Bel Air Parking Garage Rape Case Results in Plea Deal

A Bel Air man charged with rape and other offenses in connection with a sexual encounter in the Hickory Avenue parking garage pled guilty Monday, according to a statement from the Harford County State’s Attorney.

David Eric Corn Jr., 26, of the 1100 block of Pericles Court, was charged with first-degree rape, second-degree rape, three counts of first-degree sex offense and three counts of second-degree sex offense after allegedly meeting a woman at the Tower Restaurant on Oct. 11, 2014, then raping and assaulting her, according to the statement.

His younger brother—22-year-old Ryan Corn—was also charged in the incident with the same offenses. A jury found him not guilty in August, and he was freed after more than 10 months from the Harford County Detention Center.

David Corn Jr. struck a plea deal Monday in which he admitted to second-degree assault and entered an Alford plea to second-degree sex offense, according to the state’s attorney.

“An Alford plea means that the defendant admitted there was evidence from which a trier of fact could convict him of forcing the victim to perform sexual acts without her consent,” the state’s attorney said in a statement.

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According to the plea agreement, David Corn Jr. will be sentenced to 10 years with all of it suspended except for 352 days, which is how long he served while awaiting trial, the state’s attorney reported.

Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 29, according to the report.

Based on the plea agreement, he will receive probation before judgment and be on supervised probation for five years, the report stated; if he violates probation, he could face more than 29 years in jail.

“A jury acquitted Corn’s brother after hearing the same facts that are the basis of this conviction,” the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office said in a statement. “The State’s Attorney believes that given all that the victim had been through including the post-traumatic stress from her ordeal and trial that this was an acceptable resolution.”