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data-v-b8a95802=\"\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6327683169112\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">Nashville college student allegedly raped during night out on Broadway Street<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-b8a95802=\"\">Two Tennessee men are accused of drugging and raping a Kentucky college student in downtown Nashville and then using her debit card at a Waffle House, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">When North Carolina police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">captured a Tennessee felon<\/a> in April, they found videos and images on his electronic devices allegedly showing the man raping 52 different women, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A spokesperson for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Carolina University<\/a> (WCU) police told Fox News Digital that officers found Sean Williams, former owner of Glass and Concrete Contracting LLC in Tennessee, parked near campus on property owned by the university in April and did a routine check.<\/p>\n<h2>Discovery in North Carolina<\/h2>\n<p>The spokesperson described the sight as &#8220;unusual.&#8221; &#8220;There was no evidence to suggest he was visiting this area for any particular reason,&#8221; the spokesperson said, adding that the suspect was &#8220;just kind of passed out in the area near a dam and boat ramp.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Police discovered drugs in Williams&#8217; vehicle, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/drugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12 ounces of cocaine<\/a>, 14 ounces of meth, and thousands of dollars of cash and electronics, including two thumb drives, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-man-arrested-after-ohio-mom-2-kidnapped-found-shot-dead-tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TEXAS MAN ARRESTED AFTER OHIO MOM OF 2 KIDNAPPED, FOUND SHOT DEAD IN TENNESSEE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0901.jpg\" source=\"Fox News\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/640\/320\/IMG_0901.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Sean Williams mugshot\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">A spokesperson for the Western North Carolina University police told Fox News Digital that officers found Sean Williams parked near campus on property owned by the university in April and did a routine check.<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(Washington County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Investigators obtained a search warrant for the electronics and identified videos and images of 52 different women appearing to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/sex-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexually assaulted<\/a> by Williams, as local outlet WJHL first reported. Additionally, one of the thumb drives allegedly contained more than 5,000 images of child pornography, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/rachel-morin-murder-maryland-sheriff-says-suspect-on-loose-could-strike-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>RACHEL MORIN MURDER: MARYLAND SHERIFF SAYS SUSPECT ON THE LOOSE COULD STRIKE AGAIN<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He was transferred from North Carolina to the Washington County Detention Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee, in May.<\/p>\n<h2>Federal charges and jail escape<\/h2>\n<p>WNCU police also learned that Williams was a fugitive out of Tennessee, took him into custody and contacted law enforcement in the neighboring state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Williams had been on the run for two years after U.S. Attorney Kat Dahl filed federal charges against him in April 2021, accusing him of being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">felon in possession of ammunition.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-36.jpg\" source=\"Fox News\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/640\/320\/image-36.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A Johnson City Police Department vehicle\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">Sean Williams had been on the run for two years after U.S. Attorney Kat Dahl filed federal charges against him in April 2021.<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(FOX 17)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In July, Williams tried to escape the Washington County Detention Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Details of the escape are not included in the federal lawsuit filed against Williams, but later that month, a federal grand jury indicted the suspect on an additional charge for the effort to escape the county jail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Tennessee police under fire<\/h2>\n<p>Prior to Williams&#8217; attempted escape, lawyers representing nine &#8220;Jane Does,&#8221; or sexual assault victims who are remaining anonymous, filed a lawsuit against Johnson City arguing that Williams raped women &#8220;for years,&#8221; and &#8220;officers of the Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) let him get away with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/houston-woman-charged-killing-landlord-hiding-body-collecting-rent-from-other-tenants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>HOUSTON WOMAN CHARGED WITH KILLING LANDLORD, HIDING BODY, COLLECTING RENT FROM OTHER TENANTS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From November 2019\u20132020, JCPD received at least six reports alleging Williams had attempted to drug and\/or sexually assault women in his apartment in downtown Johnson City. Instead of arresting Williams, however, JCPD officers treated Williams as though he were, in the words of Detective Toma Sparks, \u2018untouchable.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-37.jpg\" source=\"\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/640\/320\/image-37.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Johnson City PD headquarters\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">Prior to Williams&#8217; attempted escape, lawyers representing nine sexual assault victims filed a lawsuit against Johnson City arguing that Williams raped women &#8220;for years,&#8221; and &#8220;officers of the Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) let him get away with it.&#8221;<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(FOX 17)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The federal complaint alleges that between 2018 and 2021, Williams, &#8220;a known drug dealer and convicted felon,&#8221; conspired with a man named Alvaro Fernando Diaz-Vargas, who is described as &#8220;young and good looking&#8221; and an unnamed woman &#8220;to recruit local women and bring them directly to Williams\u2019 garage and apartment, where he would drug and sexually assault them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban6\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban6\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/scores-women-girls-ethiopia-were-sexually-assaulted-possibly-military-despite-peace-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>SCORES OF WOMEN, GIRLS IN ETHIOPIA REPORTEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, POSSIBLY BY MILITARY DESPITE PEACE DEAL<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb6\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In return, Williams allegedly gave Diaz-Vargas and the woman free housing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE LAWSUIT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban7\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban7\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"pdf-container\" style=\"height:860px;\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/abc1f2cf-1.pdf\" height=\"860px\" width=\"100%\" type=\"application\/pdf\"><\/embed><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All the victims mentioned in the lawsuit allegedly became incapacitated after drinking or doing drugs at Williams&#8217; apartment or with his accomplices. They also all allege that Williams tried to rape or assault them while they were incapacitated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One victim allegedly became incapacitated after having a drink at Williams&#8217; apartment, left in her vehicle, and crashed into the concrete base of a lamppost, dying on impact.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb7\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban8\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban8\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Two of the victims went to police to report the incidents, and one victim contacted the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint alleges that police &#8220;failed to investigate Williams\u2019 crimes against women; knowingly failed to refer charges for prosecution and\/or referred charges in a piecemeal and incomplete manner so as to undermine the prosecution; knowingly intimidated and dissuaded Plaintiffs from pursuing criminal charges; and\u2026 knowingly made false statements to Plaintiffs in an effort to obstruct and interfere with the criminal investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. 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