Delaware rape charge against NJ man dismissed
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The Delaware Attorney General’s Office says charges have been dismissed against a New Jersey man accused of raping a University of Delaware student.
Department of Justice spokesman Carl Kanefsky said in an email Monday that charges were dropped against 21-year-old Paul Defeo of Butler, New Jersey, on Jan. 8. He says prosecutors decided there was not enough evidence to secure a conviction.
Defeo was arrested on April 18 after a woman told Newark Police that she had met a man the night before at a restaurant and he had sexually assaulted her later at her home.
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