Sexual assault suspect identified, arrested on rape charges

SPRINGDALE — A man was arrested in connection with rape Wednesday night after police said he attacked a woman at a laundromat.

Shawn Daniel Drake, 33, of 2714 McMillan Ave. was arrested in connection with rape and a parole violation of absconding, according to a preliminary police report released Thursday.

A woman told police a man came into the Neighb orhood Laundry at

503 Thomas

Ave. about

2:26 p.m. Wednesday and threatened her with a pipe, according to a preliminary police report. The man demanded the woman remove her clothes.

The man sexually assaulted her digitally, the report shows. A nurse told police the woman was bleeding because of the incident, according to the report.

Capt. Derek Hudson said the woman’s injuries weren’t life threatening.

Police used photos from video surveillance to identify Drake, according to the report. He was arrested about 11 p.m. at Walmart at 4870 Elm Springs Road.

Drake denied touching or raping the woman, according to the report. He told police he “thought” about having sex with the woman but “just couldn’t do it because of her age,” the report shows.

Police confirmed the woman is an adult but didn’t release her age.

Drake was at the Washington County Detention Center with a $ 1,365 bond connected to other offenses, according to online jail records.

Drake