Court rejects bond reduction for man facing sexual assault charge

A request to reduce cash bond for a Medford man facing first degree sexual assault charges was denied by Taylor County Circuit Court Judge Ann Knox-Bauer on Tuesday morning.

Ezekiel Glick, 25, of Medford remains in custody on a $1,000 cash bond. Glick was charged last August with first degree sexual assault of a child under age 16 by use or threat of force or violence. The class B felony charge carries a penalty of up to 60 years in prison with at least 25 years of initial confinement.

According to the criminal complaint, on March 26, 2024 Glick is alleged to have had sexual intercourse by use of threat or violence with a then 13-year-old girl from Marshfield, while at his Main Street, Medford apartment.

According to the criminal complaint, the girl and her then 11-year-old brother had left their Marshfield residence on March 26, 2024 with Glick and others without their mother’s permission and due to poor road conditions ended up staying overnight at Glick’s residence in Medford.

According to the complaint, the girl met Glick through Snapchat and met in person while at one of her friend’s homes and he gave her a ride home. The alleged assault occurred at a later date when she told investigators she and her younger brother had gone to Medford to hang out with Glick and others. While there Glick had followed her into the bathroom and started pulling her hair and telling her to call him “Daddy.”

According to the complaint, when the others left and her brother was asleep Glick took her to the bedroom where she told investigators including Medford Detective Josh Budimlija, that “Zeke put his hands anywhere and everywhere he wanted.” She said she told him to stop and he responded by putting his hands over her mouth and telling her if she told anyone he would kill her and her family.

The criminal complaint goes into more graphic detail about where and how the girl described being touched and stating that intercourse occurred. The complaint states: “[The victim] advised it hurt so bad.”

The investigators asked what made Glick stop when he was using his fingers on her, and she told them she started to cry and he stopped. The report states, “[The girl] said Zeke then told her to suck it up and deal with it.”

According to the complaint, she told investigators that afterward Glick again threatened her saying if she told anyone he would kill her and her family.

Budimlija noted in his report that throughout the interview the girl was emotional and crying. “She spoke of having nightmares, panic attacks and struggling to eat. She spoke of being unable to sleep since the incident.”

According to the complaint, the girl first reported the incident to a teacher and the second report was to Glick’s probation agent. The probation agent contacted law enforcement.

While the criminal complaint was filed in August 2024, the case has stalled as Glick was unable to get a public defender appointed. In April attorney John H. Wallace III took on the case. On May 27, a preliminary hearing was held where the court found probable cause that a crime was committed and bound Glick over for trial. A status hearing is scheduled for August 4, 2025 at 10 a.m. with a jury trial to be scheduled after Wallace has a chance to speak with Glick.