Reporter Volume 26, No.22 March 30, 1995

By STEVE COX
Reporter Staff
A convicted rapist, now serving a sentence of up to 40 years, has been
charged with the brutal rape and beating of a UB student at her Lisbon
Avenue apartment in 1992.
	Charles Croskery, 24, formerly of 51 Comstock Avenue, was
arraigned March 21 on charges of second degree attempted murder, first
degree rape, first degree assault, first degree burglary, and criminal
possession of a weapon.
	Croskery is currently serving a 20- to 40-year state prison
term after pleading guilty, in August 1993, to charges of first degree
rape and first degree burglary in connection with another attack that
occurred just five weeks after the attack on the UB student. He has
been arrested at least three other times since 1990 on similar
charges.
	The Lisbon Avenue attack, which occurred on Sept. 5, 1992,
left a 21-year-old UB junior in critical condition. She was discovered
in her blood-soaked bed by two roommates the next morning, some eight
to 10 hours after the attack.
	Erie County District Attorney Kevin Dillon indicated Croskery
was linked to the Lisbon Avenue attack, in part, by DNA evidence.