Man accused of raping woman in Grovetown after night of drinking and drugs

Date: May 15, 2022

A man is accused of raping a woman in Grovetown after the pair spent a night drinking and smoking drugs with friends.

Anh Tuan Tran, 24, was charged May 9 with rape.

Grovetown police said Tran and his friends went to Twin Peaks the night of May 7 to have drinks. The female victim, age 22, went with them. Back at home, the group drank some more and smoked marijuana together before going to sleep.

During the night, Tran allegedly woke up, went into the room where the woman was sleeping and engaged in sexual intercourse with her twice while she was under the influence and unable to give consent. The rape took place early on the morning of May 8.

Police arrested Tran the following day.

Greg Rickabaugh is the Jail Report contributor for The Augusta Press. Reach him at greg.rickabaugh@theaugustapress.com 

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Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. He also owns AugustaCrime.com. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel. He is married with two daughters.

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