Man given life sentence for 1993 Charlotte rape will be released on parole

CHARLOTTE ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — A man sentenced to life for the rape of a Charlotte college student will be released on November 4, according to the North Carolina Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission.

In November 1993, Bruce Allan Clements, now 62, was sentenced to life in prison for the following:

  • First Degree Rape
  • First Degree Sexual Offense
  • First Degree Kidnapping

According to the Greensboro News & Record , Clements pleaded guilty to attacking a University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC-Charlotte) student who was jogging on campus. The incident happened on May 15, 1993, graduation day. Then 31-year-old Clements reportedly wrapped a heavy electrical cord around the student’s neck, drug her into the woods and raped her.

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Prior to this incident, Clements was convicted in 1988 of trying to strangle a woman in Charlottesville, Virginia, the newspaper wrote . In January 1993, he was on parole when he allegedly stalked a female jogger at Clemson University.

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