
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 5, 1991                   TAG: 9103051267
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: EVENING 
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N.C. MAN SUSPECTED OF RAPING ROANOKE WOMAN AT GUNPOINT

An 18-year-old North Carolina man has been charged with raping a Roanoke woman after holding a 9-mm pistol to her head.

Byron Lamont Brandon of Henderson was charged with rape and use of a firearm.

Roanoke police gave the following account today:

The 18-year-old victim, who is from the Cove Road area of Roanoke, was visiting relatives about 2:30 a.m. Monday at a home on Cove Road when a man began to make sexual advances toward her.

The woman told police that she resisted, but the man pulled a semi-automatic pistol and placed the gun to her head.

The man then forced the woman to walk at gunpoint to the home's basement, where he showed her that the gun was loaded while ordering her to disrobe.

The woman told police that the man then raped her.

She was released a short time later and called relatives before reporting the offense to police. A short time later, police arrested Brandon at a home on the 3200 block of Cove Road.

by CNB