PAINT TWP., Pa. (EYT) — A Rimersburg man accused of raping a teenager waived his preliminary hearing on Tuesday in Central Court.

According to court documents, the following criminal charges against 19-year-old Ernest Junior Adams, of Rimersburg, have been transferred to Clarion County Court of Common Pleas:

– Rape Forcible Compulsion, Felony 1 (two counts)
– Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, Forcible Compulsion, Felony 1 (two counts)
– Strangulation – Applying Pressure to Throat or Neck, Felony 2 (two counts)
– Sexual Assault, Felony 2
– Corruption Of Minors – Defendant Age 18 or Above, Felony 3 (two counts)

Adams remains lodged in the Clarion County Jail on $50,000.00 monetary bail.

His case is working its way through the court system.

Case details:

According to a criminal complaint, on November 28, 2017, Officer Berggren, of PSP-Clarion, was assigned to investigate an incident of rape that occurred between Adams and a known 16-year-old victim.

During an interview with the victim on January 15, she stated that she had been choked by Adams and was forced to perform a sexual act on him and was forced to have sexual intercourse with him while he was a guest at her residence.

On February 14, Adams allegedly admitted to grabbing the victim’s hair and forcing her to perform a sexual act on him. In addition, he allegedly pushed the victim on a bed, removed the victim’s shorts, placed his hands around the victim’s throat, and forcefully had sexual intercourse with the victim, according to the complaint.

Adams allegedly admitted it occurred two separate times.

He also “admitted to the victim being fearful during the encounter,” the complaint states.