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Cargo Ship Rape
Former cargo ship captain John Merrone is wheeled out of federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York by his lawyer, Bruce Barket, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, after pleading guilty to charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy cadet in 2019 while she was working on the vessel.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A former cargo ship captain pleaded guilty on Wednesday to drugging and rapi…