COEUR d’ALENE — A registered sex offender received a prison sentence after he attacked a woman at a motel.

Jerry D. Davidson, 47, pleaded guilty last November to second-degree kidnapping, a felony punishable by up to 25 years in prison, and to sexual battery, a misdemeanor.

Judge Susie Jensen sentenced Davidson last week to 12 years in prison with six years fixed. That means Davidson will be eligible for parole in about six years.

The charges stemmed from summer 2022, when Davidson was employed at a motel in Coeur d’Alene. Prosecutors said Davidson followed a female coworker into a room, closed the door and began forcibly “sexually touching” her while attempting to remove her clothes.

After multiple attempts to escape the assault, prosecutors said the woman was able to push Davidson away and get out of the room.

In 2006, Davidson was convicted of sexual battery of a minor, aged 16 or 17, and placed on probation. He violated that probation in 2010, according to a news release issued by the Kootenai County Prosecutor’s Office.