Montgomery County (web|news) Police arrested the individual responsible for the rape of a 27-year-old woman from Springfield, Virginia.
The assault occurred on Sunday, April 20, 2008, when the victim had been invited to spend the night after the two had been out together socializing at an area nightclub.
Through the course of the investigation it was learned that the victim fell asleep at the defendant's residence in the unit block of Fenceline Drive around 3:40 a.m. She awoke approximately 30 minutes later realizing that the defendant had taken advantage of her while she was sleeping. She fled from the residence and called police.
On April 23, detectives arrested Moumouni Souna Salifou, age 37, from the unit block of Fenceline Drive in Gaithersburg, and charged him with second-degree rape. He is currently being held at the Montgomery County Detention Center on $10,000 bond.
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