70 year-old David Popper, a retiree residing in Burrell Boom Village, is at prison tonight after he was taken to court for allegedly raping a 23 year-old man. Yes, that's right; Popper is accused of a heinous crime where he allegedly abused the young man's trust and took advantage of him.
The victim reported to police that on Saturday, April 13, 2013, at about 3:30 p.m., he visited Popper at his home in the Riverside area where Popper offered him a drink. The man didn't suspect anything, so he drank it, and he suddenly lost consciousness. He said that he later woke up and saw Popper standing up next to him, but he lost consciousness again.
It was not until 5 hours later that he woke up at his mother's home, where police came to detain him because of an allegation of assault Popper made against him.
Police took him into custody, and he slept for 8 hours and woke up in the cell, when he had to relieve himself. The 23 year-old discovered that he was passing blood, and alerted the officers who took him to seek medical attention. The doctor who examined him certified that he had been sodomized.
As a result, police immediately detained Popper and charged him with an unnatural crime, wounding, and a mischievous act because he made a false report, most likely to avoid suspicion.
He was arraigned today before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer, who remanded him to prison on the strength of the objection by the prosecution. He will be brought back to court on May 17, 2013.
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