Police Interrupt "Spice" Sexual Assault

Victim, suspect were smoking synthetic marijuana, police say

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Story Created: Jun 6, 2012 at 9:08 AM AKDT

Story Updated: Jun 6, 2012 at 9:13 AM AKDT

ANCHORAGE - Police say Anchorage Community Action Policing (CAP) Officer Mitch Kerr interrupted a sexual assault in Town Square Park on Tuesday shortly before 6 p.m.

The 22-year-old victim had been smoking "Spice," the synthetic marijuana banned by the state legislature in 2011, with 42-year-old Earl Vrooman Jr., witnesses told police, who say the two didn't know one another prior to the incident.

When Officer Kerr came across the assault, the victim was unconscious. Vrooman was arrested, and the still-unconscious victim was taken to a local hospital.

Vrooman is charged with second-degree sexual assault, and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon.

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Midgardian said on Sunday, Jun 10 at 3:31 PM

When is the gov't going to wake up and realize their ill-conceived "war on drugs" has failed and is only creating a market for unregulated synthetics like spice and "bath salts"?

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Effalaskanlisa said on Friday, Jun 8 at 1:43 PM

[alaskanlisa said on Wednesday, Jun 6 at 1:08 PM Well when you take stuff that alters your mind, don't complain about what happens to you...smarten up girls.] Well when you show off your body, don't complain about what happens to you...

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y said on Wednesday, Jun 6 at 5:20 PM

if we're not gonna CP them, we should at least LS (life-sentence)

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yisheoutofjail said on Wednesday, Jun 6 at 5:19 PM

this guy is an R.S.O.- google "alaska sorweb"

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1sayeroftruth said on Wednesday, Jun 6 at 1:26 PM

just be glad it wasn't Antony Rollins answering the call poor girl would be have been raped twice once by APD

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alaskanlisa said on Wednesday, Jun 6 at 1:08 PM

Well when you take stuff that alters your mind, don't complain about what happens to you...smarten up girls.

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Anonymous said on Wednesday, Jun 6 at 12:53 PM

gee police can interupt this but sit on their hands with rape cases that are collecting dust...glad you got the $%^& in action...how throw him in the brig! And while you are at it, get all those who helped ol Todd and Sarah with crimes against humanity...oh right your busy burning the evidence down...

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