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Jonas W. Hamilton, 38, of Duncannon.

(Perry County Prison)

According to interviews with the 31-year-old victim and text messages she provided police, Jonas W. Hamilton forcibly raped her in a home in Wheatfield Township. Charging documents seem to indicate Hamilton and the victim were acquaintances, as the two agreed to meet at the home Jan. 26 and exchanged several text afterward.

While at the house, Hamilton asked the victim several times if she would have sex with him, but the victim refused, according to the documents. At some point, Hamilton pinned the victim to the bed and raped her, police said.

A text message exchange between the two provided by the victim shows that, when the victim texted Hamilton later that night before going to police to tell him to leave her alone, Hamilton replied, "Yeah, I feel pretty low right now," before ending the message with "I'm sorry," according to police.

Hamilton was charged with rape by forcible compulsion, rape by threat of forcible compulsion and sexual assault, all felonies, as well as three misdemeanor offenses: indecent assault by forcible compulsion, indecent assault without consent and unlawful restraint, charging documents indicate.

A judge ordered Hamilton held in Perry County Prison on $25,000 bail, which he had not posted as of Thursday, records state. He is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing Feb. 14.