Greeneville Man Charged In Oregon With Rape, Kidnapping, Drugs, More - Greeneville Sun
New details about Greeneville man William T. Cooter II, charged in Oregon with kidnapping, rape and other felony offenses were released Monday by the district attorney's office prosecuting the case. Cooter is held at the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility in The Dalles and is facing charges of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse, unlawful possession of methamphetamine,... Gilliam County District Attorney Marion Weatherford summarized the probable cause statement provided to a judge in a phone interview with The Oregonian/OregonLive on Monday. Cooter is suspected of breaking into her car, hitting her and binding her hands and mouth with electrical tape before driving to a remote road along the Columbia River near I-84, Weatherford said. Cooter used threats to her life and to her dog in order to force sexual contact upon her, leading to rape, Weatherford said. Morrow County and Gilliam County deputies and Oregon State Police officers responded to the call and found the car traveling west on I-84 east of Arlington, according to the state police. Troopers pulled the car over and determined Cooter had assaulted the woman and held her against her will, according to the state police. Source: www.greenevillesun.com
