She set off to party the night away at 'Bizarre', a downtown nightclub, and met a guy, who she went home with. The next morning she woke up, alone. She thinks the guy she left with, a man she only knows by his nickname, raped her while she was intoxicated .
Rape is nothing new to the Port City.
Unfortunately, Mallard says, the rape case above is an all too common one. The typical rape victim in Wilmington, she said, is between 18 and 26 years of age, had used alcohol or drugs on the night of the rape, and met her rapist at a club or bar. When a Rape Occurs When a rape victim calls 911, either a Police Officer or Deputy Sheriff responds. A Detective, often Mallard herself, is called to the scene and asks the victim questions about the rape. First degree rape is defined as vaginal intercourse with another person by force and against the will of the other person, and displaying an article which the other person reasonably believes to be a dangerous or deadly weapon or inflicting serious personal injury upon the victim or another person or committing the offense aided and abetted by one or more other persons.