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(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) A man accused of raping a gas station clerk on Saturday was charged by the Buchanan County Prosecutor’s office later that day.
Jerez S. Collins, 27, will appear in court Wednesday for first-degree rape.
The rape is said to have occurred Saturday at the U.S. Oil on South 22nd Street. Police responded after receiving reports of an attack on a female employee.
According to court filings, video obtained from the gas station shows the store clerk go to a back room, Collins runs into the room and rapes her.
Collins has been convicted of an armed bank robbery at the federal level, criminal damage and aggravated assault in Arizona.
