Crime & fire.
Mirvan Dinler, 26, of Washington Court, allegedly raped a student in her dorm room in September.
A Trappe Borough Uber driver heads to a preliminary hearing next week on accusations of raping a Villanova University student in September after dropping her off on campus.
Mirvan Dinler, 26, of the 200 block of Washington Court, was charged Sept. 13 by Delaware County and Radnor detectives with felony counts of rape, rape of a substantially impaired person, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a substantially impaired person, sexual assault, and indecent assault without consent, per court documents, related to the Sept. 13 incident.
Dinler is also charged with misdemeanor counts of indecent assault on a person who is substantially impaired and reckless endangerment, per court documents.
Dinler is free on 10% of $250,000 cash bail, posted Oct. 4.
According to The Delaware County Daily Times, the victim, 21, had reportedly been raped in a residence hall of the university in Radnor Township.
Detectives met with the victim, who reported she had five alcoholic drinks on an empty stomach before going out to celebrate a birthday, per the report. She felt ill on the way to a Philadelphia nightclub, authorities allege, and she decided to not go into the club and instead took an Uber back to the university.
According to the article, an Uber receipt shows a pickup by “Mirvan” at 10:19 pm. on the 900 block of Watts Street and a dropoff at 11:08 p.m.
Per the article, the victim told police Dinler followed her to her residence in Hovnanian Hall, where he entered her room and raped her. Dinler allegedly forced the girl to perform oral sex as well.
According to the report, detectives reviewed campus security footage that showed the woman being escorted toward Hovnanian Hall by a man at 11:09 to 11:10 p.m. that night.
Read more on the incident here.
Dinler is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Oct. 17 at 9 a.m. before Magisterial District Judge Sloan Walker.
