An 18-year-old North Carolina man was charged Tuesday in connection to an alleged rape that police say took place at a Williamsburg house party in August.
Maj. Greg Riley of the Williamsburg Police Department said 18-year-old Jaiven Treyvon Knight of Durham, N.C., faces one felony count of rape in connection to the alleged incident. College of William & Mary Spokesperson Brian Whitson confirmed Knight was registered as a freshman at the College of William & Mary for the 2013-14 school year, however he left the campus during the fall semester.
Officers responded to Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center on Aug. 26 after receiving a report of a sexual assault. A 20-year-old W&M student told police she was at a party at her home on Lafayette Street and decided to go to bed early Aug. 25. She told police an unidentified man came into her bedroom and sexually assaulted her, Riley said.
Investigators then engaged in what Riley described as a “long process” of interviewing witnesses, which eventually led them to identify Knight as a suspect. He was charged Tuesday and turned himself in at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail later that day.
Knight was a recruited student athlete for W&M who practiced briefly with the football team but did not appear in a game. Tribe Athletics Spokesperson Pete Clawson said Knight participated in the fall camp for football players and was on the roster from July until the end of August. He declined to comment when asked why Knight left the team in August.
Knight faces one felony count of rape in connection to the incident.
