MAN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF RAPE CHARGE

A SARASOTA MAN WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY AFTER A TEENAGER ACCUSED HIM OF RAPING AND CHOKING HER.  POLICE OFFICIALS SAY 41 YEAR OLD ERVIN ADAMS ALLEGEDLY WENT INTO THE ROOM OF THE 17-YEAR OLD GIRL WHERE THEY LIVE AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER.  POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO BREAK AWAY AFTER ABOUT FOUR HOURS AND WENT TO A FRIEND’S HOUSE.  SHE THEN CALLED AND TOLD HER MOTHER WHAT HAPPENED.  THE ARREST REPORT SAYS THE VICTIM HAD A RED MARK ON HER NECK.  WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, ADAMS CLAIMED HE WAS IN BED WITH HIS WIFE ALL NIGHT, AND SHE CONFIRMED IT, BUT HE WAS STILL CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A VICTIM OVER 12 BUT UNDER 18 YEARS OLD.  ADAMS IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL PENDING A FIRST HEARING ON DECEMBER 30^TH.