Posted: Wed 2:27 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Reporter: KKTV Email
Updated: Thu 4:46 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Document Reveals Accounts Of Vicious Assault From Victim And Suspects
5 Arrested In Connection With Violent Sex Assault
5 Arrested In
Connection With Violent Sex Assault Documents Contain
Details Of Violent Sex Assault Case Brutal Sexual
Assault
Court documents
reveal that the victim of an alleged vicious sexual assault remembers some of
the suspects telling her about being unhappy with the way they were treated in
the United States. Five Iraqi nationals were arrested in connection with the
case.
Two are charged
with the crime while all five are charged as accessories with the crime. Some
of the victim’s injuries were described by police as being “rarely seen.”
"I can tell
you this is one of the most horrific sexual assaults I've seen in my career as
a police officer," said Lt. Howard Black with the Colorado Springs Police
Department.
More specifics
about the victim’s injuries were redacted from publicly available documents to
protect the victim’s privacy.
According to
police, the victim reported overhearing a scuffle involving several people at
about 1:30 a.m. at the Wildridge Apartments on July 21. She works the night
shift and was out checking her mailbox at the time. She decided to stand
between the two groups of men in an attempt to calm them down.
Following the
fight, the victim told police she was invited inside an apartment by one of the
men. There, she met three other men who were about 20 years old.
According to the
affidavit of probable cause, the victim described a conversation with the men
that centered on how unhappy they were with the treatment they received in the
United States. The men also spoke about “the Untied States oppressing them and
calling them terrorists.”
The victim told
police the men reminded her of her own son and she wanted to help calm them
down. She also sympathized because she had been in the military and previously
lived in foreign countries.
During their
conversation, the victim was given what she believed was lemonade. Police say
she has no recollection of what happened after that.
On July 22,
officers found a significant amount of blood throughout the apartment where the
alleged attack occurred and also in the victim's apartment. One officer also
spoke to a neighbor who lives directly below the victim’s apartment. According
to the affidavit, the neighbor described speaking to the victim and described
her as “out of it.” The neighbor also saw her bleeding.
As the
investigation continued, the affidavit says the victim was able to identify
Sarmad Fadhil Mohammed in a photographic lineup. Looking at the photo, the
victim identified him as the male who held a knife during the original
disturbance. She also remembered that he had exposed himself to her before she
lost consciousness.
When a search
warrant was executed at the apartment where the assault occurred, tactical
officers found Ali Mohammed Hasan Al Juboori, Yasir Jabbar Jasim, Sarmad Fadhi
Mohammed and Mustafa Sataar Al Feraji inside. The affidavit says all four
agreed to go to the Police Operations Center to be interviewed.
The affidavit
details Sarmad Fadhil Mohammed’s interview first. It says he admitted to
carrying a kitchen knife during the fight, but said he was trying to assist a
friend named “J.” When they all returned to the apartment, Mohammed said he
offered the woman a drink of rum asked her if she was there to have sex. He
says she refused, said she twice stopped “J” from performing oral sex on her.
Mohammed also
told police that he was falling asleep on the couch when he awoke to hear the
woman groan. He asked her to leave, he said, because he did not want the blood
stains in his apartment.
The next two
interviews detailed in the documents involved of Yasir Jabaar Jasim. During the
second interview, he admitted having lied previously about what he witnessed in
the apartment. According to the papers, Jasim said he saw “J” force oral sex on
the victim and violently assault her.
Jasim also told
police there was blood everywhere and that “J” told him, “Man, she’s going to
die.”
Jasim, Mohammed
and Mustafa Sataar Al Feraji all told officers that the man they knew as “J”
was probably named Jaseen Ramadan. Officers investigated and found a photo of
Jasim Mohammed Hassin Ramadon that each man identified as the being the same person.
A warrant was
issued for Ramadon on July 26, and he was arrested the next day. According to
the affidavit, he admitted the victim was in the apartment but denied having
any sexual contact with her. He claimed it was Al Feraji who sexually assaulted
her and caused the injury.
The detective
also wrote in the affidavit that Ramadon claimed he was the one who helped the
victim home after she was injured and bleeding.
In the following
days, several of the suspects were re-interviewed. In the end, Sarmad Fadhi
Mohammed and Jasim Mohammed Hassin Ramadon were arrested for both the sexual
assault and being accessories to the crime. Mustafa Sataar Al Feraji, Ali
Mohammed Hasan Al Juboori and Yasir Jabbar Jasim were also arrested and charged
as accessories.
All of the
suspects obtained a lawful permanent resident status within the past five
years.
A spokesperson
from the District Attorney’s office told 11 News Tuesday if the men are
convicted they will serve their time here and then be deported. If they're
found not guilty they will likely still be sent back to Iraq.
A check of the
suspect's criminal backgrounds indicates this is the first time they've been in
serious trouble with the law.
All five men were
in jail late Tuesday night.
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