Alleged Rapist Recieves Continuance Due to Hurricane Helene
A senior at Gainesville High School (GHS) Andre Steven Foster, 18, was arrested last week for raping an underaged girl.
Foster went to the 9th grade center of the school and raped his “girlfriend” after she told him “No.” Foster’s arrest report says he and the victim were “dating” for four days before the rape.
During Foster’s police interview he claimed he stopped because he “remembered that they both said they would wait until they were married.”
The State Attorney's Office filed a motion of pretrial detention on Foster.
The motion was scheduled to be heard on Thursday but it had to be rescheduled due to Alachua County Courts being closed for Hurricane Helene.
A motion of continuance usually serves as a request; however, in this form the State Attorney’s Office was simply giving notification to the court that the hearing was required to be moved.
On Monday Judge Jonathan Ramsey will decide if Foster is to be granted bond or held in jail as his case is ongoing.
