Idaho man accused of soliciting wife's rape via Craigslist

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

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(CBS/AP) TWIN FALLS, Idaho - An Idaho man is accused of encouraging men to rape his wife through a posting in the "casual encounters" section of Craigslist.

The 32-year-old Twin Falls man was arraigned Monday on a charge of solicitation of rape and burglary. His bail was set at $100,000.

According to CBS affiliate KMVT, police say the suspect admitted he was involved in two separate instances of men forcing their way into his home and attempting to assault his wife.

The Associated Press is withholding the suspect's name to protect the alleged victim's identity.

Prosecutors say that without his wife's knowledge or consent, the man posted a classified ad posing as a woman who fantasized about being raped, and then exchanged emails with the men who responded to arrange the assaults.

Twin Falls police were called to the woman's house shortly after midnight Thursday and again Saturday afternoon on reports that two different men had broken into the home.

The woman told police a man rang the doorbell early Friday, asked her name and then said: "I'm here for you," before forcing his way into the house.

The woman said the man chased her through the house. She went into the bedroom to grab a 9 mm gun, but the man grabbed the weapon. The gun went off during the struggle. No one was injured, and she said the man fled.

The woman also fired a shot Saturday and held another man uninjured at gunpoint until police arrived in a second incident, court records said. Investigators said the second man told police he was responding to a Craigslist ad.

"The person posting the ad told him she wanted to be forcibly raped as that was a fantasy of hers," the man told police.

Police said they discovered the emails originated from an email address belonging to the woman's husband. Officers also searched phones in the house and one belonging to the husband.

Court records say the husband acknowledged setting up the attacks using Craigslist and his email account.

His preliminary hearing is set for July 27.

The allegations are similar to a case two years ago in which a man was convicted of using a "rape fantasy" posting on Craigslist to arrange an attack on his ex-girlfriend in Wyoming.

In June 2010, Jebidiah Stipe of Twentynine Palms, Calif., was sentenced to 60 years to life inprison for arranging the rape of his former girlfriend in Casper, Wyo. The man who pleaded guilty to committing the December 2009 rape, Ty Oliver McDowell, received the same sentence.

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by ultraskygod July 19, 2012 10:36 AM EDT: What a charming fellow; Reply to this comment


by phwtb100 July 19, 2012 9:54 AM EDT: Obviously, it is the HUSBAND who has a RAPE FANTASY! What do you wanna bet he will get to LIVE OUT his fantasy, many times over, once the jury gets through with him!

Does Idaho accept volunteers for jury duty? If so, where do I get an application?; Reply to this comment


by Goldwater64s6 July 19, 2012 7:11 AM EDT: Get a rope!; Reply to this comment


by Teddie Seeley July 19, 2012 6:13 AM EDT: Ohmygawd! What an idiot, to do something like this to his wife. He sure must not of thought, that his wife was able to defend herself.; Reply to this comment

by Calltwoarms July 19, 2012 2:12 AM EDT

Wait, the last sentence says that the man the committed one of the rapes in Wyoming was sentenced to 60 years. But the fool didn't know he was set up. So never believe what you read on Craigslist? I guess!

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by enlightenu July 19, 2012 10:14 AM EDT: I was thinking about that too. I don't think it should have been as harsh of a sentence, but he may have had prior convictions.


by frizzy140 July 19, 2012 3:18 PM EDT: in order to solicit a rape, one must find a rapist. There isn't a penny's worth of difference between the two. Both could have stopped at any time, but they didn't and are equal in their predatory state. the only innocent here is the victim.


by ahendryx819 July 19, 2012 3:48 PM EDT: Um no. As the prosecutor said during his initial hearing, "It takes a rapist to respond to an add like this." And that's exactly what McDowell was: a rapist. He deserved what he got, and so did Stipe. I live in Wyoming, near Casper, and I followed that case very closely.

by SUZAMBA July 18, 2012 7:43 PM EDT

I see prison in his future, oh wait, I also see a divorce in his future as well.!!! Idiot!

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by hypnotoad72 July 18, 2012 9:46 PM EDT: It's just business.

So chances are he's more likely a sociopath than a mere idiot.


by ahendryx819 July 19, 2012 3:49 PM EDT: No. Sociopaths have higher-than-average IQ's. Enough intelligence to know that if they set up someone's rape on Craigslist, they will be caught.

by Sommersan July 18, 2012 6:36 PM EDT

ONLY IN AMERICA

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by MegaProcrastination July 18, 2012 7:42 PM EDT: Guess again. I've read of plenty of this kind of garbage in other countries. Having said that, though, what a sick and twisted individual to post such an ad!


by hypnotoad72 July 18, 2012 9:46 PM EDT: If either of you could post some articles to corroborate your beliefs...

As it stands, I stand with MP's response. People being sold into sex slavery is not a monopoly in America's business market...


by rondivoo July 19, 2012 8:12 AM EDT: People who say that are unaware of what's going on in the world. We live in the best country in the world....America.... Sick people are everywhere.


by ScorpioJax66 July 19, 2012 10:42 PM EDT: There is an example of MPp's assertion listed here beneath this article and comments. Look for link labeled "Kidnapped, Enslaved, Infected with AIDS" or "India's Hidden Plague".

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/indias_hidden_plague