Suspect charged with raping Tinder date in Wichita who didn’t and couldn’t consent

A Kansas man has been charged with the date rape of a woman he met on Tinder.

Joe Dustin Tamez, 23, was charged Thursday in Sedgwick County District Court with rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated battery, criminal threat and battery. His bond was set at $250,000, and he remains held in the Sedgwick County Jail.

Prosecutors accuse Tamez of raping the woman on Sunday. Court documents allege that the woman did not consent, but was overcome by force or fear, and that she was too impaired to give consent to having sex. The charges also claim that Tamez threatened to kill the woman and that he could have killed her when he strangled her.

Wichita police previously said the 20-year-old woman met Tamez on the Tinder dating app. The incident happened late Sunday night at Tamez’s home near Maple and Tyler, and officers were first called after the victim ran away to another house to seek help.

Police said Tamez gave the underage woman alcohol, and prosecutors suggest the woman was too drunk to consent to sexual activity.

Court records do not show any prior convictions for Tamez, but booking reports show he was arrested by Maize police in December on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and traffic violations. He has not been charged in district court in that case.