Redkey man is facing rape charges

A Redkey man is accused of raping a mentally disabled person several times in the last decade or more.

Teddy R. Baldwin, 75, was arrested April 25 and charged in Jay Circuit Court with six counts of rape when the victim is mentally disabled or deficient, all Level 3 felonies.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed in connection with the case, Baldwin knowingly or intentionally performed sexual acts with the victim identified as “NW” multiple times in his Redkey residence and at a rural Jay County property.

NW told police he moved in with his mother and Baldwin in May 2012.

NW said Baldwin sexually abused him dozens of times while they lived in the same home in Redkey.

The victim’s mother, Deanna Baldwin, now has a restraining order against Teddy Baldwin, and she and NW no longer live in Redkey.

Baldwin would warn NW after having sex that he “couldn’t tell anyone or he would get arrested,” according to the affidavit, and would threaten that NW would be “sent to a home” and his “mother would be left alone” if he told others about the sexual acts. Baldwin would also offer to take NW out to eat or buy him items he wanted in exchange for not telling others, the document says.

NW expressed to police that it wouldn’t have made a difference if he had asked Baldwin to stop during the sexual acts and said Baldwin was intimidating. Later in an interview with police, NW said he asked Baldwin to stop many times and said he would stop for a short time before the behavior started again.

Police visited the rural property in Jay County where several of the sexual acts took place. The property consists of an abandoned house, where NW directed police to a dresser where they found vibrator and sex lubricant, both items that were used by Baldwin to perform sexual acts with him. He also pointed out a mattress he said Baldwin would use for the acts.

In Indiana, a Level 3 felony sentence ranges between three and 16 years, with an advisory sentence of nine years.