Bristol County prosecutors say unsolved murders and sexual assaults are top priorities for the district attorney's office.
A 48-year-old man accused in a violent 1994 rape case out of Attleboro, Massachusetts, was ordered held without bail Monday following an appearance in Fall River Superior Court, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office announced.
Eduardo Mendez, 48, is charged with aggravated rape. Authorities obtained an arrest warrant for him in September 2020, but it took until last month to find him.Prosecutors say that in June of 1994, a woman was walking near the Pleasant Street Bridge in Attleboro, when she was accosted by three men who forced her into the stairwell of a nearby building. Two of the men held her down, while a third"violently raped her," authorities said.
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Man Charged in 1994 Attleboro Rape Held Without BailA 48-year-old man accused in a violent 1994 rape case out of Attleboro, Massachusetts, was ordered held without bail Monday following an appearance in Fall River Superior Court, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office announced. This is the latest cold case rape arrest Bristol County prosecutors have announced, as authorities in Massachusetts work to get through a backlog of sexual…
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