Rape suspect turns self in

Rasheid Miquelle Mervin, a College of Charleston student suspected of raping another student in her dorm room at the college, turned himself in to police Friday. Mervin, 35, has been charged with third-degree sexual conduct, The Post and Courier:

Mervin remained at the Charleston County Detention Center late Friday and was expected to have a bond hearing today, the jail said.

Meanwhile, two recent burglaries and sexual assaults in downtown Charleston and a burglary and rape in North Charleston remained unsolved, police said.

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