ANN ARBOR, MI - A 30-year-old man was formally charged Tuesday, May 9 in the rape of a University of Michigan student.
Shams Tabriz was arraigned on charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, first-degree home invasion and two counts of assault and battery.
Tabriz is accused of entering a 19-year-old woman's apartment about 2 a.m.
Tabriz, who lives on the same floor as the women, was caught on surveillance video staggering, seemingly intoxicated, down the apartment hallway attempting to open doors before entering the woman's unlocked apartment.
Tabriz inappropriately touched the woman's two roommates, who were asleep in their own rooms and did not initially register what was happening, before sexually assaulting the 19-year-old.
