Columbia Falls man charged with allegedly assaulting girl twice
Megan Strickland | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years AGO
A Columbia Falls man is being held in the Flathead County Detention Center on $100,000 bond after being picked up on a warrant on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl more than once.
Richard William “Alex” Becker, 22, faces two felony counts of sexual intercourse without consent.
According to court documents, the victim reported that she had been at a party with Becker at his residence during the last weekend of August 2014 when he allegedly followed her into a bathroom and began kissing her.
The girl allegedly told him to stop and resisted, but he proceeded to remove her clothing and touch her inappropriately before he forced the girl to have sex with him.
The girl reported the incident the week after it occurred and Becker was interviewed by a Flathead County sheriff’s deputy on Oct. 3, 2014.
Becker allegedly acknowledged that the girl was 15 years old. Becker at first denied having any sexual contact but then admitted it, the documents claim.
The girl reported another assault in January 2015. She said that she had gone with Becker to his house on her 16th birthday, when he allegedly forced her to have sex with him even though she resisted him.
Becker faces a minimum sentence of two years in prison and up to life imprisonment if convicted.
Reporter Megan Strickland can be reached at 758-4459 or mstrickland@dailyinterlake.com.
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