Perryville man arrested on suspicion of sexual assault

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- A Perryville man is facing sexual assault charges after an 18-year-old Belton, Mo., woman said he raped her at a local hotel. Bobby J. Roberts, 57, was still being held Wednesday on a $100,000 cash-only bond at the Perry County Sheriff's Department on charges of rape and forcible sodomy, according to Perryville police chief Keith Tarrillion. On Aug. 10, police responded to Americas Best Value Inn to investigate a report of an alleged sexual assault, Tarrillion said. Officers found an 18-year-old woman who was unclothed with her hands restrained behind her back. The woman told police that Roberts had picked her up at her Belton home and then drove to Perryville, where they rented a hotel room. Once in the room, the victim said, Roberts sexually assaulted her and used restraints on her so she could not leave. After Roberts left the hotel room, she was able to partially free herself and went for help. The woman had been reported missing from her home Aug. 9, Tarrillion said. Roberts was arrested without incident when he returned to the hotel.

Pertinent address:

1500 Liberty St., Perryville, MO