AN EX-BOYFRIEND ACCUSED OF SOLICITING ANOTHER MAN TO RAPE A NATRONA COUNTY WOMAN THROUGH POSTING AN AD ON CRAIGSLIST MADE HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON. CHARGES AND BOND WERE SET FOR JEBEDIAH STIPE, AND HOW MANY YEARS HE COULD SERVE. IT STARTED TODAY WITH A LISTING OF FIVE CHARGES, TWO OF WHICH WERE AIDING AND ABETTING A SEXUAL ASSUALT, AND A BOND OF $500,00, CASH ASSURED. STIPE'S POSTING ON CRAIGS-LIST SEEKING QUOTE "A REAL AGGRESSIVE MAN WITH NO CONCERN FOR WOMEN" ALLEGEDLY RECRUITED TY MCDOWELL TO CARRY OUT THE CRIME. MCDOWELL IS BELIEVED BY POLICE TO HAVE FORCED HIS WAY INTO THE HOME, BOUND THE WOMAN AND RAPED HER WITH A KNIFE TO HER THROAT. IF CONVICTED ON ALL CHARGES, STIPE WILL FACE A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 195 YEARS IN PRISON.
