Baltimore man found guilty, faces life in prison for rape

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office announced Friday that a Baltimore man was convicted of rape after a four-day trial, officials said.

Daquon McCullers was found guilty of first-degree rape and related offenses for attacking a woman he met online.

“The brutality and aggression of this defendant’s actions are deeply disturbing, and this conviction ensures he will be held accountable for the unimaginable trauma and harm he inflicted,” said State’s Attorney Ivan Bates.

On June 25, 2025, at 1:44 a.m., a woman walked into BPD’s southwest district location to report a rape. The woman said she went to the home of a man she met online in the 700 block of Linnard Street at his request.

When the woman entered the location, she realized she had been to the residence before. It was dark inside the home, but when she encountered McCullers, she recognized who he was from a previous meeting two years prior when she first communicated with him that she did not want a relationship, despite his advances at the time.

On the date of this incident, McCullers escorted the woman upstairs and told her to wait in a bedroom, which made her nervous and uneasy.

When McCullers entered the bedroom, he began strangling the woman and proceeded to rape her.

During the attack, the woman realized McCullers was recording his actions on an electronic device.

This video was recovered for evidence and showed the woman in distress and pleading for McCullers to stop the attack, and McCullers then told the woman to leave the residence.

As she gathered her belongings, McCullers followed her outside and attempted to rape her again. She was able to escape and call a friend to take her to the police station.

Digital evidence showed McCullers stopped recording the incident at 1:33 a.m.

Officers found visible marks around the woman’s neck upon her arrival to the police station. She was taken for an examination, and evidence of the strangulation and rape was observed and documented.

McCullers faces a life sentence at his disposition hearing on December 17.