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Boston serial rape suspect faces new charges of rape and assault
— NBC News, Jun 28, 2023
"The New Jersey lawyer accused of a series of sexual assaults in Boston more than a decade ago was indicted Tuesday on new charges of rape and assault, authorities said.
Matthew Nilo, 35, was indicted on seven additional counts — of rape, aggravated rape, assault with intent to rape and indecent assault and battery — related to a series of attacks that authorities say occurred from January 2007 to July 2008, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office said in a news release."
Boston serial rape suspect faces new charges of rape and assault
— NBC News, Jun 28, 2023
"The New Jersey lawyer accused of a series of sexual assaults in Boston more than a decade ago was indicted Tuesday on new charges of rape and assault, authorities said.
Matthew Nilo, 35, was indicted on seven additional counts — of rape, aggravated rape, assault with intent to rape and indecent assault and battery — related to a series of attacks that authorities say occurred from January 2007 to July 2008, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office said in a news release."
Finding answers for rape survivors: Initiative targets decades-old assault-kit backlog
— www.simivalleyacorn.com, Jun 24, 2023
"For Senior Deputy District Attorney Brent Nibecker, analyzing every one of Ventura County’s backlogged sexual assault kits is the right thing to do. With that in mind, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office’s forensic services bureau recently submitted the first 100 of an estimated 3,000 backlogged kits to a lab for analysis.
The Ventura County sexual assault kit initiative, funded by a $2.5-million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, is a multi-agency effort to submit all untested kits for DNA testing, investigate unsolved cases and prosecute offenders. June 1 marked the launch of the project’s website, vcsaki.com, where the community can track the county’s progress."
Durham police charge man with rape and kidnapping reported nearly 33 years ago
— The News and Observer, Jun 23, 2023
Nearly 33 years after a woman told police that a man kidnapped and sexually assaulted her, Durham police have charged a man with rape. Samuel Harris, 56, was arrested last week on two counts of first-degree rape and three counts of first-degree sex offense, the Durham Police Department reported in a news release Thursday. Police said his DNA matched evidence collected in a rape kit from August 1, 1990.
Wisconsin man sentenced for serial sex assaults; uncovered by backlogged sexual assault kits
— TMJ4 Staff, Jun 23, 2023
"A Wisconsin man was sentenced on Friday to 18 years in connection to serial sex assaults that were uncovered by backlogged sexual assault kits.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), Matthew Crockett, 46 of Racine, pled guilty to three counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of false imprisonment. He was sentenced to 18 years of initial confinement followed by 18 years of extended supervision."
Akron bartender accused of sexually assaulting several customers takes plea deal
— Akron Beacon Journal, Jun 7, 2023
"An Akron bartender accused of sexually assaulting several of his customers recently accepted a plea deal rather than take his case to trial.
Kevin Suhoza, 49, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery, a third-degree felony, in Summit County Common Pleas Court.
Suhoza is among several people charged based on the work of the Akron Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (ASAKI), which is reinvestigating cold rape cases that have DNA evidence from the past 20 years."
Missouri Attorney General’s office praises law enforcement, community leaders in SAFE Kit Initiative Awards ceremony
— KTTN News, Jun 7, 2023
" Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office awarded SAFE Kit Initiative Service Awards to area law enforcement agencies and community partners for their dedication toward the eradication of untested sexual assault kits throughout the state.
“The Attorney General’s Office has made great progress in the fight to clear the backlog of untested sexual assault kits throughout the state, but we haven’t done it alone,” said Attorney General Bailey."
New Jersey lawyer charged for series of Boston rapes in 2007 and 2008
— ABC News, Jun 7, 2023
Melo is the sixth subject arrested by Boston Police since they created a new initiative to solve cold rape cases last year. WCBB investigative reporter Karen Anderson has been covering the slew of arrests since 2022 after the city received a $2.5 million federal grant to send a thousand rape kits for enhanced testing. They're going through every single case and making sure that it is all given the same respect and attention that it deserves. That grant money is part of a wider push nationwide by the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative which has awarded more than $320 million to state and local jurisdictions and has resolved thousands of cases of sexual assault and homicides since 2015
Why Kalamazoo’s cold case sexual assault team is the ‘gold standard’
— Mlive, Jun 3, 2023
"A team that investigates sexual assault cold cases -- called the Kalamazoo Sexual Assault Kit Initiative -- has been dubbed the “gold standard” in Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel said.
The Kalamazoo SAKI project started in 2017, and is funded through grants. It started investigating untested sexual assault kits and prosecuting cases. Kalamazoo County had about 180 untested kits when the project started, but they’ve all been tested now, Nessel said during a news conference in Kalamazoo on Friday, June 2."
