According to reports, Ashcraft had asked a woman he met the day before for a ride to a grocery store to cash a check. "That's when the crime occurred," said Detective Lt. Steve Lord of the Miami County Sheriff's Department.
Lord said Ashcraft used a knife to threaten the woman and her two children in her van, and raped and robbed the woman.
Ashcraft's cash bond was set at $150,000 by Judge Robert Lindeman.
Detectives said Ashcraft confessed to the crimes.
Steve.Baker@WHIOTV.com
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