Sheriff’s Office Charges Suspect In 1999 Rape

He’s being held at the Adult Detention Center.

 

Frederick, Md (KM) A suspect has been charged in connection with a rape which occurred more than 19-years ago. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office says a warrant was served on Wednesday, December 26th, 2018  to Kevin Wade Gibbons, 42, of Charleston, South Carolina., charging him with second-degree rape.

Gibbons is currently being held at the Adult Detention Center on a no-bond status. He’s formerly a Frederick resident.

The female victim was sexually assaulted in the early morning hours of January 1st, 1999.

The Sheriff’s Office says the case had been previously suspended, but it was re-opened in August of this year by Detective Michael Toste.

 

By Kevin McManus