Gaithersburg Man Charged in Rockville Rape
Terrance Zimmerman | MCPD
A 27-year-old Gaithersburg man has been charged with raping a Rockville woman on July 28, according to a Montgomery County police statement released Friday.
Terrance D. Zimmerman of Chesley Knoll Court in Gaithersburg is being held without bail, according to online court records. He has been charged with first-degree rape, first-degree assault and a third-degree sex offense, according to online records.
The woman standing outside of the Rockville Metro station at 251 Hungerford Drive when she was approached by two unknown men, police said.
One of the men engaged the victim in conversation and the man and victim exchanged phone numbers, police said.
The victim and suspect left the Metro station and walked to the rear of a home on MacArthur Drive in Rockville, where the suspect produced a folding knife and placed it to the victim’s throat as he raped her, police said.
The woman was able to run from the area when the suspect removed the knife from her neck, police said. The victim reported the rape to police July 30.
Shortly after the rape, the woman received a phone call and text messages from the man’s phone, which she did not answer. Investigators determined that the call and texts came from a phone that belonged to Zimmerman. Police also obtained surveillance video from the Metro showing Zimmerman walking away from the metro with the victim, police said.
Zimmerman was arrested Aug. 1 at his Gaithersburg home. At the time of his arrest, Zimmerman was wearing a hat that matched the description of the hat he is seen wearing in the Metro surveillance video.
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