A suspect has been charged in last month’s broad daylight rape of a woman in a Montgomery park.
Corrace Calloway, 41, was taken into custody overnight when police responded to a report of a man pulling on car handles at The Crossings of Eastchase, a Montgomery senior living facility.
Calloway, who police say had a handgun in the waistband of his pajama pants, struggled with officers before he was taken into custody.
Then, while sitting in the back of a patrol vehicle, according to court records, he slipped out of his handcuffs and ran away.
He was taken into custody a second time after a brief foot chase.
The investigation began in early April when a woman told police she was sexually assaulted at Wynton Blount Park. Police said the attack happened between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. that Saturday near the park’s entrance at Woodmere Boulevard.
Central Alabama Crime Stoppers had offered a $5,000 reward for information leading investigators to identify the suspect.
It was not immediately clear what led to the identification of Calloway as a suspect or when the warrant against him was obtained.
Just before 2 a.m. Monday, Montgomery police responded to the senior living facility to investigate the suspicious person pulling car door handles.
While en route, the officers were given the descriptions of two men – one wearing a black vest and black pants, and the other wearing a gray jacket with pajama pants, charging documents show.
When they arrived, they came in contact with the man wearing pajama pants. He gave them a name, but officers suspected it was a false identity, records state.
After discovering the Glock in his waistband and taking him into custody, they learned his true identity and realized he was wanted on a warrant for first-degree rape.
After Calloway escaped and was recaptured, officers also learned he had convictions for manslaughter and domestic violence.
