Woman charged with raping, burning man

Starting off our blog with a very recent event, reprinted below straight from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette's website, post-gazette.com. No murder here, thankfully, but it sets the tone for the true stories that will follow...---Reston Cane

Thursday, September 03, 2009

The Associated Press

Police say a Washington County woman raped a man and burned him with a curling iron to get him to comply.

Police say the 22-year-old man knows his alleged attacker, 23-year-old Samantha Harvey, of Washington, Pa.

Ms. Harvey was on her probation on theft and threat charges for stealing money from her grandmother in 2006.

Police charged Ms. Harvey Tuesday after investigating the man's claim that she forced him to have sex at his home on Aug. 20. The man told police Ms. Harvey clipped the hot curling iron to his ear and burned his genitals with it.

Ms. Harvey is also charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, terroristic threats and reckless endangerment.

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