Opinion ID: 2403588
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Heading: The Incident and Arrest

Text: On June 1, 2002, just a few weeks after they first met, Taylor and Ms. Carter made a date to go to a movie at Iverson Mall. When it turned out that Taylor did not have sufficient funds to purchase two tickets, they opted to go instead to Taylor's apartment and watch a movie on video. At the time, Taylor, 19 years old, was under the care and custody of the Department of Social Services and was living in a group home as part of his participation in a counseling program known as Take Charge. [1] While at the apartment, petitioner and Ms. Carter engaged in sexual intercourse. The circumstances under which that occurred were in dispute  Taylor claimed that it was, eventually, consensual, whereas Ms. Carter claimed that she was raped. Upon leaving the apartment, Ms. Carter called 911 and reported that she had been raped. Presumably in response to that report, Detective Schreiber, several days later, went to Taylor's apartment to investigate, but Taylor apparently refused to speak with him or accompany him to the police station. [2] About a week after that incident, Taylor left the group home (and the Take Charge Program) and went to live with an uncle in North Carolina. On June 16, 2002, a warrant was issued for his arrest. At some point in late July, Taylor was arrested in North Carolina  apparently for an incident that occurred there  and, on August 3, 2002, upon discovery of the Maryland warrant, he was transported by car from North Carolina to the police station in Prince George's County, a trip that took between seven and eight hours, during which he was given nothing to eat or drink.