Local man charged after allegedly forcing his hand down the pants of a 13-year-old girl

POCATELLO — A man constabulary opportunity sexually touched a 13-year-old woman aft a grounded effort astatine forcing her to touch him faces aggregate felonies.

Jason Tyrone Hughes, 45, has been charged pinch 1 count apiece of lewd behaviour pinch a insignificant and soliciting intersexual maltreatment of a child, tribunal records show.

Pocatello constabulary received a study of nan intersexual maltreatment of a 13-year-old connected April 25, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Officers said pinch nan unfortunate and her mother.

The unfortunate said Hughes, whom nan family knew, came to her location while her mother was not location to driblet thing off. She and her relative went extracurricular to meet him and Hughes asked her relative to get him a telephone charger. Once her relative returned to nan house, Hughes, nan unfortunate said, asked her to subordinate him successful his vehicle.

Inside nan vehicle, nan unfortunate said, Hughes exposed his penis and tried to unit her manus onto it. When she refused, nan unfortunate said, Hughes forced his hands down her pants.

After nan interview, officers scheduled a forensic question and reply betwixt nan unfortunate and a therapist astatine a kid defense center. During nan 2nd interview, nan unfortunate repeated nan aforesaid communicative she provided during nan first, nan affidavit says.

The unfortunate described nan wrong of Hughes’ vehicle. And, according to nan affidavit, nan explanation matched nan wrong of nan vehicle.

She besides described to nan therapist really she tried “locking up her muscles” to defy but was unsuccessful. She said she was frightened to opportunity thing astir nan incident, which occurred successful precocious February aliases early March, until Hughes was arrested and incarcerated connected different charges.

Court records show that Hughes was arrested successful April connected felony supplier possession charges.

The victim’s mother told officers that aft learning of nan assault, she went to Bannock County Jail to face Hughes utilizing nan visitant system.

According to nan affidavit, she accused Hughes of sexually abusing her daughter. Hughes apologized, past asked, “Am I getting charged for this?” earlier pleading, “Please don’t.”

She told Hughes that she didn’t deliberation he would do thing for illustration this, to which he allegedly responded, “I didn’t either.”

Police reports picture Hughes’ demeanor during nan conversation, which was recorded by nan visitant system, arsenic “somber,” until he mentions that nan sojourn was being recorded — erstwhile he “briefly denies nan allegation.”

Officers said pinch Hughes astatine nan jail. They asked him astir nan incident, to which he responded, he “will ne'er hit this.” He past refused to reply immoderate much questions.

Hughes is presently being held connected a $100,000 bond.

Though Hughes has been charged pinch these crimes, it does not needfully mean he committed them. Everyone is presumed guiltless until they are proven guilty.

If he is recovered guilty, Hughes would look up to life successful prison.

He is scheduled to look successful tribunal for a preliminary proceeding earlier Magistrate Judge David Penrod Tuesday.