Convicted child rapist in Watervliet Court again for similar crime
A convicted rapist accused of raping another teenager in Watervliet was back in court.
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Rhannad Burch, 31, appeared before Judge Thomas Lamb in Watervliet City Court Tuesday morning.
This was a preliminary hearing, with testimony from a person who was in the Third Avenue home at the time of the alleged rape.
Burch is accused of forcibly raping a 15-year-old girl in a bedroom where she had been sleeping, just five says after his release from prison for raping a 16-year-old girl.
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He is facing a list of charges including first degree rape and predatory sexual assault.
He was sent back to jail after the hearing, and the case is now expected to head to a grand jury.
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On his way back to jail, Burch actually spoke to reporters. Hear what he had to say by watching the video of Kumi Tucker’s story.