ST. CHARLES, Mo. — A
23-year-old man who works as a reserve police officer in the St. Louis suburb
of Pine Lawn is facing charges for allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend's
apartment and raping her.
Rico Frazier was arrested
Wednesday and charged with burglary, rape, felonious restraint and two counts
of sodomy. He is jailed on $200,000 cash-only bond, and does not have a listed
attorney.
A 22-year-old Lindenwood
University student reported the attack in May, at her apartment about two miles
from the St. Charles campus. Frazier and the woman were involved in a
relationship until October.
Police say the suspect used a
rock to smash through a sliding glass door while the woman was sleeping, then
sprayed her in the face with law enforcement-grade pepper spray, and sexually
assaulted her.