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Man charged in 2007 rape of a woman in Goodwill bathroom

PITTSBURGH — A man has been charged in the January 2007 rape of a woman while she was attending hearing impairment classes at a Goodwill in Pittsburgh’s South Side, police said Thursday.

Shawn Carr, 33, of Elizabeth, was arrested more than 11 years after he allegedly raped the woman, who is deaf, in a bathroom at an East Carson Street building that Goodwill occupied at the time.

The woman told authorities she was walking and noticed Carr, who was a classmate, following her, according to a criminal complaint. She tried to lose him and went into a women’s bathroom.

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Carr allegedly followed the woman into the bathroom and pushed his way in as she tried to shut the door to keep him out, the complaint said. He’s accused of then pushing the woman against a wall and raping her.

The woman said Carr, whom she had known for about one year, stole money from her purse before he left the bathroom.

Carr was charged Thursday with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, robbery, sexual assault and indecent assault.

Channel 11 looked further and discovered Carr was also charged for a rape that allegedly occurred in Oakland last month. That alleged victim was also hearing impaired.

She told police said everyone else in an apartment was asleep when Carr "grabbed her by the wrist and forced her into the bathroom" where he "raped her for hours."

She told police she told him to stop in sign language.

Police said it took 11 years to charge Carr in the South Side incident because investigators finally got the evidence and probable cause to bring charges.

 

Cox Media Group

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