POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – A Bannock County man faces eight felony charges for kidnapping, sexually and physically assaulting, threatening to kill his former girlfriend and trying to run her over with his truck.

According to court documents, Casey Lee Wilkins and the woman had been dating for about three years. The victim had placed a protection order on Wilkins that had not been served to him. But on November 3, the two were texting and Wilkins stated he wanted to meet up with her. They met at Office Max in Pocatello and she got into Wilkins’ truck.

They started driving toward Wilkins’ home.

She told police when she brought up the no contact order, and said she shouldn’t be there, Wilkins became angry. The victim told police she was held against her will for 18 hours, despite asking to leave or be taken home.

At 8:29 p.m. the victim tried to call 911, but Wilkins reportedly took her phone and hung up. He began to hit, punch  and slap her, she told police.  At one point, he got on top of her and tried to strangle her, she said. The police report noted she had red marks on her neck, her voice was hoarse and she could hardly talk.

The victim said Wilkins took power tools such as a sander and pressed it into her arms, leaving abrasions. 

Wilkins then took off her clothes, sexually assaulted her, and attacked her with a pair of pliers – leaving her chest bruised, according to police documents. Wilkins then reportedly threatened the victim, saying he was going to kill her multiple times.  

She said she was tortured and left naked outside of the truck, as he attempted to run her over by driving in circles in reverse. She said she avoided the truck by staying on the side of the road.

He then abandoned her on the road, before returning and mocking her, she said.

Eventually, the victim was taken home, and Wilkins reportedly asked her to say she’d been in a four-wheeler accident.

Wilkins has been charged with first-degree kidnapping; forcible penetration with a foreign object; assault with intent to commit a serious felony – threaten, attempted strangulation; aggravated battery; sexual battery; stalking in the first degree; intimidating, impeding, influencing or preventing the attendance of a witness; and intentional destruction of a telecommunications instrument.

He was arraigned on November 6, and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for November 16 in Bannock County Magistrate Court.

Bond was set at $2 million.

Wilkins is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.