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A Pennsylvania cop charged with sexual assault told his accuser he didn't 'intentionally rape' her, police say
- Pennsylvania officer Justin Hain is facing several sexual assault charges.
- According to an affidavit, Hain told his accuser he didn’t “intentionally rape” her.
- Police say Hain forcibly pinned the woman to a couch and assaulted her after she got out of the shower.
A Pennsylvania police officer charged with sexually assaulting a woman told her he didn’t “intentionally rape” her, court documents show.
Justin Hain, an officer for the Steelton Burough Police Department in Pennsylvania, was charged with rape on January 11, court documents show.
Court records show that Hain is facing four felony charges and two misdemeanors. He faces felony charges of forcible compulsion, rape by forcible compulsion, and two counts of sexual assault. He faces two misdemeanor charges of indecent assault.
In an affidavit obtained by Penn Live, police said they responded on Wednesday to the home of a woman who said she knew Hain personally.
Police said the woman told them that Hain approached her when she got out of the shower with a “weird grin” and she told him not to touch her.
Hain then pulled the woman’s towel off and pinned her to a couch before sexually assaulted her while she repeatedly told him “no,” the affidavit said, according to Penn Live.
The woman then waited for Hain to go to work before contacting police at a friend’s house, the document said. She called Hain on Wednesday and told him she shouldn’t have to fear being raped in her own home, Penn live reported.
“I’m deeply sorry,” Hain said, according to the affidavit. “I didn’t intentionally rape you.”
When she asked Hain why he continued to have sex with her after she told him to stop, he replied that he knew the woman was “not into it,” Penn Live reported.
“It’s probably one of my deplorables, one of my things,” Hain said, according to the affidavit.
Dauphin County District Attorney Francis Chardo told WHTM, a local ABC affiliate, that Hain worked for the police department for less than two months when he was arrested. Steelton Mayor Ciera Dent told the outlet Hain was suspended from the police department following the charges.
“In any field, there are going to be people who commit grievous offenses,” Chardo said. “When that occurs, we need to take action very, very quickly to ensure that they’re not continuing to carry a gun and carry a badge and potentially abuse their power.”
The Steelton Borough Police Department did not immediately return Business Insider’s request for comment. Court records did not indicate whether Hain was being represented by an attorney.
A judge set Hain’s bail at $50,000, court records showed. Chardo told the WHTM that Hain will be prohibited from contacting the woman while on bail.
If you are a survivor of sexual assault, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline (1-800-656-4673) or visit its website to receive confidential support.
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Of the seven competitive states that both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, his Democratic rival, have a realistic shot at winning, Pennsylvania is the most populous and awards the most votes in the Electoral College, which in turn is used to select the overall winner of the election.
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Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate is set to hold a rally in Pennsylvania today, his fourth campaign stop in the state this month. Erie, located in the northwest corner of Pennsylvania, will host the former president at 2 pm local time.
This rally comes one month after his running mate, US Senator JD Vance held a similar event in the same city. Trump has another rally scheduled in western Pennsylvania for October 5.
Pennsylvania has emerged as a crucial battleground state in the 2024 election, with many of Trump’s allies considering it the most important state to win. The state’s significance stems from its large population and the substantial number of electoral votes it awards, making it a critical factor in determining the overall winner of the election.
In fact, among the seven competitive states that both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have a realistic chance of winning, Pennsylvania stands out as the most populous and electorally valuable.
Trump allies broadly believe that if the former president beats Harris there, he is likely to return to the White House. But if Trump loses to Harris in Pennsylvania, the vice president has the inside track, in their opinion.
In a reflection of the stakes, Harris and Trump have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on ads in Pennsylvania in the months before the election, more than any other state in both gross and per capita terms.
Erie, the site of Trump’s rally, is a battleground inside a battleground. Erie County is one of two Pennsylvania counties that favored Trump in the 2016 election against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton before favoring President Joe Biden against Trump in 2020.
Trump narrowly won the state and the election overall in 2016, before losing both in 2020.
This time around, Pennsylvania is again competitive, according to surveys. Harris leads Trump by 1.6 percentage points in the state, according to an average of polls maintained by polling and analysis website FiveThirtyEight. That difference is well within almost all polls’ margin of error.
Trump’s next rally in Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, will take place in Butler, about 100 miles (160 km) south of Erie. That town was the site of a failed assassination attempt on Trump in July. A bullet grazed the former president’s ear.
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