A man who’s accused of kidnapping a woman on the York County Heritage Rail Trail and then sexually assaulting her will stand trial on all charges, a judge ruled on Thursday.

District Judge Ronald Haskell Jr. made the decision at the end of the preliminary hearing for Randy-Jay Jones, 41, of York, who’s charged with kidnapping, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and related offenses. He appeared via video from York County Prison as a precaution due to the novel coronavirus.

Next, Haskell arraigned Jones on a new charge of failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements. Law enforcement alleges that he did not register a vehicle with the Pennsylvania State Police, which maintains the Megan’s Law registry.

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Chief Deputy Prosecutor Kara Bowser called one witness at the hearing: York City Police Detective Kyle Hower.

Hower testified that police officers received a report just before 7 p.m. on Feb. 28 about a kidnapping on the rail trail and a sexual assault.

Surveillance video, he said, shows the first part of the assault, which happened in the area between Kings Mill Road and West College Avenue.

Jones walked up from behind and attacked the woman, forcing her into his car, Hower testified.

The woman, 31, told investigators that she had to drop her handbag and contacts. Jones told her, “Just do what I tell you,” Hower said.

Next, Jones, he testified, drove somewhere and then sexually assaulted the woman. At one point, he held a knife — police said they later recovered it with a search warrant — to her throat.

“She advised that she did not consent to any of it,” Hower testified. “It was forced.”

Later, Hower testified that he interviewed Jones, who kept changing his story. He first denied ever being on the rail trail, but then reported that he had consensual sex with the woman. Police said they found the woman’s Fitbit smartwatch in his right pocket and her underwear in his jacket.

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“Did he ever give you any reason why his story changed during this interview?” Assistant Public Defender Jim Rader, Jones’ attorney, asked during cross-examination.

“He did not,” Hower replied.

Hower testified that Jones told him that he’d honked at the woman prior to the attack. He denied ever knowing her.

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Jones, who turns 42 on Friday, is set to be formally arraigned on May 8. He’s now being held on a total of $210,000 bail in York County Prison.

Contact Dylan Segelbaum at 717-771-2102.