HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The state is seeking permission to use prior bad acts testimony against a 48-year-old man when the case against him goes to trial. Woodson Crable is facing nine felony counts including three counts of rape, two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, kidnapping, aggravated battery and criminal threat.
The case against Crable is for two incidents involving two different victims. The first occurred back on December 26, 2011, when the victim says she was raped on two occasions and threatened during the second. The next incident occurred on Dec. 28, when he asked her to pick him up. They ended up at her apartment where she says they again began to argue and he threatened to kill her if she didn’t admit to having sex with her half brother, which she says never happened. He’s then accused of again forcing her into sex.
With the second part of the case, the second victim told Sheriff investigators of being raped twice inside Crable’s home. She was eventually able to leave and went back to her home in Nickerson. Crable then allegedly went there and wanted her to go back to Hutchinson. She refused, but he forced her into the back seat of his vehicle. Somehow, she was able to call 911 and Sheriff’s Officers were dispatched to the report of the disturbance in Nickerson. When they arrived, they made contact with the victim who reported that she had been battered by Crable at that location and also told them what happened earlier. These incidents occurred on April 9 and 10 of last year.
Crable is jailed with a $750,000 bond and the hearing on the states motion is scheduled in front of Judge Tim Chambers on Thursday afternoon.