Court date set in rape and eluding cases

NEWKIRK — A court date is scheduled for John Baptiste DeLodge Jr., 26, Red Rock, in Kay County District Court.

Delodge has two felony cases pending against him.

In the first case filed on Oct. 6, Delodge is facing felony counts of lewd molestation and first degree rape.

Ponca City police report that on May 7, a 16-year-old female told officials that three months earlier, when she was 15, Delodge sexually assaulted her.  Bond in the case was set at $100,000.

On Oct. 27, DeLodge was charged with felony counts of eluding police, DUI and a misdemeanor count of driving with out a license.

In that case, Ponca City police report that on Oct. 18, an officer saw a vehicle turn onto Union from Liberty and hit the curb.

The officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop.

The vehicle reportedly continued east on Comanche Ave., through the dead end and into the eastern entrance of  private property before returning to the roadway and traveling back to Union, colliding with a curb and coming to a stop in the drive of the Ponca City Power Station.

Officers report that the driver, identified as DeLodge, opened his door and fell out of the vehicle before fleeing on foot before stopping and laying on the ground and taken into custody.

Police searched the vehicle and report finding three containers of alcohol. DeLodge reportedly refused to take the State’s test. Bond in that case was set at $15,000.

On Nov. 2 he appeared before Judge David Wilkie. Attorney Jarrod Stevenson asked that the court lower bond in the cases.

Despite objections from prosecutors, bond was lowered to $70,000 in the first case and $10,000 in the second case.

The court ordered that he have no contact with the alleged victim if he bonds out and warned that all bonds will be revoked and increased if new cases are filed. DeLodge remains in jail.