Assault
May 8, 2012
Parolee Accused of Attempted Sexual Assault of Teen Girl
Sheriff's deputies arrested a man Friday they say broke into a home in April and tried to sexually assault a teenage girl.
Deputies responded about 3:55 a.m. on April 28 to a report of the alleged attempted attack at a home in the 1800 block of Estero Court in San Jacinto. The 16-year-old victim told deputies that a man broke into the home and tried to sexually assault her, according to a news release issued by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
The girl resisted the man and he fled. She told deputies she recognized him as a handyman named "Juan" who had worked at her home in the past...
LINK - KTLA.com
May 2, 2012
Parolee barricades himself in Long Beach home
A 23-year-old parolee suspected of assaulting a family member barricaded himself in a residence in Long Beach and was taken into custody after a SWAT standoff, police said today.
Deandre Palmer allegedly struck a family member over the head with a blunt object around noon Tuesday in the 3000 block of Gale Avenue, said Long Beach police Lt. Paul LeBaron.
"The investigation led to the 1200 block of Maddox Street where we identified a residence where we believed the suspect was hiding inside," LeBaron said...
LINK - PressTelegram.com
April 26, 2012
Parolee arrested for stabbing in Banning
At 1:07 p.m. on April 24, officers responded to a report of a stabbing at 1512 E. Nicolet Street, Banning. The assault victim, a 38-year-old-male, was stabilized and then transported by ambulance to Desert Regional Hospital.
The suspect, 28-year-old Jarvis Bell, a parolee from Banning, was located a short time later hiding behind a home located at 278 N. Cherry Street...
LINK - RecordGazette.net
April 7, 2012
Arrest in Robbery, Beatings at El Cerrito Cleaners
A 51-year-old man from Vallejo was jailed March 30 after he was linked to a February 7 robbery and beatings of the husband-and-wife owners of a dry cleaners in the 6100 block of Potrero Avenue in El Cerrito, according to the Contra Costa Times.
With the aid of surveillance video, police were able to identify the white Chrysler minivan driven by the robber who escaped with cash and some personal belongings of the business owners, the newspaper said. Police said the couple were treated for their injuries at a hospital, according the Times...
LINK - ElCerrito.Patch.com
April 7, 2012
Wanted Parolee Arrested for Assaulting Several Police Officers
Police arrested a Hollister man for a range of felony charges including assault of a police officer and possession of narcotics for sale.
It happened earlier this week when officers were called to an apartment complex in the 1500 block of Valley View Road for a call that people were hanging out in the laundry room...
LINK - KIONRightNow.com
April 4, 2012
AB 109 parolee and NRP parolee released from prison, arrested for carjacking, assault
A third man is behind bars in connection to a carjacking which took place over the weekend, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Hesperia station officials said on Wednesday.
Parolee Robin Vanhaastert, 33, of Hesperia was arrested late Tuesday night at a home in the 9200 block of Sixth Avenue, according to a release.
Authorities received a 911 call on Saturday night reporting an assault and a carjacking, officials said. The victim stated he was attacked and carjacked at knifepoint...
LINK - VVDailyPress.com
April 4, 2012
Garberville transient wanted in stabbing case
James Albert Rowe, 42, allegedly stabbed a 50-year-old man during a fight near the Calico Cafe and Ray's Food Place on Redwood Drive in Garberville at about 5:30 p.m., according to a Humboldt County Sheriff's Office press release.
Deputies met with the victim, who had deep stab wounds to his face, chest, neck and hands, at Jerold Phelps Hospital at about 6:30 p.m ...
LINK - Times-Standard.com
March 28, 2012
Bolinas man charged in saloon battle as inquiry continues
A Bolinas man convicted in a mob beating in 2008 was back in court Wednesday in a new case that could send him back to prison.
Thoren Manetta, 25, was arraigned on a charge of battery causing serious bodily injury in connection with an incident outside Smiley's Schooner Saloon and Hotel in Bolinas, authorities said. He pleaded not guilty.
"It looks like this is a case of complete self-defense," said his lawyer, Kellin Cooper...
LINK - MarinIJ.com
March 23, 2012
Parolee killed by police after alleged Sun Valley robbery, carjacking and chase was in 2002 heist
The man killed by police after robbing a tobacco store and carjacking a woman in Sun Valley was a parolee who had robbed another smoke shop in a similar heist in 2002.
