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Sex assault suspect in court
Sex assault suspect in court
Edgardo Nieves
WAUKESHA -- A 20-year-old man walked into the Waukesha Police Department and said he wanted to report a crime. It was at that moment, according to police, Edgardo Nieves confessed to drugging and raping his girlfriend.
Nieves faces four felony charges: False imprisonment, administering dangerous/stupefying drug, second degree sexual assault/intoxicated victim -- two counts.
He made his initial appearance in court on Monday, Dec. 3. A preliminary hearing was set for Dec. 10. Cash bond was set at $75,000. He was ordered to have no contact with the victim.
According to a criminal complaint, Nieves told police sex with his girlfriend at her Waukesha apartment was consensual at first. His girlfriend told police he "loved to watch her sleep" and later confided that he "had a fetish about having sexual intercourse with an unconscious or dead person."
Nieves said the alleged encounters started earlier this year when he had sex with the victim while she slept. When she didn't wake up during the incident, Nieves told police he "wanted this to continue," according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors said he admitted he bought drugs "that would knock her out" and began sneaking it "on food or in her drink." He told police he did this at least 10 times. The victim said she suspected the drugging after waking up in pain and with burn marks, from what he told her were cigarettes.
The victim once attempted to escape through an apartment balcony, but Nieves said he didn't let that happen.
Nieves' family issued this statement to FOX6: