Medway man pleads not guilty to rape

A Medway man was arraigned by video Monday morning in Clark County Municipal Court on a rape charge.

Steven Johnson, 25, pleaded not guilty to rape, court records show. He was given a $20,000 bond and remains in the Clark County Jail.

Officers were dispatched around 1:45 a.m. on Sunday to the 200 block of Braun Street for a sex offense, according to an affidavit filed in the case.

When police arrived, they “listened at the garage door and heard a male stating ‘it was a accident, I’m sorry’,” the affidavit said. “The female was crying hysterically and stated she did not want to hear it.”

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The victim told police that she was asleep and woke up to the suspect ”on top of her” and sexually assaulting her, according to the affidavit.

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The suspect said he was sleep walking and “accidentally had sexual intercourse with” the victim, the affidavit says.

Johnson was then arrested for rape.

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