A St. Paul man was charged Tuesday with falsely reporting police misconduct for claiming two Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies raped him before driving him to jail.

Ryland Dean Charles McKown, 25, was arrested July 7 on a warrant for missing his sentencing hearing in a separate case. He was taken to Regions Hospital for treatment before the two deputies transported him to jail.

Once at the jail, McKown told a St. Paul police investigator that the deputies had raped him at the hospital before placing him in their transport vehicle, according to a criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County District Court.

He claimed he suffered additional injuries from the sexual assault that required further medical attention back at Regions.

The two deputies denied any misconduct, telling the police investigator the transport was routine. They said McKown made it clear during their interaction that he was afraid of going to jail, saying at one point he “would do anything” to avoid it, according to the complaint.

Video footage shows McKown being pushed in a wheelchair into the ambulance bay at Regions before deputies helped him into a vehicle and drove away.

Court records list no attorney for McKown.

He was expected to make his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon on the false reporting charge, a gross misdemeanor.