Man Charged With Raping Disabled Woman At Attleboro Rail Station

SMITHFIELD, RI — A man is charged with aggravated rape, kidnapping and indecent assault and battery on a disabled person after Attleboro police said he was caught sexually assaulting a disabled woman in a van at the Riverfront Drive commuter rail station. Police said a report of a kidnapping on South Main Street led them to the van in a secluded section of the parking lot where they found David Rogers, 63, assaulting the 57-year-old disabled woman.

Police said a woman walking her dog reported the man forcibly throw the disabled woman into the van near Riverfront Drive. Police said the suspect confessed to forcing the woman into the van against her will and driving her to the parking lot.

The woman was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Rogers was arraigned and held without bail pending a dangerous hearing.

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