Photographer Arrested 34 Years After Alleged Rape, Police Say Girlfriend Had Reported Him After Finding Suspicious Bag

Darrell Lavoie is accused of lying in wait for his alleged victim and raping her after she returned home from work in November 1991

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  • Darrell Lavoie has been charged with several offenses including rape stemming in a 1991 incident
  • His then-girlfriend had told the alleged victim she found a bag with suspicious items in it soon after the incident
  • The alleged victim was Lavoie’s then-girlfriend’s friend, per reports

A New Hampshire man has been arrested in connection with an alleged rape at knifepoint more than three decades ago.

Darrell Lavoie, 59, of Nashua, N.H., appeared in the Essex County Superior Court in Massachusetts on Monday, Nov. 17 in connection with the alleged November 1991 incident, the Essex County District Attorney’s office said in a press release this week.

Authorities alleged Lavoie assaulted the woman on Nov. 12, 1991 in her Peabody, Mass. home. He allegedly hid out in her home, lay in wait for her, then blindfolded and raped her at knifepoint, per the DA’s office statement…

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