Providence Man Charged with Second-Degree Rape
Police said Joseph Kpehe, of Providence, sexually assaulted a female co-worker two times.
Johnston Police charged a 23-year-old Providence man and CNA with two counts of second-degree rape for allegedly assaulting a female co-worker. According to a police report, Joseph Kpehe, or 44 Brattle St., Providence, denied sexually assaulting the woman and told police that on two occasions he “physically placed both his arms around [the victim] and picked her up while her back was turned. The victim reported the incident on Jan. 21 and told police that she and Kpehe had been exchanging text messages and talking on Facebook but she never had romantic feelings for him. Police said that on Jan. 13, the victim was about to end her shift when Kpehe came into a patients room in which she was working and pushed her onto an empty bed and …
