In the early morning hours of May 2, 2023, law enforcement from the Duluth Police Department were dispatched to a residence within the City of Duluth for a report of a sexual assault that had occurred hours prior late at night on May 1, 2023 within the City of Cloquet, County of Carlton, Minnesota. Upon arrival, officers made contact with the reporting party whom was also the reported victim, J. S. She told law enforcement that earlier in the evening on May 1, 2023, she was hanging out with a female friend, M. G., in Duluth.
She stated that eventually, the two of them met up with another female friend, A. B., at a residence in Duluth. There, J. S. Reported that all three women began consuming alcohol together for a period of time. J. S. Stated that as the night went on, M. G. Began messaging a male, identified as TARIUS KEESHAWN LOVEJOY, [DOB redacted] (hereinafter DEFENDANT). She stated M. G. And DEFENDANT decided that after he got off of work at Pizza Hut, he would pick all three women up and drive them to his residence in the City of Cloquet.
J. S. Stated at approximately 9:00 P.M., DEFENDANT did in fact pick up her, A. B., and M. G. Up and drove them to his residence. J. S. Stated that upon entering DEFENDANT's residence, all three women were brought to a bedroom, of which she believed to have belonged to DEFENDANT. J. S. Stated she began to feel uncomfortable because DEFENDANT was persistent that she sit on the bed with him and M. G. She stated, however, that she instead chose to lay on the floor. She stated that DEFENDANT and M. G. Then left the bedroom together for approximately 10-15 minutes to have sexual intercourse.
J. S. Stated that as they were gone, she continued to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana. Once M. G. And DEFENDANT returned to the bedroom, J. S. Stated that they became persistent that she have sexual intercourse with DEFENDANT as well. J. S. Stated that she recalls telling DEFENDANT that she did not want to and stated that she was not attracted to him. J. S. Disclosed that she felt pressured to have sexual intercourse with DEFENDANT at this time and that there was no way for her to leave due to her being unfamiliar with where she was and her level of intoxication.
J. S. Stated that DEFENDANT then led her down a hall and took her into a bathroom. There, J. S. Stated that she could feel DEFENDANT pushed up against her and that he started "touching her." J. S. Then disclosed that she was vaginally penetrated by DEFENDANT and described DEFENDANT's actions as "forceful." J. S. Disclosed that she presently felt pain left over from the incident. J. S. Also stated that she did not take any of her clothes off and that she did not think any clothing was fully removed from her body.
She stated that at one point, DEFENDANT stopped penetrating her but that she believe he may have ejaculated inside of her. She said that after DEFENDANT was finished, he dressed himself and left the room, leaving her on the bathroom floor. She stated she was still intoxicated at this point in time and that her two friends had to come help her up off the bathroom floor and out to DEFENDANT's vehicle. DEFENDANT then drove the women back to Duluth and dropped J. S. Off at her residence. J. S. Then underwent a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) examination and provided law enforcement with the clothing she wore during the assault.
