Man accused of rape, sexual assault in Philipsburg after second arrest this month
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- Gage T. Swoope was arrested on new rape charges following prior assault charges.
- Police allege Swoope forcibly assaulted a woman and took her phone during the incident.
- Bail was set at $300,000; Swoope remains jailed pending hearings on June 4.
A Clearfield County man was arrested Friday on charges of rape and sexual assault, less than two weeks after he was taken into custody on separate felony charges strangulation and aggravated indecent assault.
Gage T. Swoope, 28, was accused of raping the woman for about an hour in March at a home in Philipsburg. The woman said she fought and screamed to get him off of her, but he kept forcing her onto the bed and took her cellphone, state police at Rockview wrote in an affidavit of probable cause.
His accuser said she was in “so much pain” after the alleged attack, a trooper wrote.
Swoope was also arrested earlier this month after the same woman said he grabbed her by the neck, pushed her against a wall in her bedroom, disrobed and then digitally penetrated her, police wrote in a separate affidavit of probable cause.
A message left Tuesday with defense lawyer Gregory E. Davidson was not immediately returned.
Swoope was arraigned after his latest arrest by District Judge Casey McClain, who set bail at $300,000. He is incarcerated at the Centre County Correctional Facility. His preliminary hearings are scheduled for June 4.
This story was originally published May 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM.