The prosecution rested its case Friday during the trial of former NIU student Todd Allgood.

Allgood, 34, of Sycamore, is charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a former NIU student on April 25, 2001.

The alleged victim, who was 21 at the time, said Allgood kidnapped her at gunpoint and forced her to drive to his house, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her. Allgood pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The defense brought in its first witness, Greg Kling, the doctor who examined the alleged victim in the emergency room after the alleged assault.

When the alleged victim went to the hospital, she told the doctor she was raped and that her leg was hurting because of Allgood’s weight.

Kling told prosecuting attorney Alice Tracy that the alleged victim was visibly upset and crying. However, based on what the alleged victim told him about the assault, he didn’t expect to find any physical evidence. He added that he was unable to say whether she was assaulted.

After conducting a head-to-toe examination, Kling said he didn’t see any trauma to her head, neck or anywhere else on her body.

Kling also didn’t see any cuts in her pelvic area, but there was injury in her vaginal area, he said.

The prosecution’s last witness was DeKalb Police Detective Robert Rudel, who was involved in the case.

Rudel said he took the alleged victim to the Edgebrook Trailer Park the night of the alleged attack to find where Allgood lived.

When the home was located, Rudel said he ran the license plate of the vehicle in the driveway and got Allgood’s name.

He also said when he gave the photographic line-up to the alleged victim, she started crying and was able to point him out immediately.

Rudel was one of the officers who interrogated Allgood when he was arrested.

He said Allgood first denied knowing the victim and said that they never had sexual intercourse. Rudel said Allgood then changed his story and said that he and the alleged victim knew each other for about two weeks through school.

Rudel said Allgood told police he went to his house, where “one thing led to another” and they had sexual intercourse on his couch.

Allgood said the alleged victim said it was sexual assault because she wanted him to leave his wife, or because she had gotten herself into something she shouldn’t have, Rudel added.

The defense also brought in Cindy Nicklaus, who baby-sat Allgood’s two children for two years.

She told the defense Allgood came to pick up his daughter the day of the alleged assault some time after 2:30 p.m. According to her sign-out sheet, Allgood and his daughter left the day care at 2:47 p.m. Allgood was said to leave the alleged victim around 2:30 p.m.

Hull pointed out that all of the times are estimates and there is no way to know what time he left the alleged victim and came to pick up his daughter.

Joe Eberly, Nicklaus’s husband, testified that he had known Allgood for two years and that he had seemed normal the day of the alleged attack.

The defense will continue with its case when four people take the stand at 10 a.m. today at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore. Star Poll