Fairbanks hotel worker used key to enter woman’s room and rape her, troopers say

An Alaska State Troopers SUV (Elyssa Loughlin/KYUK)

An worker of a Fairbanks edifice has been arrested, aft Alaska State Troopers opportunity he raped a impermanent past weekend.

According to a trooper report, La Quinta Inn worker Tristen Tinker, 21, was arrested Wednesday. He is charged pinch 1 first-degree count and 2 second-degree counts of intersexual assault.

In a charging archive against Tinker, prosecutors opportunity that aft he met nan female he knocked connected nan doorway of her room respective times Saturday. When she refused to unfastened nan door, he allegedly utilized a maestro cardinal to summation entree and raped her.

According to nan charging document, Tinker was connected parole and surviving astatine a section halfway house, aft nan Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported he admitted to stabbing his roommate 2 years ago.

The charges opportunity troopers later contacted Tinker and he confirmed nan woman’s relationship of what happened. He besides said he “got caught up successful nan moment,” nan charges say, and wanted to apologize.

Court records show Tinker made an first tribunal quality successful nan lawsuit Wednesday. He remains successful custody astatine nan Fairbanks Correctional Center.