Man knowingly gave HIV to 14-year-old boy during rape, court documents allege

RIGBY — A 39-year-old man, already charged pinch aggregate felonies, was fixed an further complaint for perchance giving HIV to a insignificant he reportedly raped.

Ryan Cook was initially charged pinch felony lewd behaviour pinch a kid nether 16 and felony enticing children complete nan internet. On Sept. 3, he was besides charged pinch felony transferring of assemblage fluids containing HIV.

The caller complaint could transportation a condemnation of up to 15 further years successful prison, though nan lewd behaviour complaint carries a condemnation of up to life successful prison.

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Background

According to tribunal documents, a man revenge a study pinch nan Idaho Falls Police Department connected March 30, saying 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 a alien 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.” Cook past sent nan boy naked photos and videos of himself, according to tribunal documents.

During a forensic question and reply connected May 1 astatine nan Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center, nan unfortunate said Cook asked him for “nudity pictures” and that they would talk astir “inappropriate things.”

Police reports authorities 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 Cook picked him up, 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 him. The boy told constabulary he asked Cook to extremity aggregate times, but he continued nan assault.

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.

Cook was booked into nan Jefferson County Jail connected July 3 and posted a $75,000 enslaved connected July 15. A no-contact bid was issued for nan victim.

Cook is expected to look for a preliminary proceeding connected nan caller complaint connected Sept. 26.

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