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Bowdoin College student charged with raping woman on campus
Logan Taylor, 21, was arrested in Topsham around 5 a.m. Sunday, hours after the alleged offense took place, and was turned over by Topsham police to Brunswick police, Sgt. Paul Hansen said Monday.
Taylor, whose listed address is in Brunswick, was arrested after talking to detectives at the Brunswick police station and was brought to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, Hansen said.
Taylor was still in custody late Monday afternoon, being held on $1,000 cash bail.
Brunswick police were first called by Bowdoin College security at 2:34 a.m. Sunday to the area of the Androscoggin Swinging Bridge, a footbridge that crosses the river from Brunswick into Topsham. Bowdoin security asked police to talk to a 20-year-old female student there, Hansen said.
“We were contacted by Bowdoin security when they went to pick up a student who had called for a ride,” he said. “She had some concerns about a friend of hers (Taylor) who she had been with earlier in the night.”
After police talked to the woman further, she told them that Taylor had raped her that night on campus. She was taken to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Hansen said.
Brunswick police, with help from police dogs from Freeport and Topsham, searched for Taylor for hours. Topsham police found him around 5 a.m. in the area of Granite Hill Road in Topsham, Hansen said.
A Bowdoin College spokesman, Doug Cook, said in an email Monday that he couldn’t comment on Taylor’s arrest because the charge against him is a criminal matter.
“We are assisting the police in their investigation, and focusing on the safety and well-being of our students and other members of the college community,” Cook said.
Hansen said he expected Brunswick police would have more information to release to the public on Tuesday.
If Taylor is convicted of gross sexual assault, a Class A felony, he faces up to 30 years in prison.
Bowdoin College student charged with raping woman on campus
Logan Taylor, 21, was arrested in Topsham around 5 a.m. Sunday, hours after the alleged offense took place, and was turned over by Topsham police to Brunswick police, Sgt. Paul Hansen said Monday.
Taylor, whose listed address is in Brunswick, was arrested after talking to detectives at the Brunswick police station and was brought to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, Hansen said.
Taylor was still in custody late Monday afternoon, being held on $1,000 cash bail.
Brunswick police were first called by Bowdoin College security at 2:34 a.m. Sunday to the area of the Androscoggin Swinging Bridge, a footbridge that crosses the river from Brunswick into Topsham. Bowdoin security asked police to talk to a 20-year-old female student there, Hansen said.
“We were contacted by Bowdoin security when they went to pick up a student who had called for a ride,” he said. “She had some concerns about a friend of hers (Taylor) who she had been with earlier in the night.”
After police talked to the woman further, she told them that Taylor had raped her that night on campus. She was taken to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Hansen said.
Brunswick police, with help from police dogs from Freeport and Topsham, searched for Taylor for hours. Topsham police found him around 5 a.m. in the area of Granite Hill Road in Topsham, Hansen said.
A Bowdoin College spokesman, Doug Cook, said in an email Monday that he couldn’t comment on Taylor’s arrest because the charge against him is a criminal matter.
“We are assisting the police in their investigation, and focusing on the safety and well-being of our students and other members of the college community,” Cook said.
Hansen said he expected Brunswick police would have more information to release to the public on Tuesday.
If Taylor is convicted of gross sexual assault, a Class A felony, he faces up to 30 years in prison.