Man wanted for rape on Penn State Abington’s campus pleads guilty

Abdul-Jabril Cooper, 20, a former Penn State Abington student accused of raping a woman at his on-campus apartment in September 2024, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault without consent, The Reporter said.

According to their coverage, Cooper faces a possible maximum sentence of 5 to 10 years in prison on the charge and will face a lifetime requirement to report his address to state police in order to comply with the state’s Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act.

He turned himself in to police one day after the U.S. Marshals released his picture. He had previously declined offers from Penn State University police and the U.S. Marshals Service to surrender.

The investigation began on September 26, 2024, when the victim reported that she had been sexually assaulted by Cooper on September 25 during a visit to Cooper’s on-campus apartment. While watching TV, Cooper allegedly made non-consensual sexual advances and “touched the woman in an indecent manner”, The Reporter wrote.

The victim was eventually able to run out of the defendant’s apartment. Cooper subsequently dropped out of the university, The Reporter said.

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Photo: U.S. Marshals