Gang Rape Case

(New Smyrna Beach, Florida) An alleged gang rape led to Thursday's arrests of 25-year-old Jeremy Tingler, a U.S. Navy chaplain's assistant, and 24-year-old Eddie Selph, a local man with a lengthy arrest record.

The name of a third man, a drug dealer, has not been released by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.


 
Jeremy Tingler -- Eddie Selph

Reportedly, the female victim approached the dealer about 3am on May 9th to buy some methamphetamine.

When she told him she only wanted drugs, not sex, the dealer hit her in the head, investigators said. Then Tingler and Selph moved in and began struggling with her, pulling off her clothes.

The men choked her, punched her and eventually held her on the floor by her arms and legs. They took turns raping her while she struggled, she told investigators.

Afterward, the men let her gather her clothes and leave, although they kept her ID card and told her she'd have to come back later to get it.

The meth dealer grabbed her as she left and warned if she told anyone about the rape, he'd burn down her house, according to the report.

Tingler and Selph face charges of sexual battery, aggravated battery and false imprisonment. They were booked into custody Volusia County Jail without bail.

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