Subject Arrested For RAPE

DATE & TIME: 11-22-11 / 1200
Case # 11-273
LOCATION: Berlin, Worcester County

CRIME: 2nd Degree Rape, 4th Degree Sex Offense, 2nd Degree Assault

VICTIM: Christine Dipaola, 33 yoa, W/F, Berlin, MD

ACCUSED: Dawaun Robert Harmon, B/M, 2/19/82, 517 Bay Street, Apt C-4, Berlin, MD

CHARGES:2nd Degree Rape, 4th Degree Sex Offense, 2nd Degree Assault

NARRATIVE:
On November 23, 2011, the Berlin Police Department received a call for a
reported rape. Officers responded to Atlantic General Hospital and met with the
victim. It was learned that on November 22, 2011 at approximately 1200 hours,
the victim and the suspect were at the Quail Run I Apartments in Berlin,
Maryland. The victim was familiar with the suspect only by name. During that
time, the suspect raped the victim and also inappropriately touched the victim.
Due to the nature of the crime, the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation was
contacted to continue the investigation.

A suspect was identified and positively identified by the victim as the
perpetrator. With the help of the Berlin Police Department the suspect was
located at his residence on 517 Bay Street Berlin, MD. The suspect was taken
into custody without incident and charged with the above crimes. He was taken
before a District Court Commissioner and held on a $100,000 bond at the
Worcester County Detention Center pending trial.