SWAT team arrests man on rape, kidnapping charges

A Coeur d’Alene Police SWAT team arrested a man, who is being charged with rape, kidnapping and intimidating a witness, around midnight Tuesday

Brady A. Matthews, 25, was arrested at an apartment on the 1900 block of Appleway Avenue in Coeur d’Alene where he allegedly held a 16-year-old girl against her will after a party that included booze and marijuana.

He is in the Kootenai County Jail on a $250,000 bond facing felony charges of rape, intimidating a witness, manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance with a felony enhancement as well as false imprisonment, and obstruction of justice, both misdemeanors.

A June 29 preliminary hearing has been set.

Police responded to Matthews’ apartment after the 16-year-old, who had partied with him earlier that day, reported being raped. While detectives interviewed the Hayden teenager, officers attempted to take Matthews into custody, but he refused. A SWAT team was called to remove him from his residence.

When police arrived, Matthews reportedly had another teenage girl in the apartment and prevented her from leaving, police said. She was eventually released before Matthews’ arrest. The girl told police that Matthews threatened to hurt her if she let police into the apartment.

“If you get up and open that door, I am going to hurt you,” Matthews allegedly told the girl, according to police.

She was planning to escape out a window, according to a police report, but was released before Matthews’ arrest.