Iowa man charged in Christian County rape

An Iowa man has been served with a Christian County arrest warrant charging him with two counts of rape for an incident that occurred in 2016.

According to the warrant served by the Christian County Sheriff’s Department against 24-year old Nicolas Gremelli of Janesville, Iowa, he is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 15-year old female in March 2016 when he was 21 years old.

The next night, he allegedly forced the victim to have sex with him after she told him no by grabbing her arms to keep her from getting away. The incidents occurred at a residence in Oak Grove where the victim was visiting during spring break and Gremelli was serving in the army at Fort Campbell.

He was arrested and charged with first-degree rape and third-degree rape.