Two men have admitted raping a teen girl last year in a Slatington home.
Tristan Zawick, 23, of Whitehall, and Jacquan Tanasse, 19, of Slatington, each pleaded guilty to rape; criminal conspiracy to commit rape; false imprisonment; and conspiracy to commit false imprisonment, the Lehigh County district attorney’s office announced Friday.
Tanasse also pleaded guilty to a strangulation charge.
Presentence investigations were ordered for both, and the pair are scheduled to be sentenced May 28 by Judge James Anthony.
Tanasse and Zawick have been held in Lehigh County Jail on $400,000 bail each since February 2025, records show.
Slatington police said they were called the night of Feb. 7, 2025, to a home in the 200 block of Walnut Street and found a female teen victim in the basement.
The girl told investigators she was raped by Zawick and Tanassee, who physically restrained her and wrapped a cord around her wrists, court records state.
The victim reported being choked by Tanassee during the attack, police said.