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MUSKEGON, MI – A 55-year-old mother of a rape suspect is accused of threatening one of her son's alleged victims.
Lynette Sue Humphrey, the mother of Joshua Matthew-Rolling Humphrey, allegedly threatened in a voice mail message to "beat up" one of her son's alleged victims. Joshua Humphrey, along with Larry Donell Stiff, has been charged in the "date-rape drug"-related rapes of two women in the Muskegon area.
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was charged last week with witness intimidation as a third-time habitual offender and is lodged in the Muskegon County Jail on a $20,000 bond. She faces up to 20 years in prison.
Joshua Humphrey, 34, and Stiff, 31, have been charged with third degree criminal sexual conduct involving a Feb. 7, 2016 incident with one woman, and as first-degree criminal sexual conduct accomplicesin an incident involving another woman in 2013.They were charged in March for the 2016 case, and on July 8 for the 2013 case.
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MUSKEGON, MI – Two men have been charged in the "date-rape drug"-related rapes of two women in the Muskegon area and prosecutors believe there may be many more victims.
Joshua Matthew-Rolling Humphrey, 34, and Larry Donell Stiff, 31, have been charged with third degree criminal sexual conduct involving a Feb. 7, 2016 incident with one woman, and as first-degree criminal sexual conduct accomplices in an incident involving another woman in 2013. They were charged in March for the 2016 case, and on July 8 for the 2013 case.
In the 2013 case, there is possibly another female victim, and charges may come for that, Muskegon County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Timothy Maat said.
The men drugged the women before raping them, Maat said. The prosecutor's office is reviewing other cases involving "at least a dozen victims," he said.
Maat urged other possible victims to step forward and for the public's help in obtaining additional information against Humphrey and Stiff.
Sworn search warrant affidavits indicate that Humphrey told police he has herpes.
A search warrant was obtained for Humphrey's medical records after police learned that Humphrey had been prescribed Tramadol HCL.
Police say it had been refilled 22 times in six months, between July 2015 and January 2016. Tramadol is restricted to five refills in six months because it is a Schedule IV controlled substance.
Police said the effects of Tramadol are very similar to those described by the alleged rape victims. Tramadol is an addictive narcotic pain reliever that can cause nausea, dizziness and drowsiness, especially when taken with alcohol, according to the Mayo Clinic's web site.
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details, culled from search warrant affidavits, of the cases Stiff and Humphrey are accused of:
Oct. 31, 2013: A woman referred to here as "Woman A" told police she met Humphrey on an Internet dating web site and after communicating a couple weeks they decided to meet in person. She went to his home at 1143 Oaklea St. and he drove them to the now-closed Cancun Connections bar at 2411 Hall Road.
There they met up with Stiff and a woman referred to here as "Woman B." At one point, the men give the women shots of a dark liquid. The group left and ended up at Stiff's house. Woman A told police on Nov. 4 she last remembered sitting on a couch before she passed out, later waking up naked and lying next to Woman B whose pants and underwear had been pulled down. Woman A goes to the hospital and a rape test is performed, later turning up DNA of two men, one of them Stiff's. Police received a search warrant to do DNA testing on Humphrey.
Woman B tells police that "everything began to blur" when they left the bar and that she too remembered sitting on a couch and then blacked out, though she groggily came to a couple times and noticed a man was on top of her and the other was on top of Woman A. She also sensed being sexually penetrated. "She could not move or talk," the detective swore in the affidavit.
A few weeks later, Woman A tells police that Humphrey was sending her text messages, including one warning her about making a false police report, that she should be careful of committing slander and that "everything u did that night is on camera so whatever u are trying to pull won't stand."
The Muskegon County Prosecutor's Office received on July 8, 2016 from the Muskegon Police Department the complaint seeking criminal sexual conduct charges in the 2013 incident. Both Stiff and Humphrey were charged that same day with first degree CSC, a potential life felony. Both are charged as second time habitual offenders. Maat said another CSC charge could be added for the assault on Woman B.
Muskegon Police Chief Jeffrey Lewis declined to comment on the case, including why it took police nearly 3 years to bring the 2013 complaint to the prosecutor's office.
"This is an open case proceeding through the judicial system," Lewis said. "It would be inappropriate to comment at this time."
Feb. 6, 2016: "Woman C" meets up with Humphrey, whom she knows, and another man she doesn't know at the Marine Tap Room, 1983 Lakeshore Dr. Woman C brings two friends with her because she had heard negative things about Humphrey, including that he was "rapey" and "creepy," according to court documents.
She ate pizza and drank beer with her friends and Humphrey bought her one beer. She didn't remember anything after that until she woke up in her own home wearing surgical scrub pants, no underwear and her bra and top askew. She said she didn't own scrubs and had never before seen the ones she woke up wearing.
One of Woman C's friends told police Woman C met Humphrey on the Tinder dating web site and he later tracked her down on Facebook.
The prosecutor's office on March 18 filed third degree criminal sexual conduct charges against Humphrey and Stiff in the assault of Woman C. That charge is punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
In another case in which charges have not been brought, "Woman D" told police she met Humphrey on Facebook and agreed to see him in person at "Mike (cq) Bar," according to a court affidavit. There Humphrey told her about a local guy putting the date rape drug in women's drinks and how easy it was to make with common household items.
On a later night, Woman D met up with Humphrey and his friend "Larry" at 22 Below, 22 S. Harbor Dr. in Grand Haven, according to the affidavit. Humphrey kept asking to smell her drink and within minutes of taking a drink she "began to feel very sedated," the detective swore on the affidavit. She called a friend to take her home and needed help walking. Woman D had no memory for part of the night and later learned that Humphrey had come to her house but was told by others to leave. The next day she was very sick and vomiting and felt that she had been drugged, according to the court document.
Woman D was interviewed in March 2016, but it is not clear when the incident occurred.