Convicted sex offender charged with raping Youngstown woman

YOUNGSTOWN — A convicted sex offender is charged with raping a woman inside of her St. Louis Avenue home early today.

Matthew Dubose, 24, whose alias is Sincere, according to a police report, is changed with rape, drug abuse, drug possession, resisting arrest, aggravated burglary and unlawful restraint.

A woman told police she awoke to find Dubose, who she knows, in her bedroom. She said he came in through a window, would not leave, would not allow her to leave the room and forced himself on her. Police found a bag of pills and a bottle of suspected marijuana near Dubose.

According to Mahoning County court records, Dubose was ordered to register as a sexually oriented offender in 2007 after being convicted of sexual contact with a minor.