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Australian Prosecutors Withdrew a Rape Case Connected to USNS Niagara Falls. NCIS Closed the File After a No True Bill.

A closed NCIS report says a rape allegation connected to USNS Niagara Falls was handled in Darwin, Australia, where local prosecutors withdrew charges for sexual intercourse without consent after issues arose around consent. The extracted file is a brief disposition record and references earlier interim reports that are not included in the transcript.

RapeUSNS Niagara FallsDarwin AustraliaForeign ProsecutionNo True BillCharges Withdrawn

This page summarizes one Naval Criminal Investigative Service case file. The source PDF and optical character recognition transcript appear below so readers can compare the summary against the record.

Allegation
Rape / Sexual Intercourse Without Consent
Location
Darwin, Australia / USNS Niagara Falls connection
Key date
Alleged June 10, 2002
Outcome
Australian prosecutors withdrew charges

What the NCIS File Says

NCIS opened this file to document the arrest and court disposition of a person accused of raping another person in Darwin, Australia.

The Australian legal charge is described as sexual intercourse without consent under the Northern Territory Criminal Code.

The closed report says the Director of Public Prosecutions in Darwin signed a No True Bill and that associated court proceedings were withdrawn because of issues surrounding the consensual nature of the alleged sexual acts.

Northern Territory Police considered the case closed, and the NCIS file says no other charges were pending.

The available text is a brief disposition record. It does not include the earlier interim reports, witness accounts, arrest narrative, or evidence that led Australian prosecutors to withdraw the charges.

Case Timeline

June 10, 2002

The alleged rape occurred in Darwin, Australia, according to the closed report.

September 4, 2002

An NCIS Singapore interim report was referenced.

November 26, 2002

The Director of Public Prosecutions signed a No True Bill.

November 29, 2002

The closed Report of Investigation was dated.

Why This Record Matters

  • The case shows a Military Sealift Command-linked sexual assault allegation moving through a foreign criminal-justice system.
  • The public record available here is about disposition, not a full factual investigation.
  • The page should not imply the extracted file contains the complete underlying case record.

NCIS Source Document

This is the NCIS Report of Investigation for the USNS Niagara Falls file. MLAA has preserved the source PDF, Bates range, and NCIS file number so readers can inspect the record directly.

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First page of the NCIS case file.

Source type
NCIS investigation file
Command or vessel
USNS NIAGARA FALLS (T-AFS-3) /48597
NCIS file number
04SEP02-FESN-0237-8FND/C
Bates range
0037
Source file length
1 pages
View NCIS Source PDF for Case 04SEP02-FESN-0237-8FND/C

Readable OCR Transcript

The transcript below reproduces the substantive report text from the NCIS file in readable form, including the executive summary when one appears in the source. Paragraph numbers come from the original report. Redactions are shown as [REDACTED]. Because the text was generated from OCR, verify exact quotations against the source PDF.

1. Subsequent to the submission of References (A) and (B), the Director of Public Prosecutions, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, signed a_"No True Bill" on 26Nov02 relative to the charges against[REDACTED] Under Section 297A of the Northern Territory Criminal Code, the charges of Sexual Intercourse Without Consent (Northern Territory Criminal Code Section 192) and associated court proceedings were withdrawn due to issues surrounding the consensual nature of the alleged sexual acts. No other charges are pending againstt [REDACTED] Northern Territory Police consider this case closed.

2. This investigation was initiated to document the arrest and court disposition ofols [REDACTED] £or the alleged rape of [REDACTED] Darwin, Australia on 10Jun02. As charges and proceedings against [REDACTED] were withdrawn by the Northern Territory Director of Public Prosecutions Office, this case is closed. Distribution NCISHQO: 0023 NCISFO: FEYK INFO: FEMI/DAO [REDACTED]CREP SJA (M)/Command (M) FOR OFEYTCIAL U ONLY Printed On: 2022-08-17T 15:55:33Z UNCLASSIFIED//LES