St. revealed more:
During a search of the apartment of a 21-year-old Iowa City man accused of
sexually assaulting a woman who was showing her apartment last week,
officers found handcuffs, a knife, women’s bras, underwear and nylons, and
an empty package of Viagra, according to court documents released Thursday.
Search warrant returns for Peng Tang’s apartment at 923 E. College St. #8
show investigators collected DNA samples from Tang along with clothing, a
broken bra strap found by his trash can, a heart-shaped box of condoms and a
lock-picking book with tools.
Tang allegedly later confessed to committing the crime when confronted by
police. The preliminary hearing for his trial is April 9. He is accused of
first-degree kidnapping, which carries with it a potential life in prison in
sentence. He has also been placed on immigration hold, meaning he could be
deported to his home country following the completion of his sentence. |
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