East Ridge police have arrested  a Chattanooga man for rape after he allegedly climbed into bed with a woman who hosted a Halloween Party that he attended over the weekend.

Gabriel Thomas Grant, 23, of an Old Britain Circle address, was charged with rape and is scheduled to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on November 7.

According to an affidavit of complaint, on Sunday police were called to The Flats at East Ridge apartments at 3725 Fountain Avenue on a reported rape. The victim told police that following a Halloween party at the apartment she had gone to bed with her boyfriend. Several of the guests spent the night instead of going home.

Gabriel Grant

The victim said that one guest, Grant, was invited to sleep on the couch in the bedroom. The victim said that after she fell asleep, she awoke to Grant touching her sexually and that his genitals were exposed. According to the report, the victim was “very emotionally distraught while speaking with police.”

The report states that Grant, after having been advised of his Constitutional protections, told police that he climbed into bed with the victim after she had fallen asleep. The report states that Grant said he touched her arm and stomach and that she raised her head but said nothing. Grant said he believed she was consenting to sex.

According to the report, Grant said “he became 100 percent sure that she was awake when she jumped out of bed upon his second attempt (at having sex with the victim).”