Authorities on Thursday identified the robbery suspect as Garmik Kirakosian, 30, who allegedly shot an employee in the leg while robbing a tobacco store in the 8500 block of Glenoaks Boulevard on Wednesday...
LINK - DailyNews.com
March 22, 2012
Glenn drug cops arrest parolee injured in fight
Glenn Interagency Narcotics Task Force officers arrested an Orland man Tuesday afternoon who obviously had been in a recent fist fight, but refused to talk about it. Hubert Franklin Watts Jr., 25, was located near Fifth and Monterey streets about 4:30 p.m. and taken into custody for felony violation of probation...
LINK - ChicoER.com
March 15, 2012
Parolee Pleads Guilty To Stabbing At Strip Club
A parolee who stabbed a bouncer trying to keep him from skipping out on a bar tab at a North Park strip club last year pleaded guilty Thursday to robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
Omar Esteban Lara, 28, who has been to prison three times for drug and robbery convictions, will be sentenced to 18 years behind bars on May 3...
LINK - 10News.com
March 14, 2012
Parolee arrested after attacking former girlfriend
A call from a concerned citizen led to the arrest of a parolee who allegedly dragged his screaming former girlfriend across a parking lot, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Hesperia station officials said.
Aaron Michael Cooper, 25, of Colton was arrested Tuesday afternoon for kidnapping, false imprisonment and violating a restraining order. Cooper was on non-revocable parole for a previous domestic violence case, Susan Rose, spokeswoman for the Hesperia station, said.
At about 3:15 p.m., authorities received a 911 call from a person who heard a woman screaming then watched Cooper drag the woman behind a building in the 11600 block of Mariposa Road, according to a release....
LINK - VVDailyPress.com
March 12, 2012
Fatal shooting by Mendocino deputy justified
The Mendocino County District Attorney has found that a 2010 fatal shooting of a prison parolee by a sheriff's deputy was legally justified.
The use of lethal force by Deputy Jason Cox against the suspect, Shane Michael Hutchins, was “objectively reasonable” given the circumstances and the information available to the deputy, District Attorney David Eyster said Monday.
At the time of his death, Hutchins, 32, was being sought in connection with a six-month crime spree that included rape, assault, kidnapping, burglary, auto theft and other crimes in Mendocino, Lake and Kern counties...
LINK - PressDemocrat.com
March 7, 2012
Man accused in beating of student back in San Diego
A parolee jailed in Arizona who is accused in a crime spree that included the near-fatal beating of a Northridge college student has been returned to San Diego, police said Wednesday.
David White, 20, was picked up at Maricopa County jail late Tuesday afternoon by San Diego police detectives and booked into central jail, homicide Lt. Kevin Rooney said.
White was charged with attempted murder in the first degree and robbery charges and is being held on $500,000 bail...
LINK - UTSanDiego.com
March 5, 2012
Most Wanted: Parolee accused of stabbing friend
Luke Austin Artinger, who pleaded guilty in January 2009 to battery and two counts of vandalism, was featured Friday on the television show "America's Most Wanted," and authorities are hoping someone in the public may know where he is.
Previously convicted of stabbing a retired deputy who saw him writing graffiti in 2007, Luke Artinger is now wanted by authorities on suspicion of stabbing a friend at a Huntington Beach home in July 2010. Artinger had been recently released from state prison when the second stabbing occurred. On March 2, 2012, he was featured on an episode of "America's Most Wanted."
In February 2007, Artinger was spotted tagging by a retired Los Angeles deputy. When the retired deputy approached him, Artinger stabbed the man several times and ran off...
LINK - OCRegister.com
February 28, 2012
Deputies Arrest Parolee in Deadly Mountain Gate Attack
Shasta County Sheriff Deputies have arrested a parolee connection with Tuesday's deadly attack that has left two people dead in outside a home in Mountain Gate.
Thomas John Allen McDonald, 35, is now being held on two counts of murder and parole violations, a Sheriff spokesman said during a late afternoon press conference.
The incident occurred shortly before 1 p.m...
LINK - KHSLTV.com
February 27, 2012
Rape Parolee Strikes Again. Woman Attacked In Downtown Fresno
A homeless parolee has a place to stay after investigators say he attacked a woman in Downtown Fresno.
Deputies say Robert Leeper hid behind a door then jumped out and tried to grab a woman in the women's restroom of the Hall Of Records last Thursday....
LINK - KMPH.com
February 12, 2012
POLICE BLOTTER: Parolee Arrests
Officers responded to AM/PM, 44847 Portola, Palm Desert regarding a theft call. Peter Orlando, a 48 year-old transient, was arrested for commercial burglary. State Parole also placed a hold on him.
