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Accused rapist ordered to stand trial

KEITH KINNAIRD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 3 months AGO
by KEITH KINNAIRD
News Editor | January 17, 2021 1:00 AM

SANDPOINT — A young Washington state man was ordered to stand trial on rape charges on Wednesday.

Judge Justin Julian bound Mantra Keenan Robinson over to 1st District Court after hearing testimony from the alleged victims, court records show. He is being held at the Bonner County Jail with bail set at $75,000.

Robinson is charged with one count of lewd conduct, two counts of raping an intoxicated person and two counts of statutory rape.

Robinson, an 18-year-old Newman Lake, Wash., resident, is accused of committing the crimes in the summer of 2019 and 2020. Robinson is accused of preying on three different 14-year-olds, according to court documents.

Robinson is accused of raping one of the teens at two different locationsnewma in 2019. A criminal complaint alleges the teen was unable to resist due to intoxication.

Robinson is further accused of engaging in lewd conduct with a second teen last summer by fondling her breasts and genitals on the Pend d'Oreille Bay Trail after they went swimming in Sand Creek.

The third case involves a teen who told investigators Robinson tried to goad her into performing oral sex on him after swimming in the Sandpoint area. The pair moved on to a city park, where they had sex after consuming drugs, according to a Sandpoint Police affidavit. The alleged misconduct occurred last summer.

Robinson, a former Bonner County resident, was ordered to stand trial in the third case following a preliminary hearing in Bonner County Magistrate Court last month. He pleaded not guilty and a jury trial is set for March.

Robinson declined to be interviewed by police and invoked his right to remain silent during the preliminary hearing.

Keith Kinnaird can be reached at kkinnaird@bonnercountydailybee.com and followed on Twitter @KeithDailyBee

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