Judge allows Uniontown man accused of rape to go out of the county for work
A Uniontown man accused of raping a woman he met online has received a modification in bond to be allowed to leave the county for his employment.
Fayette County Judge Steve P. Leskinen granted the motion to allow Shane Stephen Brown, 21, to work as a laborer with a landscaping and maintenance contracting company out of Lemont Furnace.
“(Brown’s) employment requires him to leave the county for particular landscaping and snow-plowing contracts,” stated Brown’s attorney, Shane Gannon, in the pre-trial motion filed on Dec. 8.
As a condition of his bond, Brown is not permitted to leave Fayette County without permission of the court.
Brown was charged with rape, rape of an unconscious victim, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and four other related charges after an 18-year-old woman was dropped off by her father at Brown’s residence on Dec. 22 after the two had been talking for several months on Facebook.
The alleged victim said they were watching television when Brown allegedly raped her.
The woman had previously testified that the day following the incident, Brown dropped her off at work and said she could come back any time; he later sent text messages asking for forgiveness, police said.
The Herald-Standard does not identify those who allege they are victims of rape.
In August, Leskinen approved bond reduction for Brown from $100,000 to $35,000 after Gannon argued in court that Brown’s charges weren’t filed until six months after the alleged incident took place and within that time, Brown, who’s a Marine with no prior criminal records, never contacted the alleged victim.
Another condition of Brown’s bond was to have no contact — directly or indirectly — with the woman.
Brown is awaiting trial.