Marine Accused Of Using Craigslist To Set Up Rape
TWENTYNINE PALMS – A marine stationed at Twentynine Palms is behind bars at the West Valley Detention Center in San Bernardino County, charged with setting up the rape of a woman in Casper, Wyoming.
Prosecutors in Natrona County, Wyoming, say 27-year-old Jebidiah James Stipe”solicited and procured the sexual assault of an adult female” in the Casper area through the use of Craigslist, an Internet site that allows users to post classified ads at little or no charge.
“All charges in this case stem from a series of activities alleged to have begun by Mr. Stipe by the use of the Internet site Craigslist,” said Natrona County District Attorney Michael Blonigen.
A Casper man has been arrested for the actual rape of the woman on December 11, and faces a preliminary hearing on December 29. Ty Oliver McDowell, a 26-year-old, isjailed with $250,000 bail.
Problems for Stipe may not be confined to his native Wyoming.
A Casper newspaper points out eery similarities between the Wyoming case and a North Carolina case, where a man hired someone to rape his wife while he watched.
The Marine Corps. couldn’t comment on Stipe’s performance on-base, other than to sayStipe was being processed for administrative separation as a result of a pattern of misconduct at the time he was arrested for the Wyoming case.
