SLATINGTON, Pa. – Two men accused of raping and falsely imprisoning a woman in Lehigh County have pleaded guilty.
Jacquan Tanasse, 19, and Tristan Zawick, 23, pleaded guilty to charges of Rape, Conspiracy to Commit Rape, False Imprisonment, and Conspiracy to False Imprisonment, according to a news release from the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office.
The DA’s office said Tanasse also pleaded guilty to a Strangulation charge.
Zawick faces a possible maximum sentence of 54 years in state prison, and Tanasse faces a possible maximum sentence of 44 years in prison, according to the news release.
Tanasse and Zawick are scheduled to be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. May 28 before Judge James T. Anthony, the DA’s office said.
Just before 7 p.m. on Feb. 7, 2025, Slatington Police were called to a home in the 200 block of Walnut Street.
According to the DA’s office, a 17-year-old female told police Tanasse and Zawick had raped her in the basement of the home. The victim told police the two men raped her, physically restrained her, and wrapped a cord around her wrists and a shirt was stuffed in her mouth, the DA’s office said.
She also told police that during the assault, Tanasse choked her, the DA’s office said in the news release.