Adah man charged with raping woman at knife point
A warrant was issued for an Adah man accused of raping a woman and holding a switchblade to her throat.
Earl Maust, 48, was convicted in 1999 for molesting a 14-year-old girl along with his half brothers, Curtis Maust and Roy Duke. Duke allegedly forced the Mausts to have sex with her.
On Saturday, he allegedly raped a 66-year-old woman at the Hopwood Hotel.
The Herald-Standard does not identify those who say they are victims of rape.
The woman told police she and Maust were staying at the hotel Friday and Saturday. She said they went up to the room together Saturday afternoon, and he became very intoxicated. The alleged victim said she thinks he sniffed gasoline, according to the affidavit.
The woman told police he became very violent and grabbed her by the head and hair, forcing her to perform a sex act on him.
“She said he pulled out a large chunk of her hair,” the affidavit said.
The alleged victim told police he hit her several times in the legs with a liquor bottle, pulled out a switch blade and forced her to have sex with him.
She said he was “very rough,” punched her in her head, face and abdomen and “threw her around the room.” He allegedly threatened her with the switchblade multiple times.
Police said they observed dark bruises on her body and face. She told them she was bleeding from her face and genitals. She was treated at Uniontown Hospital.
Maust is charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, terroristic threats, simple assault and unlawful restraint.
Charges were filed Thursday before Magisterial District Judge Wendy Dennis.
In 1998, Maust was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a person less than 16 years old, statutory sexual assault and corruption of minors.