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Category: Sex Crimes

Proposition 35 Seeks to Extend The Reach of Current Sex Offender Registration Law (CA Penal Code 290)

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September 11, 2013

What is California proposition 35?

Child Rapist Prison Sentence is Only 30 Days in Montana (CA Penal Code 261 and 261.5)

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September 4, 2013

What are the penalties for statutory rape in California?

Child Prostitution Ring Uncovered in Bay Area (CA Penal Code §647(b))

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July 29, 2013

“Operation Cross Country,” an FBI task force, successfully carried out a nation-wide sweep for prostitution rings last week, rescuing at least 12 children who had been forced into sexual slavery.  FBI officials cited San Francisco as the #1 city in the country for child prostitution issues and it was there that at least 4 pimps […]

Child Predator at San Francisco Barnes & Noble (CA Penal Code 314)

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July 22, 2013

Heading to the bookstore with your daughter on a sunny summer day usually doesn’t spell disaster.  However, for one 10-year-old young lady and her mother, a trip to a San Francisco Barnes & Noble on W. Hillside Boulevard turned sour quickly when an unidentified 50-year-old man in a fishing hat and khaki pants led the […]

Juvenile Accused of Rape of Intoxicated Woman in Morgan Hill (CA Penal Code §261(3))

After a night of drinking, a woman (40) decided to do what she thought was the responsible thing and take a taxicab home.  However, she was so intoxicated that, once they arrived at her residence, the cab driver needed some help getting her into her home.  A woman and her son (16-years-old) offered their assistance.  […]

Lewd Conduct Filmed on BART Train (CA Penal Code §647)

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July 15, 2013

The Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART for short) is meant to be a family-friendly transportation alternative for people who live in the area. However, a one-minute long amateur pornographic video filmed on one of the trains has BART officials worried that the public will lose faith in its safety and security.  The very short […]

San Jose Police Officer Arrested for Possession of Sexually Explicit Photos of Minor

In an age where technology rules the day – for law enforcement officials and for average citizens – Facebook and other social media sites have come to be fruitful places for evidence against individuals who have been accused of inappropriate conduct with minors.  The latest of these cases comes from Santa Clara County, where a […]

Los Angeles County Contests Relocation Release of Repeat San Francisco Sex Offender

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July 9, 2013

62-year-old Christopher Evans Hubbert, a serial rapist, has recently been released from the custody of the state prison hospital at Atascadero.  He had been in prison for a period of 7 years, after which he was paroled.  Hubbert then moved to the Sunnyvale area where he got up to his old tricks again.  He averaged […]

Criminal Charges vs Mental Health: Naked Acrobat Display at San Francisco Bart Station

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June 19, 2013

When 24-year-old Yeiner Garizabaldo (known as Yeiner Perez to his friends) is the name of the naked acrobat who has been charged on at least two felony counts of false imprisonment (CA Penal Code §236), a misdemeanor count of sexual battery (CA Penal Code §243.4) , and four misdemeanor counts of battery on public transportation […]

Fremont Teacher’s Recipe Web Search Ends in Molestation Charges (CA Penal Code §288)

63-year-old Michael Shoop’s living nightmare began 10 years ago, when he was arrested on child pornography charges and then sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison.  His defense?  The images showed up on his computer after he did a search on the Internet for recipes to make an asparagus dish.  What does […]