Bonneville County man charged with sex crimes against teenage girls
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IDAHO FALLS — A Bonneville County man is facing two felony sex-related charges after he allegedly touched two teenage girls inappropriately, pinned one of them against a wall and tried to get both girls to sleep with him.
Travis C. Nelson, 42, is charged with felony child sexual abuse of a minor and felony sexual battery committed by lewd and lascivious acts on a minor.
Court documents obtained by EastIdahoNews.com show Nelson was with the two teenagers at his home on Dec. 29. He allegedly told the girls they should play a game “as if they were at a bar and he was going to ‘hit on them.'”
Nelson is accused of giving the teens a shot of liquor and touching both of them in inappropriate areas.
A short time later, court documents state, Nelson wanted to go to the store for more alcohol but he asked for a kiss from one of the teens before leaving.
“(The first victim) stated Travis became upset and eventually pulled (the second victim) into his bedroom and pinned her against the wall and was trying to kiss her. A short while later…(the girls) were going to go downstairs to sleep and he said he wanted (them) to sleep with him and they told him no,” the documents state.
Court documents show one of the girls texted her mother, who went and picked both teenagers up from Nelson’s home. When she arrived, documents state “they were both crying and visibly shaking.”
A deputy with the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office interviewed Nelson the next day. He told the detective he believed he “blacked out” because all he remembered was playing games with the group of kids.
Court documents state Nelson never denied doing anything sexual to the girls, but he couldn’t remember what had transpired the night before.
Nelson was booked in the Bonneville County Jail, where he was released on a $50,000 bond Monday, Jan. 4.