Man wanted on rape charges arrested in Whitefish

A man wanted on a $150,000 arrest warrant for allegedly raping a woman has been arrested.

Colden James Jensen, 21, was arrested in Whitefish on Sunday by Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies.

Jensen was charged last week with felony sexual intercourse without consent.

On Nov. 16, a man called Flathead County Sheriff’s Office and said he had picked up a woman on the side of a roadway who claimed she had been assaulted, according to court documents.

The woman was taken to the hospital and a sexual assault exam was administered.

The woman, interviewed by officers, said Jensen had physically assaulted her and forced her to have sex with him. She alleged the pair had gotten into a fight and that Jensen hit her repeatedly with his fists, strangled her, bit her body all over, ripped off her pajama bottoms and then forced her to have sex.

The woman claimed she told Jensen “no” multiple times during the incident and was crying and screaming throughout.

Officers reportedly observed bite marks on the woman’s body and a more thorough exam was conducted by medical staff.