District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan and Slatington Acting Police Chief William Borst announced charges Feb. 8 against two men in an ongoing rape investigation.

Tristan Richard Zawick, 23, of Whitehall, is charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and criminal conspiracy to commit rape, felonies of the first degree; sexual assault, a felony of the second degree; and indecent assault, a misdemeanor.

Zawick was arraigned Feb. 8 and transported to Lehigh County Jail under $400,000 bail. His preliminary hearing was scheduled for 2 p.m. Feb. 13.

Jacquan Tanasse, 18, of Slatington, is charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and criminal conspiracy to commit rape, felonies of the first degree; strangulation, sexual assault and unlawful restraint, felonies of the second degree; and indecent assault, a misdemeanor.

An arrest warrant was issued for Tanasse, who turned himself in Feb. 10. He is in Lehigh County Jail under $400,000 bail. A preliminary hearing for Tanasse is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. Feb. 18.

According to the news release from the district attorney’s office, police were called to a home in the 200 block of Walnut Street in Slatington just before 7 p.m. Feb. 7.

A female teen, whose name and exact age will not be released, was located in the basement of the home.

The victim told police she had been raped by Zawick and Tanasse, who physically restrained her and wrapped a cord around her wrists.

She also told police that Tanasse choked her during the assault.

Zawick was detained at the Walnut Street residence. Tanasse was not present when the police arrived.

This case is being investigated by Lehigh County District Attorney’s Special Victims Unit Detective Thomas Galloway and the Slatington Police Department and will be prosecuted by Chief Deputy District Attorney Sara Moyer and Senior Deputy District Attorney Sarah K. Heimbach.