Registered Sex Offender Arrested For Rape

COEUR D’ ALENE — A 65-year-old man with a four decade history of sex crimes was arrested for rape and battery Thursday morning.

The 44-year-old victim met the suspect, Gary Srery, at the Mousetrap bar Wednesday night. The victim told detectives she and Srery left the bar at closing and drove to the woman’s home.

Once inside the residence she was attacked. Detectives say the attack lasted for several hours during which time she was raped, beaten, and strangled.

The woman’s boyfriend came home just after 5 a.m. and confronted Srery, who fled out the door and was immediately apprehended by police.

Srery has been charged with rape and battery with intent to commit a felony. He will make his first appearance Friday.

A registered sex offender with a long history of sex crimes, Srery was convicted of sexual assault in British Columbia in 1960. Between 1965 and 1970 he was convicted of rape, kidnapping and sexual perversion in California and served six years in prison for those crimes.

Srery registered as a sex offender in Idaho in January.