Authorities said DNA evidence connected him to the crime.
The defendant, Montelle J. Brown, 28, was held for court on charges including first-degree felony counts of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and burglary in the attack on the female student in her dorm room in Ravine-Narvik Hall on the Allegheny campus on Dec. 10, 2019.
Meadville police accuse Brown of raping and sexually assaulting the victim at gunpoint.
The attack remained unsolved for more than a year until authorities announced in February that DNA evidence collected in the rape investigation matched Brown s DNA.
Crawford County District Attorney Francis Schultz said in announcing the filing of charges against Brown that, at the time forensic evidence was initially tested in the rape case, Brown s DNA was not in the Combined DNA Index System database.
LAKE CITY A 29-year-old man who reported being kidnapped, beaten up and robbed by four men at a borough residence in late February told investigators that the attack was fueled by allegations he stole from a rival motorcycle club and had relations with a club member s old lady, according to case records.
The victim told police he had a sawed-off shotgun held to the back of his head and was handcuffed to a chair in the kitchen, according to the records.
Three of the four suspects accused in the Feb. 27 attack were arraigned and jailed Thursday on charges including felony counts of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.