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   From: slimey-leftists@now.org   
      
   An Austin Water employee is on leave after he was arrested for rape and   
   robbery while on-duty Friday, according to court documents.   
      
   Around 8 a.m. on Friday, June 3 Austin Police responded to an urgent call on   
   Cedargrove Drive in Southeast Austin. According to the caller, an injured   
   woman was lying on the sidewalk, bleeding and appeared to have a broken hip.   
   The woman was shouting and    
   said she had been sexually assaulted and dragged by a car.   
      
   After the victim was taken away by EMS, a witness flagged down the officer to   
   report they "had seen a large white truck that said, 'Water,' on the side of   
   it pass by the victim as she was walking by a park in the area. The truck   
   turned around and drove    
   passed the victim and stopped. A male exited the vehicle and assaulted the   
   victim," an arrest affidavit states. The witness told police they did see the   
   victim being dragged by the truck.   
      
   After reviewing surveillance video from homes in the neighborhood the   
   investigating officer found the marked truck appeared to belong to the City of   
   Austin Water Department. During his investigation, the officer said he was   
   approached by Austin Water    
   employee Corie Darian Cornist, Jr., 31, who asked if something bad had   
   happened in the area. The officer, "could tell that Corie knew something about   
   the incident and he asked him what he knew. Corie eventually admitted to being   
   involved," court records    
   state.   
      
   According to Cornist, he picked the victim up off Pleasant Valley Road and   
   drove her to the park. He told officers the victim was acting strangely and   
   while trying to get her to exit the truck she ended up being dragged by the   
   vehicle.   
      
   According to the victim, she was walking near the Walmart at SH 71 and I-35   
   when Cornist pulled up and offered her a ride. The victim said once in the   
   truck Cornist offered her money in exchange for oral sex and when she   
   declined, he became angry. The    
   victim told police Cornist pulled over on Cedargrove Drive and dragged her   
   into an area "behind the cab of the truck," where he raped her. The victim   
   said she was eventually able to get away but while struggling with Cornist   
   over a cell phone he had    
   taken from her, Cornist rolled up the window on the victim's hands and   
   proceeded to drive off, dragging the victim who was then reportedly run over   
   by the vehicle.   
      
   Police say records from Austin Water confirmed Cornist was on-duty when the   
   assault happened and despite being assigned to work in Southwest Austin, GPS   
   on the city-issued truck showed he was in the area of the sexual assault when   
   it occurred.    
   Additionally, records showed Cornist drove to Austin Water's East Austin   
   station right after the incident but failed to clock out of work and left   
   without notifying his supervisor.   
      
   https://cbsaustin.com/resources/media/165fe9d1-87e6-4789-b024-7b   
   fd1118a1a-medium16x9_CorieCornistJr1.jpg?1654541189108   
   Booking photo of Corie Cornist Jr. (Courtesy: Austin Police Department)   
      
   Austin Police say Cornist declined to provide a statement to the Special   
   Investigations Unit.   
      
   In a statement Austin Water tells CBS Austin:   
      
   Austin Water is aware of the criminal investigation regarding Corie D.   
   Cornist, who was taken into police custody on Friday. Mr. Cornist was placed   
   on leave immediately. As a fair chance employer, the City will take the   
   appropriate steps pending the    
   outcome of the investigation.   
      
   https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/austin-water-employee-arrested-   
   or-rape-robbery-in-city-truck   
      
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