Recent Posts in Sex Offenses Category
Posted on Oct 30, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Attorney
Eric Valentin of Los Angeles was convicted in 2009 of one felony count of sending harmful material to a minor and was sentenced to 16 months in state prison. He was released on parole in in August of ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Robert M. Bernstein
Dr. Kevin Brown, an influential Los Angeles physician and son of the former premier of Bermuda, was arrested in 2008 after several women contacted authorities and accused him of sexually battering or ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2011 By Robert M. Bernstein
Earlier this year, Michael Lallana was found guilty of two misdemeanor charges of battery after DNA tests proved that he had ejaculated into his co-worker's water bottle twice. The woman drank ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Robert M. Bernstein
A California man who sexually assaulted a woman he met on Match.com has plead no contest to felony sexual battery by force. The victim is the woman who filed a lawsuit against Match.com in April, ...
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Posted on Aug 31, 2011 By Robert M. Bernstein
A pastor at a Los Angeles church recently plead no contest to charges alleging that he had unlawful sex with a minor. The 14-year-old victim was a member of the pastor's congregation and he ...
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Posted on May 15, 2011 By Robert M. Bernstein
Vaughn Robert Biby, a registered sex offender, already had nine prior convictions for lewd acts on minors in Orange and Los Angeles counties. He had been out on parole for a year and a half when he ...
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Posted on Apr 23, 2011 By Criminal Defense
Over the last few years, California has enacted two laws to regulate registered sex offenders ; Megan's Law, which was enacted in California in 2006, requires sex offenders who are released from ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2011 By Criminal Defense
Lawrence Taylor, former football player for the New York Giants, was arrested last May for hiring a 16-year-old girl who was prostituted out by a pimp at a Holiday Inn in New York. The 51-year-old was ...
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Posted on Feb 16, 2011 By Criminal Defense Attorney
A former employee of an adult day-care center in El Monte recently pled no contest to sexually assaulting three severely mentally disabled women. Juan Fernando Flores, who was employed as a cook and ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2011 By Robert Bernstein
Andrew West Reid Jr. was recently convicted of Child Molestation and Possession of Child Pornography . Reid molested and took explicit photographs of his daughter's 6-year-old friend, after the girl's ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2011 By Robert Bernstein
Howard Houchen Wang was arrested after soliciting a 13-year-old girl for sex through Craigslist. Wang had sent the girl lewd e-mails, erotic pictures of himself and arranged to pay her for sex before ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
The crime of Sexual Assault or Abuse is usually a state crime, however, if it occurs within federal jurisdiction, such as aboard an in-flight aircraft, it is a federal offense . 61-year-old ...
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Posted on Nov 25, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
24-year-old man was recently arrested by Federal Agents on suspicion of using the Internet to induce a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity . The defendant had allegedly posed as a 19-year-old ...
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Posted on Apr 30, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
Los Angeles Police arrested 63-year-old Calixto Marcellana Nitro in connection with six sexual assaults in Westwood near the UCLA campus, spanning from March 8 through April 7. Nitro was allegedly ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
A Hollywood personal trainer who has worked with many celebrities, 49-year-old Gregory Isaacs, was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department for the sexual assault of a 27-year-old female. Isaacs ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
A 20-year-old man from Yorba Linda has been charged with raping three women - two of whom he had met on MySpace. Jason Erpinar allegedly invited an 18-year-old MySpace "friend" to a party where he ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2009 By Robert Bernstein
Russell Otis, a 46 year old boys' basketball coach and athletic director at Dominguez High School in Compton, California has been found guilty at trial of misdemeanor child molestation . He originally ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2009 By Robert Bernstein
An Orange County school teacher was accused by the Orange County District Attorney's Office of sexual misconduct with teenage students. Marc Silberman, 27 of Anaheim is accused of sexually assaulting ...
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Posted on Jun 5, 2009 By Robert Bernstein
Police have arrested a U.S. Marine Corps recruiter in Riverside County, California, on charges of felony pimping and kidnapping and are looking into whether he used sex with a 14-year-old girl to ...
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Posted on Jun 5, 2009 By Robert Bernstein
Police have arrested a U.S. Marine Corps recruiter in Riverside County, California, on charges of felony pimping and kidnapping and are looking into whether he used sex with a 14-year-old girl to ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2009 By Robert Bernstein
The newest teen fad sweeping across the country at the moment has put many teenagers and young adults in life altering positions over the last few months. This new fad involves sending explicit photos ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2009 By Robert Bernstein
Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney discusses the accusation of " Date Rape ." The term "Date Rape" is not a legal definition; it is a sexual assault which refers to non-consensual sexual activity ...
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