Officers arrested Guadalupe Chavez, 42, of Palm Desert at Deep Canyon and Driftwood for Burglary, Assault on a Peace Officer, Violation of Parole, and Criminal Threats. Arrest involved a lengthy search and foot pursuit.
Officers responded to a shoplift call at Target 72547 Highway 111 and arrested Raquel Zarate, 32, of Indio, for a felony warrant additionally; Candice Boulware, 28, of Palm Desert was arrested for check fraud, conspiracy and burglary, and Arlyne Olivas, 24, of Moreno Valley was arrested for check fraud, conspiracy, burglary and a parole hold...
LINK - PalmDesert.Patch.com
February 2, 2012
another realignment parolee sought - this one for domestic violence, assault with a deadly weapon
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office is considering 33 year old Joshua Lee of Montague to be “armed and dangerous” after he allegedly assaulted his wife and drove her towards Hawkinsville Tuesday night, Jan. 31, 2012.
She got away and was picked up on Hwy 263 by a passing “good samaritan,” who kept driving, dragging Lee along, after he lunged into the car through an open passenger window, according to a press release from Sheriff’s Office public information officer Allison Giannini...
LINK - MTShastaNews.com
February 1, 2012
Deputy punched, suspect Tasered
Sheriff’s deputies arrested a parolee on drug and other charges on Tuesday after he punched a deputy and had to be subdued with a Taser, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies were sent to a report of a possibly wanted male sitting in his car and smoking drugs on Newlyn Street in North Salinas...
LINK - TheCalifornian.com
January 4, 2012
Dinsmore man allegedly assaulted three people Tuesday
A Dinsmore man is awaiting extradition to Washington on a warrant for failing to check in with his parole agent after deputies arrested him Tuesday evening for allegedly assaulting three housemates.
Sheriff's deputies responded to the 41000 block of Dinsmore near Highway 36 around 7 p.m. Tuesday in regard to an assault. According to a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, the deputies spoke with two female victims outside the residence who reported Dinsmore resident Todd Vernon Nelson, 49, assaulted three people at the house with his fists and was armed with a filet knife. Nelson had been living at the residence with the victims...
LINK - Times-Standard.com
December 21, 2011
Pelican Bay inmate sentenced in guard attack
A Pelican Bay State Prison inmate already serving a life term got another 10 years tacked onto his sentence after he pleaded guilty in a prison guard attack.
Prosecutors say 20-year-old Omar Cardenas and another inmate, Moses Osuna, attacked two guards with handmade weapons in January. A third guard who tried to intervene was also injured....
LINK - SacBee.com
December 21, 2011
McFarland man arrested for alleged assault with vehicle
A parolee was arrested Tuesday for allegedly ramming his vehicle into another man.
Jose Guadalupe Alvarado Jr. was arguing with Jose Manual Mendoza outside a business on the 200 block of West Kern Avenue, McFarland police said Wednesday.
Mendoza reportedly made a derogatory gesture at Alvarado, got in his vehicle and drove away. Alvarado followed, and the two stopped and started to argue again about a block away...
LINK - BakersfieldNow.com
December 6, 2011
Pepper spray unleashed in another department store
Holiday shoppers pepper-sprayed by a purse thief managed to subdue the parolee as he ran from a Walnut Creek department store.
Police said Bryan Black, 42, and a female accomplice snatched 17 high-end purses worth $10,000 at a Nordstrom store and ran for a getaway car.
Black, an Oakland parolee armed with a knife, was grabbed by a shopper and tackled by another. Black showered the shoppers with pepper spray, but they managed to hang on until police arrived, investigators said...
LINK - InlandNewsToday.com
December 5, 2011
Shoppers pepper sprayed while subduing purse thief
Holiday shoppers pepper sprayed by a purse thief managed to subdue the parolee running from a California department store with $10,000 worth of handbags.
Walnut Creek police say 42-year-old Bryan Black and a female accomplice snatched 17 high-end purses at a Nordstrom store Saturday night and ran for a getaway car.
Lt. Steve Gorski tells the San Francisco Chronicle that the woman escaped with a couple purses...
LINK - SFGate.com
November 23, 2011
PB inmates charged in Jan. attack
Two Pelican Bay State Prison inmates face attempted murder charges in connection with a January assault on three correctional officers who were sent to the hospital.
