Pocatello man charged for allegedly sexually assaulting woman in her sleep

POCATELLO — A 19-year-old man has been charged aft a female reported he sexually assaulted her while she was sleeping.

Skyler Loftus was charged pinch felony forcible penetration by usage of a overseas entity and misdemeanor intersexual battery.

Court documents opportunity a Pocatello Police Officer was dispatched to Portneuf Medical Center connected Monday for a study of a intersexual assault. When nan serviceman arrived, nan unfortunate stated she had been visiting a friend, identified arsenic Loftus, and they were watching a TV show.

The unfortunate stated earlier going to his home, she had taken a dose of Trazodone, a communal sedation medicine utilized to dainty depression. During their visit, Loftus asked her to “cuddle” while watching nan show, and she fell asleep.

When she woke up, Loftus was reportedly groping her without her consent. She fell backmost asleep, and erstwhile she woke up nan 2nd time, he was sexually assaulting her. According to constabulary reports, nan unfortunate fell dormant a 3rd time, and erstwhile she woke up, she was still being assaulted.

This time, Loftus reportedly grabbed nan victim’s manus and forced her to touch him inappropriately. The unfortunate says she tried to rotation distant from Loftus, but he continued to battle her.

The serviceman past called Loftus and asked him to meet astatine nan Pocatello Police Department.

During an interview, Loftus reportedly stated he had been hanging retired pinch nan unfortunate astatine his home, and they were watching TV earlier they some fell asleep. Loftus said he woke up astatine 11 a.m. to spell to activity nan pursuing day.

When asked if he said to nan unfortunate astatine each nan adjacent day, he reportedly stated she called him “out of nan blue” and asked him if he “remembered past night.” Loftus said he did not and had drank “about 12 ounces of Fireball and taken astir 25 hits of a vape pen that had THC and nicotine successful it.”

The serviceman many times asked Loftus aggregate times if he was leaving thing retired of nan story, and Loftus said no.

When asked if thing intersexual happened betwixt Loftus and nan victim, he reportedly said he could not remember, past admitted they had kissed. He past added that they had kissed “a mates of times” and stated “he didn’t deliberation thing other happened.”

When asked if nan unfortunate ever said nary aliases asked him to stop, Loftus reportedly could not recall.

The serviceman past asked if Loftus had been 100% honest, to which, aft a agelong pause, he responded, “No, I person not.”

Loftus past reportedly admitted to sexually assaulting nan victim. He claimed he was “in nan temper and retired of it because of nan brew and vape pen” and that “if he wasn’t intoxicated, he would not person (sexually assaulted nan victim).”

When asked if he ever asked nan unfortunate if nan intersexual interaction was okay, Loftus said he did not.

Loftus was arrested connected Tuesday and booked into nan Bannock County Jail connected a $20,000 bond. He pleaded not blameworthy to nan intersexual artillery complaint and did not plea to nan remaining charge.

During his first appearance, a no-contact bid was issued for nan victim.

He is expected to look for a preliminary proceeding connected Sept. 17. If convicted, Loftus could look up to life successful prison.

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