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Man facing multiple sex charges with a minor

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BLACKFOOT – A local man charged with sexually molesting a minor will appear in court next week.

In January, Dustin Davis, 40, was charged with five counts of felony lewd conduct with a minor under 16 and two felony counts of sexual battery with a child between 16 and 17.

Court documents show the 11-year-old victim knew Davis and that he allegedly engaged in sexual activity with her in order to “teach her about sex.”

The victim told police Davis allegedly offered her rewards for sex acts. According to documents, Davis also allegedly physically assaulted the victim and threatened her.

Court documents show Davis and the victim reportedly took a trip together, when she was 16, to a goat sale prior to the Eastern Idaho State Fair.

They stayed in a hotel room together where Davis allegedly forced her to have sex with him. Davis ordered pizza for them and when the delivery person arrived Davis allegedly made the victim hide, “so nobody would think there was anything inappropriate going on.”

According to court documents, Davis told law enforcement the victim was a “spoiled child who constantly lied.”

Davis said the victim had once accused a relative of molesting her then later said she made up the allegations. Court documents show the victim’s mother said the victim was seven when she allegedly “let the family believe (a relative) had molested her.”

The victim’s mother said she has not spoken to the victim since Thanksgiving 2015 because the victim’s mother did not want to deal with her daughter’s alleged lying. The victim’s mother told police the accusations against Davis are “completely false,” according to the police reports.

Davis told police he would need to have an attorney before considering consenting to a polygraph test. He was booked into Bingham County Jail with a $50,000 bond on Jan. 12.

A jury trial is currently scheduled for Dec. 19, in Bingham County.

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