Rape charge: the one thing Devoe Torrence couldn’t juke.
In January, Scene invaded Massillon in an attempt to take the town’s pulse on the ongoing police investigation of underage sex crimes involving its Washington High School. What we relayed was a town swirling with rumors and speculation as it anticipated a scandal that could rock its beloved high school football culture.
What we didn’t report was the one name that kept coming up as we asked townspeople what they had been hearing. It seems if you had two ears and ever got your haircut, went to school, or sat on a barstool in Massillon, you had heard of the involvement of the team’s star running back, Devoe Torrence. …
This article appears in Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2008.