NEWPORT – A homeless man from Corvallis was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison after being convicted last month of rape and sex abuse in the attack of a woman almost a year ago in Don Davis Park.
Lincoln County Circuit Court presiding Judge Sheryl Bachart sentenced Tucker Todd, 47, after a jury found him guilty June 27 for raping a 43-year-old woman who had fallen asleep in the Newport park the afternoon of July 3, 2024 while visiting Newport for the holiday weekend.
The jury found the victim was unable to consent due to her mental incapacitation and physical helplessness, the Lincoln County district attorney’s office said in a news release Friday. The district attorney’s office said Todd had taken a bus to Newport and was camping at the park when he found the victim unconscious on the grassy area.
Prior to being sentenced, the news release said, Todd said he could not remember the events of the day due to alcohol intoxication.
Todd will be required to register as a sex offender upon release from prison. The district attorney’s office said Todd has prior convictions in Missouri for assault, sexual misconduct and failure to register as a sex offender.
The case was prosecuted by District Attorney Jenna Wallace.
