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Bloomington man arrested for alleged downtown rape

A Bloomington man was arrested Sunday for reportedly raping a woman , Bloomington Police Department ?Lieutenant Steven Kellams said.

John R. Feldman, 24, was arrested near Kirkwood Avenue and Walnut Street. Police responded to a call at about 4:30 a.m.

A woman told police that she met Feldman at a bar early in the evening, and the pair ended up heading back to her apartment.

The victim told police they both fell asleep in her bedroom, and when she woke up Feldman was sexually ?assaulting her.

The victim told police that she was able to get Feldman out of her apartment before calling the police. Officers apprehended him shortly after arriving on scene and ?searching nearby.

Kellams said Feldman told police that he and the woman began to kiss, and then he blacked out. When he woke up, he said the victim was hysterical. He told police he then got dressed and ran out of the apartment.

The victim went to IU Health-Bloomington Hospital, where a rape kit was ?performed.

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