I hate bumping this thread but feel it's relevant.
https://www.facebook.com/tulsapolice/posts/10158351608808663If you can't or don't want to get on FB, the gist of it is the following from the presser from TPD:
🚨Paul Tay Arrested for Kidnapping/1st Degree Rape🚨
On 8/23/21, the Tulsa Police Department's Special Victims Unit received information that initiated an investigation of rape and kidnapping involving 59-year-old Paul Tay.
The victim said on Sunday, she responded to a Craigslist ad for a job on Tay's campaign team for office. The ad stated that Tay would give the victim a place to stay as well as pay.
Tay picked the victim up in Bethany because she did not have a ride to Oklahoma City. When Paul Tay picked her up, the victim said he headed to Tulsa, not OKC. The victim said she tried to get out, but Tay would not let her out of the car. Instead, Tay hit the victim with a pipe and sexually assaulted her.
In Beggs, the victim said Tay ran out of gas then locked her in the car while he panhandled for gas money. The victim said she was afraid to try to get out of the car because he had already assaulted her with a pipe. Once he had enough money, he drove her to his house near 41st and Toledo in midtown Tulsa.
The victim said at Tay's house, he attempted to have sex with her, then sexually assaulted/raped her with a pipe.
On Monday, the victim said she convinced Tay to take her to Walmart at 31st and Harvard to buy hygiene products. Once at the store, the victim was able to get away and get help from a store employee.
Officers arrived and arrested Tay in the parking lot.
Paul Tay was arrested for:
- 1st Degree Rape
- Kidnapping
- Assault with a Dangerous Weapon
This is an arrest, not a conviction.