Cops: Men Used Live Snake In Sex Assault

JANUARY 4--Two Wisconsin men allegedly sexually assaulted a woman with a live snake, according to a felony criminal complaint.

The graphic and disturbing complaint charges John Bullock, 24, and Damonta Jones, 25, with assaulting the victim during a November encounter at Jones’s Eau Claire home. Bullock (left) and Jones are pictured in the mug shots at right.

Details of the incident emerged yesterday when the pair--both of whom have lengthy rap sheets--pleaded not guilty to the felony count during a Circuit Court appearance.

The alleged victim, 32, told cops that she had gone with a friend to Jones’s home, where she danced and consumed “intoxicants” with a small group. At one point, she said, Jones “invited her into the back bedroom to see his children’s pictures.” The woman, identified in the complaint by her initials, recalled then being “struck in the head,” and possibly passing out.

The next thing she remembered, the woman told a detective, was “Bullock…behind her sexually assaulting her” while Jones held her. Jones, she recalled, then said, “I’m going to get the snake.” Shortly afterwards, according to the complaint, the woman “felt something inside of her. She believed the snake may have bitten her because she felt a very sharp pain and then they said, ‘Pull it out.’”

In a police interview, Bullock admitted having “sexual contact” with the victim, but claimed it was consensual. Jones--who has prior sexual assault convictions and is being monitored by a GPS tracker--initially denied hosting the November party at his home. Jones, a registered sex offender, later admitted that the victim, a female friend, and another individual were at his residence, but that “there were no other black males that he knows of that had come to the apartment.”

The alleged victim told investigators that after the assault she confronted Jones and asked who the other man was. He replied, “Benjamin Franklin,” according to the complaint. The woman added that she believed that Jones had videotaped her as she danced, but that he denied doing that when she questioned him. (3 pages)