Towson Alleyway Sex Assault Leads To Rape Charge: Police

TOWSON, MD — An Owings Mills man has been charged with rape and other crimes after a sexual assault was reported early Saturday morning in Towson.

Police said a woman was followed after leaving an establishment in the unit block of Pennsylvania Avenue, then she was assaulted in an alley behind a business.

Afterward, she broke free from her attacker and went back to the business she had left and reported the assault to employees, according to authorities.

Officers were called after 2 a.m. for an assault in the unit block of West Pennsylvania Avenue, police said.

Jarvis Benson, 32, of the 9500 block of John Lock Way, has been charged with second-degree rape, fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault, court records show. He is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.

Benson has a bail review slated for Monday and a preliminary hearing in the case set for Oct. 2, according to court records.

Anyone with additional information about the rape is asked to call the Baltimore County Special Victims Unit detectives at 410-307-2020. Callers may remain anonymous.