Abdul-Jabril Cooper

By Zak Failla From Daily Voice

A DC man accused of raping a student at Penn State last fall and going on the run surrendered hours after the US Marshals issued a BOLO looking for him, authorities announced.

The US Marshals Service Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force issued an alert on Monday, Aug. 18, advising that they are searching for 19-year-old Abdul-Jabril Cooper, who is wanted for the September 2024 rape of a student at Penn State’s Abington campus.

On Tuesday, Aug. 19, federal officials confirmed that Cooper surrendered to the Penn State University Police. He now faces a host of charges.

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office issued a warrant for Cooper’s arrest on July 16, charging him with rape.

Cooper, who has since disenrolled from the university, is accused of raping a female student inside his campus apartment. Investigators say they gave him the chance to surrender, but he refused.

“The rape of a student on a collegiate campus is a betrayal of safety that deserves immediate justice,” Supervisory Deputy US Marshal Robert Clark previously said. 

“Actively evading law enforcement is a consciousness of guilt and Mr. Cooper should surrender immediately.”