Gary man charged with rape

A Gary man is charged with raping a woman on April 12 while she waited to get her kids from the bus stop in Merrillville.

Howard Lewis, 33, was charged Thursday with one count of rape.

He is not in custody, ordered held on a $5,000 cash bond.

“I’m going to get some (expletive),” Lewis told her, before the assault.

He drove to another part of the parking lot, walked around to the passenger side and assaulted the woman in the car, records allege.

When her children knocked on the window, Lewis had them wait outside for “several minutes,” documents note. She tried to act “like nothing happened,” because she didn’t want them to know she was raped.

The woman told police it was “not the first time” but she didn’t report it, because she was “embarrassed.”

Chicago man charged with rape

A Chicago man is charged with raping a Merrillville woman on May 30 in front of her baby, records allege.

Arronte Dean, 24, was charged Thursday with rape, burglary, criminal confinement, domestic battery, resisting law enforcement and three misdemeanors.

He is not in custody, held on an $8,500 cash bond.

The woman said she was getting ready to leave at 7 or 8 a.m. when she opened the door, Dean forced his way inside, saying he wanted her cell phone.

A few hours later, she was a “good girl” as he looked through the phone. She told him to leave. Then, he sexually assaulted her, according to the affidavit. He later asked her about what she did for Mother’s Day.