PORT TOWNSEND — A Forks man accused of kidnapping, assaulting and raping a woman earlier this month was arrested over the weekend and appeared in Jefferson County Superior Court on Monday where he was ordered held on $250,000 bail.
Richard Dickinson, 33, was charged Wednesday with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree rape, second degree assault and violation of a no-contact order, prior to his arrest Saturday. He is scheduled for arraignment at 8:30 a.m. Friday.
Court records show these are just the latest allegations against Dickinson, who is accused in multiple recent cases of violating no-contact orders with the woman and her children and assaulting her on multiple occasions.
Dickinson was arrested Saturday after hiding from law enforcement in the crawlspace of a relative’s home, said Jefferson County Sheriff Joe Nole.
Nole said an officer from the Forks Police Department saw Dickinson’s pickup truck outside a relative’s home Saturday morning.
Law enforcement from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Clallam County Sheriff’s Office and the Forks Police Department then went to the house to see if he was there, but they were told initially that he wasn’t.
After interviewing people who were at the house, officers returned to the house and convinced Dickinson to come out of the crawlspace and arrested him without incident, Nole said.
The charges stem from an alleged incident March 7 when a woman told authorities that Dickinson had abducted her on the West End of Clallam County and took her to the West End of Jefferson County, where she said she was sexually assaulted, records say.
According to a probable cause report from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office used to obtain a warrant, the woman said that when she saw his red pickup truck March 7 she was concerned that he would follow her home, so she decided to drive south of Forks in an effort to hide.
She said that he found her and then forcefully removed her from her car and forced her into his truck before driving her to an abandoned home. He then took her up to a secluded area and sexually assaulted her, the report said.
The report said that when deputies investigated the scene the next day they found signs of a possible struggle and that the woman had multiple visible injuries to her face, neck, head, arms and knees.
There were three no-contact orders protecting the woman from Dickinson at the time, according to court records. A fourth protection order was filed Monday.
Dickinson was arrested in January for two separate incidents in which he is accused of violating protection orders and assaulting the woman.
In one case he was charged with second-degree assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of second-degree assault of a child with a deadly weapon and three counts of violation of a protection order. He pleaded not guilty Feb. 1.
On Jan. 23, the woman took two of her children to the Bogachiel River so they could play. When the woman spotted Dickinson in the area, she tried to drive away because she is afraid of him, records say.
She told law enforcement that while attempting to flee Dickinson rammed her vehicle with his pickup, causing serious damage to her door and window. She and the children were not injured.
She said when she got out out of her car Dickinson said the damage was unintentional but then assaulted her and pushed her into the car.
Dickinson told investigators that he drove into her vehicle on accident. He said when he saw the woman and the children he wanted to see them, despite having a no-contact order.
Court records show that prosecutors had offered a plea deal, but Dickinson had not accepted it as of March 7.
In that case he posted $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday.
Court records show that in another case beginning in early January, Dickinson is charged with another three counts of violation of a protection order and assault in violation of a protection order. He pleaded not guilty to those charges Feb. 1.
The woman showed investigators a video that shows Dickinson stopped in front of her in which she can be heard yelling at him to leave her alone, records say.
She said at one point he was pushing her vehicle with his vehicle. She fled to a gas station, where surveillance video shows Dickinson attempting to open the passenger door of her car before going to the the driver’s side of the vehicle.
Dickinson posted $50,000 bond on that case as well.
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Reporter Jesse Major can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56250, or at jmajor@peninsuladailynews.com.
