BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Bail was set at $750,000 for a Black River Falls man under arrest for a particularly brutal rape. The next court date for Paul Sylvester, age 52, will be Monday. Meanwhile, he has a cell at the Jackson County jail unless he comes up with the $750,000. The criminal complaint says the assault was May 25. It accuses Sylvester of:
> Waiting for a woman he knew to come out of a Sparta bar and get into her car.
> Opening her passenger door, getting in, nd demanding she start driving.
> Spraying the woman with her own pepper spray after she tried to fend him off.
>Hitting the woman and taking control of her car.
> Driving the woman to secluded woods across the Monroe-Jackson county line and sexually assaulting her.
> Leaving her stranded in the woods after breaking her cwllphone and glasses and driving off in her car.
The next morning a passerby found the woman walking along a backroad.
Sylvester. Six criminal counts include sexual assault, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and car theft.