Couple accused of rape, complicity in Defiance

3/7/2009

DEFIANCE A man and woman are being held without bond in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio near Stryker in connection with what police said was a possible rape of a child under 10.

Defiance police said an investigation resulted in the arrests of Rosalie Adkins, 35, on a charge of rape, and her husband, Thomas Adkins, 49, on a charge of complicity to rape.

The couple made an appearance by video Friday in Defiance Municipal Court.

A bond hearing is scheduled to continue there Monday.