{"id":2008,"date":"2026-06-19T04:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2026-06-19T04:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:02:51","slug":"man-accused-of-raping-fmu-student-called-her-over-a-dozen-times-while-in-jail-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2008","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of raping FMU student called her over a dozen times while in jail: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Months after a man was jailed for allegedly raping a Florida Memorial University student, he called her over two dozen times while incarcerated \u2014 explicitly against a judge\u2019s orders, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2006\">Inside Miami\u2019s hellish week: Wildfires, flying soot, dark clouds, extreme heat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Steven Devon Mason Rivers, 31, is facing a new charge of harassing a victim, in addition to the charges already against him for the alleged rape, strong-arm robbery and sexual battery.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>About four months after she was raped, an arrest report read, Rivers called her from Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center 26 times over the span of about three weeks:<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 24: Five calls<\/li>\n<li>May 27: Two calls<\/li>\n<li>June 1: Three calls<\/li>\n<li>June 3: Two calls<\/li>\n<li>June 5: Two calls<\/li>\n<li>June 13: Twelve calls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She decided to pick up and record one of the calls, the report read.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She answered, \u201cHello, who is this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Rivers responded, \u201cWe need to talk. Why aren\u2019t you answering the phone? You see I\u2019ve been calling you. This is Steven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She hung up. The student first alerted police on the first day she received the calls, and authorities followed up weeks later.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She told them she was scared for her life and thought he might be released from jail soon.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe stated that hearing [Rivers\u2019] voice is now giving her flashbacks of the crime that was committed against her,\u201d a Miami Gardens police officer wrote.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>When Rivers was first given his bond for the sexual battery case, a Miami-Dade County judge ordered him to stay away from and have no contact with the student and Florida Memorial University.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2005\">Inside Miami\u2019s hellish week: Wildfires, flying soot, dark clouds, extreme heat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>During the morning of Jan. 25, the student had left her dorm and was walking to meet friends at the front of gate of Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens, 15800 NW 42nd Ave, his arrest report read. Sometime before, Rivers jumped over a wall to get onto the campus.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Man arrested for allegedly raping Florida Memorial University student<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>They crossed paths when she saw him standing at a bus stop, and he whistled at her. She ignored him and walked on. A short time later, she noticed Rivers following her as she passed by a basketball court on campus.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He asked to use her phone, and when she refused he tried to grab it, tossed her bookbag on the floor and pushed her against a wall. He then raped her, the report read.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time police have slammed Rivers with more charges stemming from the rape case. While he was being taken to jail for the original offense, he \u201caggressively reached out\u201d and tried to grab a Miami Gardens police detective\u2019s buttocks before another officer stopped him.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Rivers replied, \u201cGood catch, but I don\u2019t give a f&#8212;,\u201d an affidavit read.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: FMU rape suspect assaults cop, police say<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The failed grope was answered with additional charges of attempted sexual battery, battery of a police officer and two counts of resisting an officer without violence.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Rivers was given a bond of over $500,000 for the six charges. 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