Rapist Forces Victim to Write Him a Check

SUN-SENTINEL.com reports that a south Fla. man was arrested attempting to cash a personal check that he forced his rape victim to write him. Anthony R. Roberts brutally raped a woman in Davie, Fla. and forced her to write him a check for $1,400 after Roberts learned the woman had no cash.

A clerk at a check cashing store called the phone number on the check to determine its legitimacy. Detectives were at the victim's house investigated the rape and answered the phone when the clerk called. Police surrounded the store in minutes and took Roberts into custody.