TWIN FALLS — A 20-year-old man charged with multiple counts of lewd conduct and rape was ordered Wednesday to be held on $250,000 bond.

James G. Dover, of Twin Falls, met a 15-year-old girl in October 2024 and began having sexual relations with her through May 2025, records say. He was charged with five counts of lewd conduct with a child under 16 and one count of rape where the victim is 16 or 17 and the perpetrator is three years or more older than the victim.

The victim, in talking with investigators, said she never willingly gave consent for the sexual relations, and when they occurred, she was often either asleep or falling asleep.

Dover made his initial court appearance Wednesday and, despite his public defender’s request for a $25,000 bond, Judge Thomas Kershaw said that consider

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