Man held on $1 million bond after woman reports allegedly being drugged and raped

CHALLIS — A 40-year-old man is being held connected a $1 cardinal enslaved aft a female came guardant pinch a rape allegation against him.

Dutch Cooper is charged pinch felony rape and a felony enhancement for being a persistent violator, stemming from erstwhile felony convictions of receiving stolen property, expansive theft, burglary, felon pinch a firearm, expansive larceny and robbery retired of aggregate states.

According to tribunal documents, connected Sunday astir 1:45 p.m., a 31-year-old female came to nan Custer County Sheriff’s Office to study she had been raped.

The female stated she had gone to a barroom successful Challis connected Saturday and, while stepping home, saw a man connected nan thoroughfare pinch his dog.

The man reportedly asked her to thief him pinch his dog, and nan unfortunate told deputies she “loves animals, truthful she was happy to spell assistance nan man.”

Identifying himself arsenic Cooper, he asked nan unfortunate if she wanted to travel to his location to spot a mates of kittens he had. The female agreed.

On their measurement to his house, nan female says Cooper was saying “some weird things to her,” including that he saw her locomotion astir nan area of nan bar, looking for illustration “a glowing angel.”

He reportedly told her they had “met because of fate.”

When they arrived astatine nan house, nan female said Cooper told her to “stay connected nan couch” while he went to make them drinks.

The female told deputies she did not spot Cooper make nan drinks, but aft drinking portion of one, she “began to consciousness very weird and nauseous,” according to constabulary reports.

After telling Cooper she needed to spell home, he reportedly “insisted she decorativeness her drink.”

The adjacent point nan female says she remembers is waking up and her apparel had been removed. There was besides grounds of intersexual assault.

When asked what she thought had happened, nan unfortunate began crying and stated she felt she had been raped.

She past traveled to Steele Memorial Hospital successful Salmon and sewage a intersexual battle information done. The results are not included successful constabulary reports.

The female besides told deputies she had various injuries and soreness.

A warrant was issued for Cooper’s apprehension connected Tuesday, and he was booked into nan Custer County Jail pinch a $1 cardinal bond.

A no-contact bid was issued for nan victim, and Cooper is expected to look for a preliminary proceeding connected Sept. 30. If convicted, he could look up to life successful prison.

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