Charges filed in new rape case
Tyreak Alexander Speed
Maryville Public Safety Director Keith Wood issued a statement Monday saying that officers are investigating an alleged rape that occurred in the early morning hours on Sunday, March 15, at a residence in the 700 block of North Mulberry Street.
Held on felony rape charges in the Nodaway County jail was Tyreak Alexander Speed, 23, of Liberty. Bond was set at $35,000.
The victim was described as a 19-year-old Maryville resident. Wood said the woman reportedly met the suspect earlier in the night at a “separate social gathering at another location.”
According to a probable cause statement filed by Maryville Public Safety Sgt. Ryan Glidden, Speed allegedly committed the sexual assault while the reported victim was “incapacitated and incapable of consent.”
According to Glidden’s statement, the reported victim, after consuming an intoxicating substance, blacked out and awoke to find a man having sex with her. The woman reportedly told the man to stop, but told police he failed to do so.
The reported victim described her alleged attacker as an African-American man from Liberty. She said she had met the man earlier that night at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house at 622 N. Walnut St. in Maryville.
According to Glidden’s statement, the reported victim identified Speed by picking him out of a photo lineup.
Glidden stated that, after being advised of his rights, Speed admitted dancing with the reported victim at the fraternity house and kissing her, but denied having sex with her.
Members of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity told the Daily Forum Tuesday that Speed is not a member of their fraternity.
MPS officers are being assisted in the investigation by the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office and the Northwest Missouri State University Police Department.
According to court documents, Speed was charged with felony rape in the first degree, which carries a sentencing range of five years to life in prison.
Nodaway County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Rice also filed an alternative charge of second-degree rape, which carries a sentencing range of two to seven years.
The two charges differ in that first-degree rape relates to a victim who is incapacitated, incapable of consent, or who lacks the capacity to consent.
The incident is the second alleged rape in Maryville in less than three weeks.
On March 3, Rice filed felony rape charges against 22-year-old Abraham Flores Acosta with regard to an alleged weekend attack on a woman at the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house at 555 W. Ninth St. in Maryville.
