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<p>EXETER TWP. &#8212; A Pittston man facing a trial on charges he assaulted a woman twice last year was arraigned Tuesday on allegations he raped her.</p><p>State police allege DNA recovered from the woman after the assault matched the DNA profile of Austin Garrity, 23, of Gidding Street.</p><p>Garrity was arraigned by District Judge Joseph Carmody in Luzerne County Central Court on charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault and criminal mischief. He was released on $15,000 unsecured bail.</p><p>Court records say Garrity was free after posting $10,000 total bail on Feb. 1 on separate simple assault cases filed by Pittston police in 2018.</p><p>In those cases, Pittston police charged Garrity on May 3, 2018, when he became enraged when the woman refused to buy him cigarettes. When she left with an infant, Garrity smashed a glass door with broken glass striking the child, court records say.</p><p>Garrity was charged by Pittston police on Aug. 7 when he smashed a window on a vehicle occupied by the woman.</p><p>His trial on the separate cases is scheduled for Sept. 16 before Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr.</p><p>According to the criminal complaint charging Garrity with the latest offense:</p><p>A woman told state police Garrity accompanied her when she took her children to an Easter egg hunt in Exeter Township on April 13.</p><p>Garrity made a scene by yelling at the woman because she was using her cellphone.</p><p>She claimed Garrity smashed her phone inside her vehicle and dropped the children off at a relatives. He drove the woman to her apartment where she claimed he raped her, the complaint says.</p><p>She was examined at a hospital where evidence was recovered.</p><p>State police served a search warrant on Garrity at his place of employment for a saliva sample on June 13.</p><p>Garrity&#8217;s DNA profile matched the DNA evidence recovered from the woman, the complaint says.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Pittston man charged with rape