Bel Air Rape Case: Trial Postponed for Second Brother

The trial has been postponed for the elder of two brothers charged with rape in a Bel Air parking garage last fall, according to court records.

David Eric Corn Jr., 26, of the 1100 block of Pericles Court, was slated to go to trial on Oct. 15.

The trial was to take place more than a year after the incident in question, an encounter that allegedly occurred after 2 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, in the Hickory Avenue parking garage, where Bel Air police officers reported a 29-year-old woman said two men she didn’t know forcibly raped her.

Corn and his younger brother—Ryan Corn, 22—were both charged with first-degree rape, second-degree rape, three counts of first-degree sex offense and three counts of second-degree sex offense.

Ryan Corn was found not guilty by a jury Aug. 20 and released after spending more than 10 months in the Harford County Detention Center.

Both brothers had been held without bail since they were charged last fall.

Following the verdict in his brother’s case, David Corn was released on home detention on Aug. 20.

On Monday, his lawyers requested a postponement for his trial in Harford County Circuit Court on the grounds that one witness, who was out of the country at school, would be unable to appear, The Aegis reported. That witness had reportedly testified in the case against Ryan Corn as well.

Judge M. Elizabeth Bowen granted the postponement.

A scheduling conference is set for 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 29.

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