Clarence Cooper/Liberia/Rape

Liberian national Clarence Alvin Cooper is a convicted rapist whose crimes match the description of “rape – strongarm,” meaning he used physical force to overpower his victims during the assaults. Minnesota appellate records describe how Cooper used violence, threats, and force that caused significant physical injuries to his victims, conduct prosecuted as first-degree criminal sexual conduct under state law.

Minnesota defines the most serious level of criminal sexual conduct to include situations where the offender uses force or coercion and causes personal injury, or employs violence, threats, or weapons, which corresponds to the “strongarm” characterization.

Cooper is incarcerated at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Lino Lakes, serving a lengthy prison sentence for these rape convictions and remaining subject to ongoing sex-offender registration and supervision requirements.