A MAN BELIEVED TO BE A TRANSIENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR RAPING A WOMAN AT AN APARTMENT NEAR CENTRAL AND LOUISIANA WEDNESDAY. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS 22-YEAR OLD CHARLES TAYLOR WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THURSDAY MORNING NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE CRIME HAPPENED, IN THE AREA OF 72-HUNDRED CENTRAL.
DROBIK SAYS DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY TAYLOR, WHO HAS A LENGTHY RECORD, THROUGH FINGERPRINTS. HE SAYS TAYLOR TIED THE WOMAN UP…RAPED HER…THEN STOLE ITEMS FROM HER APARTMENT.