Othman jailed again after failing to charge tracking device

By Seth Boyes,

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 1:38 pm

Nandoya Ramadhan Othman

A Decorah man charged earlier this year with third-degree sexual abuse by force has found himself back in the Winneshiek County Jail after failing to keep a tracking device charged as per the terms of his pre-trial release.

A 17-year-old female told Decorah Police officers on July 18 she had been raped by 20-year-old Nandoya Ramadhan Othman of Decorah her earlier that day. The officers were initially responding to a possible fight in the parking lot of the Decorah Walmart — a criminal complaint said the individuals involved in the disturbance “stated they were not fighting but just slap-boxing.” The officers observed scrapes on some of the individuals’ legs and bodies, which the group attributed to their time jumping into rocky portions of the Upper Iowa River earlier that day near Will Baker Park — about 3 miles west of the local Walmart. The complaint specified the officers also saw blood on the 17-year-old girl’s pants as well as a red abrasion on her neck. Blood was also observed on Othman’s pants, according to the complaint. 

Full article available in the October 10 Decorah Leader.

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