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Rape Charges Dismissed in Joliet Man's Case

DNA proved Nakita Ulmer could not have been responsible for the sexual assault and an appellate court upheld a judge's ruling that new evidence couldn't be introduced.

 

Charges have been dismissed against a Joliet man who spent 17 months in the Will County jail for a sexual assault that DNA showed he did not commit.

Nakita Ulmer, 26, was arrested Oct. 15, 2009, and charged with home invasion, robbery, aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse in connection with the attack of a 62-year-old Joliet woman, according to a story in the Joliet Herald News.

He was released from jail in March 2011 when a DNA expert said the evidence collected could not have belonged to Ulmer, the story said.

The Will County State's Attorney's Office attempted to later introduce new evidence showing that Ulmer had an erectile disfunction pill in possession at the time of his arrest, supporting the victim's claim that her attacker was having trouble maintaining an erection, the story said.

When the judge would not allow the new evidence, the issue was appealed to the appellate court, which agreed with the judge in a ruling issued Jan. 8, the story said.

Related Topics: Appellate Court Ruling, Charges Dismissed, DNA evidence, Joliet rape and robbery, and Nakita Ulmer

pete tomzack

9:26 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

thank god for dna, i wonder where all the people, that convict arrestee's before the trial, are at? "hes guilty, lock him up, he should never be released , hes black so he did it, where are his parents at, hes a gangmember, deport him, only in Joliet" Some of the brighter people have yet to comment on this case. Looks like they are eating crow, hahahaahahahahaha.

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Wow

11:05 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Lets see here so he was dismissed on this case. But lets look at the fact that he still has a huge record as a known felon. HA HA HA Don't believe me? http://66.158.72.242/pa/cms/SearchPrompt.php Lets see whats the next crime he commits is...

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815crazy

12:13 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

because he has a record he should be guilty of something he didnt do some people crack me up

Sunshine

1:45 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Looks like his record is all traffic violations! How does traffic make you capable of Sexual Felony?

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815crazy

2:08 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Right some people say the dumbest stuff. Behind a keyboard they can say things that they would not say to the person. And also have no life of there own so wanna down others. Im sure there thoughts would be different if this was 1 of there relatives. @ wow

John Roberts

2:14 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Yeah DNA for sure..obviously having trouble keeping it up might have something to do with the victim fighting back..lmao...erectile disjunction pills...(Viagra) from what people I know that take them they go for up to $30 a pill..that's more than OxyContin,Suboxin,and Vicodin....go check out some of the drug price forums that people have out there that tells roughly the current prices of drugs..you can find out local prices and world..lmao...

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Heather

8:13 am on Friday, January 25, 2013

It wasn't even an erectile disfunction pill... It was a cheap pill to supposedly make you last longer from the gas station... Being his gf I can vouch for the fact he never had an issue with this.

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John Roberts

8:24 am on Friday, January 25, 2013

Not saying he did lol..some people that carry pills not from a gas station might be getting rid of the pills instead of using them...I would rather clear my name as a pill seller and admit to it before I let them use it against me like they tried to do...

darla black lopez

4:23 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Thank god for dna,so many men are in jail for crimes they didn't commit. And sorry to say but many white people look at a black man and to them they all look alike! Sterotyping! Oh iam a white women if you think iam being raciest iam not! But its true so many black men are doing time and a lot of them innocent! This erks me! Iam sick of black men being sterotyped ! We all bleed red! I"ve seen this many of times and its unfair.they are someones baby,brother,uncle,grandchild ! God bless your free and have been proven innocent !

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love_my_life

4:58 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

finial the truth has set kita free!and now we should turn our attention to the crocked Joliet police department!because its public knowledge that joliet police department has been under investigation before!Kita is a great brother,friend,uncle,son,and grandson!and even after being hurt for so long after this horrible situation he still remains to be positive!I respect him and always believed him!and to all the negative comments "u need Jesus"

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O.c. Stamps

10:09 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Yea my big bra beat dat shitt now watch him sit bck and get paid clowns!!!

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Rozeeta

12:47 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013

some of you folks should be arrested for murdering the english language!! Take a damn course in spelling and basic grammar for God's sake! You make yourself look like an illiterate idiot!!

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Heather

8:29 am on Friday, January 25, 2013

I wish the whole story would be printed. Like the fact that when the DNA was tested the state continued to delay the results to the point the judge had to subpoena the DNA examiner to come in and reveal the results. Once the judge heard the DNA was not a match and the state had no other evidence, he could not believe they let him sit in jail all that time. In the end Joliet and crooked Will County will learn their lesson. They cannot continue to do this to people. You think they would have learned after the Fox case... I am just so happy this nightmare is over and we can try to move on with our lives.

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jeronimo

8:04 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013

so what if he is black screw you white punk i am mexican it is the white mans fault that you people dont like us if he was white what would you say about that i am also native you white people ruined my country so suck on that white boy

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darla black lopez

5:24 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013

Hey jeronimo! Did u read my last name before u spoke? Yep lopez! Mex! And so are my 4 children! I was talkin about the race of this defendent and my opinion on how and why I believed they charged him! Oh and you speak like a punk !

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darla black lopez

5:29 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013

Hahahaha and u called me a boy? Can u even read? Oh lord help this poor soul !

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darla black lopez

9:16 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013

I wanted to add today,iam from joliet eastside for yrs. My kids went to school here also. And last night I added you and your family to my prayers. May you be blessed with a wonderful furture and put this behind you all,and get restatution for all these hurtful alligations and unfairness! And to jeronimo,I didn't know if I added that my grandsons are half african american. That's why this unfairness and racial profiling hits me hard! My family is very diversed! Thank you you know who for the inbox.yep you know my family and how I feel about the unfairness and racial profiling in our court system! This young man was innocent! Iam speeking from expierence! Best of wishes nakita you got this kid! God bless the truth has been told!

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black butterfly98

8:21 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013

Thank u darla black lopez.. Kita is my first cousin & although we havent spent alota time together as a family.. Hes free of all charges.. He has a life just like every one else & has raised his son since birth with the help of his sister & mother, i will say sorry 4 what happened 2 the ladie but kita is free at last free at last.. Stop stereotyping.. FREE ROWDY & DEEDEE

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darla black lopez

10:31 am on Monday, February 4, 2013

Your so welcome butterfly ! These police need to get there shit straight. Many times my son who's a jjc student has been thrown up against police cars,1 x a house got spray painted and my son was walking home from school they seen his backpack threw him to the ground kneeling on his neck and threw his books all over the street.when they found nothing they let him there to gather his books as they took off,the next day my son couldent move is neck after docs he had to wear a neck brack.another time a house was robbed of a xbox my other son was walking with a bulky jacket they stopped hime threw him to the car busting his lip and leaving red marks on his chest later the next day big black and blue marks appeared all on his chest! Iam so tired of how police and courts treat people.god bless ! May him and his son prosper and live in peace

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black butterfly98

1:45 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013

Again thanks darla, we need more supportive people in this town instead its full of stereotyping... Smh at jpd... That was enough to traumatize the 2 boys as well as my cousin.. I wish & your boys well n hopefully it wnt happen again

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nakita

3:35 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013

I thank everyone for their support. Blessings to all of you even to the people who put negative comments

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ariana g

7:45 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013

Bout time he released thank god n thats my old DIP HAVENT SEEN HIM IN YEARS GUD LUCK TO U

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