Jefferson City man charged with rape, second man accused of being accessory

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Jefferson City man has been charged with first-degree rape in Cole County.

A warrant was requested on Wednesday for Tamiko Carter Jr., who was accused of raping a woman in her apartment while she slept on April11. He is not listed on the Cole County Jail roster.

A second man, Bruce Cannady, 32, of Jefferson City, was charged earlier this week with accessory to first-degree rape. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A hearing was held on Wednesday and Cannady was denied a public defender. A preliminary hearing in his case is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7.

Court documents say the victim had friends over the night of the assault and allegedly fell asleep next to Cannady, but awoke to Carter raping her. Cannady was allegedly looking into the bedroom from a hallway and allowed the assault the occur, court documents allege. Carter ran after the victim yelled and tried to defend herself, the statement says.

Both men were allegedly seen on video running from the home and Cannady had called the victim through a social media application while she was speaking with police, one of the statements say. A sexual assault exam was conducted at an area hospital, the statement says.