A school security official at an elite Boston school has been charged with the rape of a woman visiting from Ireland after police say they found her naked on the side of the road outside the Massachusetts State Police barracks on Martha's Vineyard.The suspect was allegedly a guest at the barracks visiting a state trooper friend from college, prosecutors said in court at his arraignment.Edward Brown, 27, pleaded not guilty in connection with the alleged Aug.15 attack, which prosecutors said took place inside the barracks.He allegedly met the victim at The Ritz, a bar in Oak Bluffs — the upscale waterfront community where former President Barack Obama owns a home.'JAWS' CHILD STAR SWORN IN AS POLICE CHIEF ON MARTHA'S VINEYARDEdward Joseph Brown's booking photo from the Dukes County Sheriff's Office.
(Dukes County Sheriff's Office)Police say they received two 911 calls around 1 a.m.and arrived to find a naked woman in distress.
She said she had been approached by a man at the bar before blacking out.Assistant District Attorney Courtney Scalice presented a graphic account of what happened in court, telling the judge the victim told investigators she had been followed around the bar by a Black man in a white hat, before she awoke face down and naked.GOT A TIP?Exterior of the Ritz Cafe on Circuit Avenue on Oct.15, 2026.
A woman from Ireland has alleged that she met a strange man there before she awoke naked at the nearby Massachusetts State Police barracks and was sexually assaulted.(Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)She told investigators he held her down despite her kicking and screaming.
Eventually, she asked for water, and when her attacker left, she said she "ran for her life" out of the building.She told police she ran down two flights of stairs and out of the building and had been on the road for a few minutes before someone stopped to help.An aerial view of the harbor and town of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard.(John Greim/LightRocket via Getty ...