AEGiS-UPI: Four infected by alleged HIV spreader

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Four infected by alleged HIV spreader

United Press International; Tuesday December 9, 1997 - 9:21 PM EST

JAMESTOWN, N.Y., Dec. 9 (UPI) _ New York health officials say they have linked four new cases of HIV infection to a man who allegedly slept with dozens of young women in western New York, knowing he carried the AIDS virus.

More than 1,400 people from Chautauqua County, N.Y., have been tested for AIDS since health officials made public their fears of NuShawn Williams.

State Department of Health officials say they have now confirmed that 13 young women and a man, who slept with one of the women, contracted HIV from Williams.

Williams, who is jailed in New York City on drug and robbery charges under the name of Shyteek Johnson, faces charges of statutory rape in western New York because some of the women he was involved with are minors.

Officials are considering upgrading the charges to assault.

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