A jury convicted a Crown Point man in an attempted rape trial Wednesday.
Dominique Gee, 30, was convicted of attempted rape, criminal confinement, an enhancement, and various misdemeanors, including battery resulting in bodily injury, and two counts resisting law enforcement.
His sentencing date is Nov. 7.
A charging affidavit alleged Gee tried to rape a woman on Aug. 2, 2024 at the Days Inn, 4000 Calumet Avenue in Hammond.
The victim told police they were smoking outside, when Gee said he needed her phone to snap a picture of some damage on his car. Instead, he took a picture of her, she said.
He punched her as she tried to get the phone back. The woman told police he wrapped his arms around her and tried to pull her to a broken part of the fence.
“You’re gonna give me some,” he told her, as he put his hand over her mouth.
She tried to scream and a man pulled up and shined his car lights on them. The woman said she was able to run inside the motel.
Gee was later arrested on the 6900 block of Hohman Avenue. He ran briefly from the cops before he was taken into custody.
The woman testified at trial, identifying Gee on a motel security video.
Deputy Prosecutors Tara Villarreal and Jacquelyn Altpeter-Carellas were assigned. Defense lawyers Marc Laterzo and Sonya D. Scott-Dix represented Gee.
Meredith Colias-Pete
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