Homeless man charged with raping a second women he met at Ogden homeless shelter

OGDEN — A homeless man already facing a charge of rape stemming from an encounter last September faces a second rape count stemming from a separate incident last December.

Thomas Patrick Terry, 30, whose address is listed in court papers as Lantern House, an Ogden homeless shelter, was charged last week with rape, a first-degree felony, stemming from a Dec. 26 encounter with a woman he met at the facility. He also faces charges of assault and unlawful detention, class B misdemeanors.

The woman met Terry at the Lantern House on the first night she stayed there and subsequently accompanied him to a gas station. He then allegedly dragged her behind a freight container, restrained her and raped her despite her pleas for him to stop, according to charging documents.

In an interview with police, Terry acknowledged he had been with the woman, but denied raping her. Charging papers, though, say physical evidence connects him to the crime.

In the other case, filed by prosecutors on Jan. 9, Terry is accused of raping another Lantern House resident on Sept. 6 after driving with her to a Weber County parking lot. The charge in that case is a second-degree felony. The woman told him to stop as he attacked her, but he forcibly held her, according to charging documents. Terry denied having sex with the woman, but investigators say they also have physical evidence connecting him to the September incident.

"It appears Thomas is preying on women in the homeless community and he is a threat to their safety. Due to his transient status, he may return to the Lantern House, where the victims stay," a police booking affidavit states.

Terry had faced three first-degree felony rape charges in Salt Lake County stemming from a Nov. 26, 2024, incident in Salt Lake City. They were dismissed without prejudice, according to court papers, after prosecutors were unable to relocate the victim. The man is being held without bail in the Weber County Jail and has been there since Jan. 8.

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