On the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 19th, Pinal County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Robert Coury, 23, of Eloy, on a $100,000 county felony warrant. Coury was booked into the Pinal County Jail on 5 Class 2 felony counts of sexual assault & 1 Class 2 felony count of kidnapping. The warrant stemmed from an incident early morning Monday, Feb. 18th, when the female victim, 19, was found running unclothed down Highway 287 at about 6 am in temperatures of approx. 40 degrees outside.
The victim, a friend of a mutual friend of Coury, was in a car with Coury thinking the 2 were driving to the convenience store. But Coury kept driving to a spot in the desert, where he subsequently raped her. The victim was able to escape & ran for nearly 1 mile, hiding in irrigation ditches because she was afraid the suspect would return, before a Corrections Corporation of America detention officer on his way to work spotted her on side of the road crying for help. As a result, a warrant was issued & Coury was arrested Tuesday evening, Feb. 19th, & booked into Pinal County Jail after admitting involvement to PCSO detectives.
The case is now awaiting charge review by the Pinal County Attorney's Office.