Surprised this hasn’t been posted yet.
I know a few guys out there on the PrePo ships and they sent this to me.
Ship steward supervisor accused of rape
Bryan Manabat
Nov 15, 2022 Updated Nov 15, 2022
WILLIE Carnell Frink, a steward supervisor of a maritime prepositioning ship, has been arrested after he was accused of sexually assaulting a female crewmember.
On Monday, Frink, 40, appeared before Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho who imposed a $50,000 cash bail on the defendant.
Frink was charged with one count of sexual assault in the first degree. He was represented by Assistant Public Defender Tyler Scott while Assistant Attorney General Frances Demapan appeared for the government.
After the hearing, Frink was remanded to the custody of the Department of Corrections and was ordered to return to court on Nov. 23, at 10 a.m. for a preliminary hearing, and on Nov. 28 at 9 a.m. for an arraignment.
According to the complaint, the victim told police that she and Frink are co-workers and that he was her supervisor.
She said on Nov. 11, 2022, around 1 p.m., she hung out with Frink and went swimming at a hotel later.
According to the victim, Frink told her that he rented a room at another hotel where they could hang out together.
She said while swimming, she and Frink drank alcoholic beverages in the pool bar area.
She told investigators that because it was happy hour, Frink bought her rum and Coke. After the second drink she said she started feeling very dizzy, nauseous, and shaky.
She said she was not feeling good when they went to the hotel room that Frink rented. She said she took a shower and while in the bathroom she threw up and later sat down on the bed due to dizziness.
Frink, she said, offered her a massage. She said she was hesitant to oblige, although Frink’s hands were already on her shoulders. She said she shrugged Frink off, but he laid her down against the bed and started rubbing her back with lotion.
She said she tried to squirm away, but Frink held her back down and told her to “just relax.” The victim said at that point she was feeling very confused.
She said she began to black out and “all of a sudden Frink was having sexual intercourse with her without her consent.”
