Towson Man Charged in 2024 Dating-App Rape Case Has Trial Delayed
TOWSON—A Baltimore County man accused of attacking and raping a woman he met on a dating app was scheduled to stand trial this month, but a judge on Friday granted a request for a delay to allow more time for a mental health evaluation.
Samuel Logue, 28, has been jailed since his 2024 arrest and is accused of a violent hours-long attack on a woman he met on the dating app Hinge.
The victim told investigators she met Logue online when the two "matched" on the dating app on Oct. 24, 2024. The two first met in person at her home in northern Virginia and then traveled to his home on Prospect Circle in the Towson Estates neighborhood the following day.
She told police Logue physically attacked her at his home on Oct. 27, 2024. The victim said Logue sexually and physically assaulted her and held her for hours at his home. At one point during the ordeal, the victim said, Logue forced the barrel of a rifle into her mouth and said, “I could shoot you in five seconds.”
Police wrote in charging documents that a neighbor called 911 after seeing Logue in his driveway dragging the half-naked woman. The neighbor yelled at Logue to stop, and the victim broke free, running to safety in the neighbor’s home. Logue was arrested after surrendering to police about an hour after they surrounded his home.
Logue is charged with first-degree rape with a dangerous weapon, second-degree rape, false imprisonment, multiple counts of assault, a firearms offense and malicious destruction of property, according to court records. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.
In April 2025, Logue entered a plea in Baltimore County of “not criminally responsible" by reason of insanity, according to court records.
His trial had been set to begin March 19, but a judge on Friday granted a postponement in Baltimore County Circuit Court. Court records indicate attorneys for both the defense and prosecution agreed the trial should be delayed.
The Baltimore County Courtroom Observer contacted both the prosecution and defense seeking comment and additional information about the delay. The Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office declined comment on the pending case, saying only that the trial date was moved to a date that worked for all parties. Logue's defense attorney Brian Thompson had not responded to the inquiry as of publication.
The reason for the delay was listed as "IST/NCR Evaluation" in court records of the hearing. IST is the acronym for "incompetent to stand trial;" NCR stands for "not criminally responsible," Maryland's term for an insanity defense.
Logue is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center and appeared at the hearing Friday via video. A new trial date was set for June 11.
Defense attorney Thompson wrote in court filings last year that Logue struggles with addiction and other mental health conditions which worsen when he is intoxicated.
The victim told police Logue became paranoid and agitated after he drank three glasses of whiskey and took 12 Prozac pills, according to charging documents.
In court filings, Thompson wrote that Logue has a history of “alcohol-induced episodes of paranoia” and other symptoms that are “indicative of an insanity that transcends intoxication.”
The court filing also said:
"Mr. Logue submits that he was not criminally responsible for his actions on the day in question. Due to a mental disorder, Mr. Logue lacked the substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct and could not conform his conduct to the requirements of the law."
In a harrowing account of a violent assault, Logue’s accuser told police he punched her, gouged her eyes, choked her, and forced his fingers down her throat. The victim told police he forcibly performed a sex act on her and sexually assaulted her with his fingers.
The victim described Logue as acting like a “lunatic," cycling between rage and calmness. He is accused of barricading her inside a bedroom by shoving a dresser against the door, according to charging documents.
A prosecutor in Logue’s case filed a court document in February 2025 seeking to include evidence at Logue's trial of previous sexually assaultive behavior. Michael DeStefano, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County, requested to introduce evidence that Logue was accused of forcibly fondling a freshman at his fraternity house at Washington and Lee University in Virginia in 2019. The motion also referenced previous allegations of violent and sexually assaultive behavior with a former girlfriend.
Originally from Fallston, Logue is a 2016 graduate of Loyola Blakefield, a boys' college preparatory school in Towson, where he was captain of the varsity swim and water polo teams, according to his public LinkedIn page. He also was on the swim team at Washington and Lee University, according to public postings.