By Seth Boyes,
A Decorah man accused of raping a teenager earlier this summer has been returned to the Winneshiek County Jail after authorities say he continually failed to fulfill the terms of his pre-trial release. Nandoya Ramadhan Othman filed an admission of contempt on Oct. 8, after failing to keep a required GPS tracking device sufficiently charged several times during the month of September and failing to meet with his supervising officer on at least two occasions.
Othman was booked into the Winneshiek County Jail on Oct. 2 for violation of his pre-trial supervision. He was later released, but a judge terminated his pre-trail release in an order filed Nov. 1 and Othman was booked into the Winneshiek County Jail again at 3:50 p.m. Nov. 1.
“Since his release from jail, the defendant has continued to violate the terms of his pre-trial release as he has continued to not charge his GPS unit as instructed and also missed scheduled appointments with is supervising officer,” the court’s latest order said.
Court documents filed Nov. 1 said Othman had again failed to keep the tracking unit charged on multiple occasions — a report from his supervising officer listed at least 12 different instances between Sept. 30 and Nov. 1. In addition, court records said Luther College’s Director of Behavior Intervention and Care reported on Nov. 1 that “the defendant is being administratively withdrawn from campus due to continued instances of concerning behavior” and was to remove himself from campus by 5 p.m. that day.
Luther officials confirmed Tuesday that Othman is no longer considered a student.
Full article available in the November 7 Decorah Leader.
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