Rudd pleads not guilty to 30 charges

Rusty Dale Rudd, facing 30 charges and a grand jury in Callaway County, pleaded not guilty to all charges in court on Monday, court officials said.

The grand jury took over the case last week, indicting him on Thursday, Prosecuting Attorney Christopher Wilson said.

Rudd, 26, remains in Callaway County Jail with no bond, according to jail officials.

Rudd was indicted on 30 counts from incidents in March and in 2016. He was initially charged by Wilson after a March 23 disturbance near Portland where a victim accused Rudd of repeatedly holding her against her will, raping, choking and assaulting her. The victim also reported similar incidents had happened last year.

Charges include two counts of rape in the first degree, forcible compulsion, plus 12 felonies including rape, kidnapping, domestic assault, tampering with a victim, sodomy and stealing.

Sixteen misdemeanor charges include domestic assault, property damage, attempted violation of an order of protection, tampering with a victim and false imprisonment.

"It's complicated by the fact that there's 30 counts, and that's not normal," said Rudd's attorney, Daniel Hunt of Jefferson City.

Hunt said a judge will be assigned to the case May 30 and pretrial and trial dates set then.