A convicted sex offender is back in jail in Moscow on new rape charges.
23-year-old Austin Johnson is charged with 2 counts of rape when the victim is under 16 and the perpetrator is over 18 years old. Latah County Second District Court documents show that Moscow Police believe that Johnson raped a 14-year-old girl twice in Latah County in May of last year. Johnson was living in LaCrosse at the time.
The investigation led to Johnson being charged with 2 counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes in Whitman County Superior Court in Washington. Johnson was recently arrested on a warrant. He is set to have his preliminary hearing in Latah County Second District Court in Moscow later this month.
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A 46-year-old man is in jail for allegedly using a woman and 2 children as human shields during a standoff with police in Moscow Monday night.
According to court documents the incident began around 10:30 when a woman called police to report that a man was having a psychotic episode. The woman told dispatchers that the man hit her and that he was standing outside on Hawthorne Drive. Dispatchers were also told that the suspect had a weapon in his waistband and was screaming.
The suspect later identified as Jerome Pearlman was inside an apartment when Moscow Police arrived. Pearlman was with the woman who called police and her 2 young children. The SWAT team was called in and police began negotiating with Pearlman to surrender.