Police: Pa. Bartender Raped Unconscious Customer
AMBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a western Pennsylvania bartender has been charged with raping a female customer after hours who claims she was unconscious and drugged at the time.
Online court records do not list an attorney for 37-year-old James Sumpter, of Ambridge, who is in the Beaver County Jail awaiting a preliminary hearing Jan. 3.
Police say the owner of the Firehouse Lounge has cooperated in the investigation and that the woman reported the incident shortly after it ended Sunday morning.
Police say the 47-year-old woman claims she was drugged and raped for about three hours after the bar closed early Sunday. Sumpter is charged with rape of an unconscious person and with furnishing alcohol to an intoxicated person.
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