<img src="http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/policeandfire.gif" border=0 > Young woman tells Joplin police of sexual assault

June 09, 2009 12:48 am

— Joplin police are investigating a sexual assault reported over the weekend.
An 18-year-old woman reported Friday that sexual intercourse was forced on her May 30 at an address within the city.
Lt. Brian Lewis of the Joplin Police Department said the woman told officers that she went to the house with a man she had met at a Joplin restaurant, and that he raped her in a vehicle outside the residence. She told investigators that she was new to the area and was not sure at first how to go about reporting the assault.