Oklahoma Inmate Charged With Raping Handcuffed Female Inmate
By KEN MILLER, Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An Oklahoma jail inmate, after being booked into jail, was able to leave the booking area unsupervised and raped a handcuffed female inmate who was awaiting release, according to charges filed Thursday.
The victim was handcuffed to a bar attached to a wall in the receiving area of the Oklahoma County jail and unable to escape when Donta Ramone Thomas, 44, was able to remove her pants and rape her on July 19, according to charging documents submitted by District Attorney David Prater.
Jail surveillance video of the incident showed Thomas ignored orders to stand with his back to the wall and wait for other inmates to be processed after he was booked into jail on assault charges.
Thomas disregarded these instructions and walked away from the area, according to an affidavit. He walked down the hallway toward the old medical screening area, where (the victim) was sitting, handcuffed to a bar.
The video showed Thomas eventually groping the woman, forcing her to stand, then raping her, the affidavit stated.
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