After responding to a domestic incident last week, East Hampton Town police charged an East Hampton man with rape and forcible compulsion.
Police allege Wilfredo Alberto Maurath Tacuri, 49, raped someone multiple times. The rape was disclosed to police when they answered an emergency call last Thursday from the man’s Muir Boulevard house.
He was charged with three counts of first-degree rape and one count of forcible compulsion (using threats to commit rape). Both “violent felonies,” they are punishable by a minimum of five years and a maximum of 25 years in prison.
The accused was arraigned on Friday by Town Justice Steven Tekulsky, who set cash bail at $40,000: a $80,000 surety bond or $400,000 partially secured bond. He was unable to post bond and was taken to the county jail in Riverside.
Last Thursday, Andrew J. Payne of Springs, 33, was arraigned on felony charges after allegedly assaulting his father, the day before the younger man’s birthday.
Mr. Payne was led into the courtroom in handcuffs with a black eye. He was quiet as Justice Tekulsky discussed the charges with Laura Gretz, an attorney with the Legal Aid Society.
Police say Mr. Payne struck his father, who is 69, “in the head multiple times with a black pipe, causing pain, bleeding, and swelling to his head.” Because of the father’s age and the son’s age, police charged Mr. Payne with second-degree assault for injuring a person 65 or older and second-degree assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon, both felonies, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.
Justice Tekulsky issued the elder Payne a stay-away order of protection at the arraignment; the younger man was barred from returning to the house where both men have lived. The court directed the defendant not to return to the house to gather his belongings without a police escort. He was released on his own recognizance and left the courtroom on foot after the hearing.
Mr. Payne is expected back in court later this month. His case will continue to be heard under Justice David Filer, Justice Tekulsky having recused himself.
