3 more charges for suspect in Neb. rape case

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More charges have been filed against a man accused of raping a Nebraska college student.

Three counts of use of a deadly weapon were added this month to the list of charges against 30-year-old Joshua Keadle. He’d previously been charged with three counts of sexual assault and one count each of false imprisonment and terroristic threats in the alleged Halloween 2010 rape of a Peru State student.

Keadle, a suspended student from Swansea, S.C., has pleaded not guilty. His trial is set for Dec. 5 in Nemaha County District Court.

Keadle also pleaded not guilty in Dodge County to sexually assaulting a teen in 2008.

Both cases were filed after Keadle’s arrest in the December disappearance of student Tyler “Ty” Thomas, who hasn’t been found. No charges have been filed.