Man charged after allegedly raping teenage boy in Rigby church parking lot

Editor’s note: This article contains schematic specifications of a intersexual nature. Discretion is advised.

RIGBY — A 39-year-old man has been arrested aft a teenage boy reported receiving naked photos from him and past being raped successful a religion parking lot.

Ryan Cook was charged pinch felony lewd behaviour pinch a kid nether 16 and felony enticing children complete nan internet.

According to tribunal documents, a man revenge a study pinch nan Idaho Falls Police Department connected March 30, saying that his 14-year-old stepson had been receiving naked photos and videos, and had been raped by a man identified arsenic Cook.

IFPD past met pinch a Rigby City Police serviceman and transferred nan lawsuit to them.

According to nan stepfather, he had been going done his stepson’s telephone erstwhile he recovered “several disturbing images” that were “pornographic successful nature.”

The serviceman said pinch nan boy, who said successful December 2023, he received a friend petition from personification he did not cognize and assumed it was personification from school, truthful he accepted nan request.

The boy said they began talking to each different and asking “basic questions to see favourite colour and generic get-to-know each different questions.”

Cook yet began to nonstop nan boy naked photos and videos of himself, according to tribunal documents.

The boy participated successful a forensic question and reply connected May 1 astatine nan Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center, wherever he said Cook asked him for “nudity pictures” and that nan 2 would talk astir “inappropriate things.”

Police reports authorities that nan 2 planned to meet successful Rigby, and Cook picked up nan boy successful his car from an area adjacent Broulim’s connected Feb. 10.

The boy says erstwhile he was picked up by Cook, nan man “wanted to person intercourse” and told him to “keep it a secret” because “people don’t understand this type of situation.”

According to nan boy, Cook drove them to a religion parking batch and raped nan boy. The boy told constabulary he asked Cook to extremity aggregate times, but he continued.

While investigating nan Snapchat messages, constabulary opportunity they recovered an audio record from Cook to nan boy saying, “I dream you enjoyed that arsenic overmuch arsenic I did,” and past referencing nan intersexual encounter.

Officers besides discovered that Cook was allegedly portion of a group chat pinch respective different men, wherever “767 type photographs and videos of seductive fondling/masturbation, seductive nudity, and erotica (were) located connected (Cook’s) Snapchat messages.”

Officers later recovered an further 195 photos and videos of nan aforesaid type of content.

A warrant was issued for Cook’s apprehension connected July 8, and he appeared for an first quality successful tribunal connected Friday. He is expected to look for a preliminary proceeding connected July 25. If convicted, he could look life successful prison.

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