King County prosecutors charged a 32-year-old Kent man Tuesday with several felony charges in connection with setting up dates through a gay dating app, meeting the men and robbing the victims.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In a Seattle case, he also allegedly raped one of the men.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Leverne Maxwell has been charged under two separate cause numbers for a multitude of violent felonies, said Ian Goodhew, spokesman for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, in an email.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The first set of charges stem from a Kent Police investigation in which he is charged with first-degree robbery and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The second set of charges are based from multiple Seattle Police investigations. The charges include first-degree rape, first-and second-degree robberies, first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and first-degree burglary.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Bail is set at $250,000 for the Kent incident and $500,000 for the Seattle cases for a total of $750,000. Maxwell is scheduled to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. May 6 in Courtroom 1201 at the King County Courthouse in Seattle. He remains in custody at the county jail at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n