Man arrested after 15-year-old reports rape to sheriff’s office

AMERICAN FALLS — A 26-year-old man was arrested aft a 15-year-old woman told rule enforcement that a family friend had raped her.

Zevane Donovan Du Toit is charged pinch 1 count of felony rape.

The Power County Sheriff’s Office declined to merchandise Du Toit’s mugshot erstwhile requested by EastIdahoNews.com. Du Toit’s mugshot is nan only image not appearing connected nan Power County Jail roster website.

We person submitted a nationalist records petition to nan sheriff’s agency to get nan image and will update erstwhile we perceive back.

According to tribunal documents, connected Aug. 22, a female and her 15-year-old comparative went to nan Power County Sheriff’s Office and reported that nan insignificant had been raped.

The unfortunate told deputies said identified her rapist arsenic Du Toit, who was a family friend.

During an question and reply pinch deputies, nan unfortunate said she was raped successful her location during nan early greeting hours of Aug. 16.

She said Du Toit is from South Africa and is successful Idaho arsenic a portion of nan H2-A visa programme to activity for a section farm.

The unfortunate says she declined to person activity pinch Du Toit and asked him to extremity aggregate times during nan assault, but he did not.

Du Toit had been communicating pinch her connected Snapchat, but she said she blocked him aft nan rape.

Deputies collected grounds from nan battle astatine nan victim’s location and scheduled an question and reply for nan unfortunate astatine Bright Tomorrow’s Child Advocacy Center successful Pocatello.

During nan interview, nan woman stated she was location because “someone did thing to her she didn’t want.”

According to nan victim, 1 day, she gave a thrust location to Du Toit and different person, and Du Toit “kept placing his manus connected her thigh.” She stated she removed his manus 3 times and “every time, he would laugh.”

The time of nan alleged rape, she said, Du Toit messaged her connected Snapchat and asked her if he could travel complete erstwhile her parents were not home, and she responded no.

She later heard a sound connected nan door, and Du Toit had travel to her house. According to nan victim, she felt “uncomfortable” truthful she went to a different room successful nan house, but Du Toit followed her, and allegedly raped her.

After nan assault, Du Toit reportedly “begged (the victim) not to show anyone arsenic it would beryllium bad for him,” according to constabulary reports.

Court documents do not item constabulary interviews pinch Du Toit but opportunity a hunt warrant was granted for his beingness person.

Du Toit is scheduled to beryllium arraigned successful District Court connected Sept. 27. If convicted, Du Toit could look up to life successful prison.

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