A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING A MENTALLY CHALLENGED WOMAN EARLIER THIS YEAR HAS A TRIAL DATE SET IN CRIMINAL COURT NEXT MONTH. 46 YEAR OLD KENNETH WHITE IS CHARGED WITH RAPE, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, AND CRIMINAL EXPOSURE TO HIV. THE CHARGES STEM FROM A MARCH 9TH INCIDENT IN WHICH WHITE ALLEGEDLY KICKED IN THE DOOR OF A 53 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND WAS AWAY AT WORK. HE ALLEGEDLY BARACCADED HIMSELF AND THE WOMAN INSIDE, COERCED HER INTO UNDRESSING AND THEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. WHITE REMAINS IN THE HAWKINS COUNTY JAIL ON 125-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND AND IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO TRIAL ON OCTOBER 23RD.