MONROE - Cash bond was set at $5,000 Wednesday, April 10, for a Brooklyn man accused of raping a woman and shooting her dog dead with a gun.
Guy Dee Jensen, 61, faces charges of second-degree sexual assault, a Class C felony, and mistreatment of an animal causing death, a Class I felony. He's also charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and battery.
District Attorney Gary Luhman asked the judge for a cash bond, as opposed to a signature bond, because he said Jensen has no ties to the area besides the alleged victim and therefore poses a "flight risk."
Jensen is accused in a pending case in Arkansas involving the same woman , Luhman said.
The allegations against Jensen stem from a series of incidents between Tuesday, April 2 and Friday, April 5, mostly at a home on King Road in Brooklyn.
On April 2 or 3, he reportedly shot her dog with a .45 caliber revolver in a wooded area near the home, causing the animal's "unnecessary and unjustifiable death."
Over the next couple of days, he is accused of repeatedly arguing with and screaming at the woman and of grabbing her cellphone and throwing it to the ground.
On April 5 he forced her to have vaginal and anal intercourse while repeatedly hitting her on the head and torso with his hand, according to court records.
He was jailed the same day.
Public defender Guy Taylor questioned why Jensen had been held in jail so long before his initial appearance and bail hearing Wednesday. A defendant must be brought before a judge as soon as possible, he said.
When Judge Thomas Vale asked Luhman why Jensen had spent five days in jail without a hearing, Luhman responded that a probable-cause document was signed by a court commissioner Sunday and the case remained under investigation until Wednesday.
"The canine animal was not recovered until yesterday," he said. It was taken to a vet for an evidentiary evaluation Wednesday morning.
Vale approved the $5,000 bond and conditions Luhman proposed. Jensen is ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim or her residence, not leave Green County without prior approval and not possess any firearms or dangerous weapons.
Taylor urged Jensen to call the public defender's office to be assigned an attorney. Jensen said he hadn't called yet because he is between cataract surgeries at a Veteran's Administration hospital and can't see.
"I don't have my eyes. I can't see," said Jensen. He told Taylor he spent two years in the Navy and was honorably discharged in 1971.
Taylor explained Jensen should ask a jailer to dial the number for the public defender's office if he couldn't do it himself.
"It's critical under these circumstances that we get the ball rolling," Taylor said.
Jensen's preliminary hearing is set for April 15.
Guy Dee Jensen, 61, faces charges of second-degree sexual assault, a Class C felony, and mistreatment of an animal causing death, a Class I felony. He's also charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and battery.
District Attorney Gary Luhman asked the judge for a cash bond, as opposed to a signature bond, because he said Jensen has no ties to the area besides the alleged victim and therefore poses a "flight risk."
Jensen is accused in a pending case in Arkansas involving the same woman , Luhman said.
The allegations against Jensen stem from a series of incidents between Tuesday, April 2 and Friday, April 5, mostly at a home on King Road in Brooklyn.
On April 2 or 3, he reportedly shot her dog with a .45 caliber revolver in a wooded area near the home, causing the animal's "unnecessary and unjustifiable death."
Over the next couple of days, he is accused of repeatedly arguing with and screaming at the woman and of grabbing her cellphone and throwing it to the ground.
On April 5 he forced her to have vaginal and anal intercourse while repeatedly hitting her on the head and torso with his hand, according to court records.
He was jailed the same day.
Public defender Guy Taylor questioned why Jensen had been held in jail so long before his initial appearance and bail hearing Wednesday. A defendant must be brought before a judge as soon as possible, he said.
When Judge Thomas Vale asked Luhman why Jensen had spent five days in jail without a hearing, Luhman responded that a probable-cause document was signed by a court commissioner Sunday and the case remained under investigation until Wednesday.
"The canine animal was not recovered until yesterday," he said. It was taken to a vet for an evidentiary evaluation Wednesday morning.
Vale approved the $5,000 bond and conditions Luhman proposed. Jensen is ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim or her residence, not leave Green County without prior approval and not possess any firearms or dangerous weapons.
Taylor urged Jensen to call the public defender's office to be assigned an attorney. Jensen said he hadn't called yet because he is between cataract surgeries at a Veteran's Administration hospital and can't see.
"I don't have my eyes. I can't see," said Jensen. He told Taylor he spent two years in the Navy and was honorably discharged in 1971.
Taylor explained Jensen should ask a jailer to dial the number for the public defender's office if he couldn't do it himself.
"It's critical under these circumstances that we get the ball rolling," Taylor said.
Jensen's preliminary hearing is set for April 15.