KY man arrested, accused of sexually assaulting woman looking for job at smoke shop
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- A Richmond man allegedly raped a woman who asked if the shop had job openings.
- The woman reported the assault to police immediately, and officers questioned the suspect.
- Hasan Almasri faces first-degree rape, sodomy, sexual abuse and strangulation charges.
A Kentucky man has been arrested after he allegedly raped a woman who was looking for a job at a smoke shop, according to court documents.
The incident happened Tuesday, May 26, at the VIP Smoke Shop on Third Street in Richmond. Court documents say the woman entered the shop around 11 a.m. and asked Hasan Almasri, 24, of Richmond, if the shop had any job openings.
Almasri took the woman to a back room and sexually assaulted her, court records say. Court documents say the woman told Almasri no multiple times.
After the assault occurred, Almasri told the woman to come back to the shop the next day for job training, according to court documents.
The woman reported the incident to police immediately after departing the shop.
Almasri told officers he didn’t force the woman to do anything when they told Almasri why they came to the shop, according to court documents. He declined to answer any additional questions and called his attorney.
Almasri is charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree strangulation. He is being held at the Madison County Detention Center on an $80,000 bond.
Almasri is scheduled to be arraigned in Madison District Court Friday.
