A D.C. fire department captain has been charged with raping a woman in a Calvert County beach house last month. Capt. Tony Sneed, 47, was charged with second-degree rape and second-degree assault after a 23-year-old woman said the Engine Company 4 firefighter had sex with her as she dozed after drinking heavily.
According to court documents, Sneed brought the woman to a Chesapeake Beach house owned by his daughter on the 8800 block of Andrews Drive Aug. 9.
The woman told police she was put to bed wearing a shirt and boxer shorts, but awoke wearing only the shirt, court documents said. The missing shorts left the woman suspicious, so she went to a doctor for a rape exam, which showed she had intercourse the previous night.
The documents show the woman sent text messages to Sneed asking him questions about what had happened. In one message, Sneed allegedly wrote, “I remember massaging your body trying to get you to relax a little, maybe I got a little carried away.”
Calvert County States Attorney Laura L. Martin declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.
Sneed, of Upper Marlboro, was arrested Aug. 19. He has been put on leave pending an investigation by fire department officials, spokesman Alan Etter said.