Inmates Omar Cardenas and Moses Osuna were appointed attorneys during their arraignment Thursday at the Del Norte County Superior Courthouse. They will enter their pleas at a subsequent hearing after they have the chance to speak with their attorneys.
Both are charged with attempted murder and several other felony charges...
LINK - Triplicate.com
November 17, 2011
Convicted rapist, murderer attacked in GEO Group private prison
A man convicted of raping and murdering one UNM student and raping another back in the early 1980's is at UNM Hospital on life support after being attacked by fellow inmates in prison.
The Corrections Department said Michael Guzman was attacked by more than a dozen inmates just two days after he was moved to a private prison in Clayton.
His family wants answers about the attack...
LINK - KOB.com
September 25, 2011
Nevada County man killed in standoff with SWAT team identified
A Nevada County man killed in a standoff by a member of the Sheriff's Department SWAT team has been identified as John Salazar, 53, a parolee with prior felony convictions on drug, weapons and assault charges, law enforcement officials said today.
The episode began as a domestic violence call about 12:30 p.m. Saturday three miles east of Lake of the Pines, Sheriff's Capt. Jeff Powell said.
After several hours of being unable to establish communication with the suspect, Powell said he gave the order for the SWAT team to enter the home at 3:30 p.m...
LINK - SacBee.com
September 20, 2011
Oxnard police say parolee tried to hit officer with vehicle
A 33-year-old parolee was arrested after he tried to hit an Oxnard officer with a vehicle and then led police on a low-speed chase, authorities said Tuesday.
Oxnard police said they responded to a reported fight about 9 p.m. Monday in the 2000 block of Mono Street. Officers said they tried to contact the driver of a vehicle allegedly involved in the dispute. Police said the driver then accelerated toward an officer, forcing the officer to jump back to avoid being hit. When the driver failed to stop, he was pursued by police, authorities said...
LINK - VCStar.com
September 19, 2011
Newbury Park man sentenced to more than 8 years for assault against officer
Citing a long criminal record dating to 1995, a judge Monday sentenced a parolee to the maximum eight years and eight months in prison for accelerating his car toward a Ventura County sheriff's deputy.
In August, a jury found Thomas Sizemore, 29, of Newbury Park guilty of two felonies: assault with a deadly weapon against a peace officer and evading police. They also found him guilty of being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Superior Court Judge Brian Back on Monday recited a litany of crimes committed by Sizemore, starting when he was a juvenile in 1995, including theft, burglaries and drug offenses...
LINK - VCStar.com
August 29, 2011
North Park Stabbing Suspects to Also Stand Trial for Santee Assault and Robbery
A parolee accused of stabbing a bouncer at a North Park strip club must stand trial for that incident and be separately tried for a stun gun attack, beating and robbery of a man in Santee, a judge ruled Monday.
Omar Esteban Lara, 27, is charged along with another parolee, 31-year- old Kevin Burch, in the June 19 attack on the bouncer at Tens Showclub.
According to police, Lara left the club at about 1 a.m. and the bouncer followed him out, confronting him about paying his tab. Lara is alleged to have stabbed the bouncer several times, once in the neck, and to have run off, only to be caught and held by the bouncer until police came...
LINK - Santee.Patch.com
August 19, 2011
Newbury Park man [parolee] found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon on a sheriff’s deputy
A jury on Thursday afternoon found a parolee guilty of assault with a deadly weapon against a Ventura County Sheriff's Department deputy after the man accelerated his car toward the deputy as he stood in the middle of a cul-de-sac.
In March, deputies fired at Thomas Sizemore, of Newbury Park, after he speeded up and drove his vehicle between two patrol cars in the middle of the street that were trying to block him. He almost hit a deputy, court testimony indicated...
LINK - VCStar.com
August 2, 2011
Suspect Punches Cop, Evades Capture for 4 hours in Santa Monica
Residents in the area of Pico Boulevard and 22nd Street in Santa Monica likely heard the helicopter assisting Santa Monica Police, along with officers from multiple neighboring agencies, in search of a suspect who assaulted an officer and evaded capture for nearly four hours.
After stopping 36-year-old Randall Meloncon for riding his bike on the wrong side of the street at about 8:13 p.m. on Aug. 1, Santa Monica officers discovered that he was a parolee with multiple prior convictions for narcotics and weapon possession and was to be considered "armed and dangerous." When officers attempted to take this Santa Monica homeless man into custody, he punched a female officer in the face, broke her finger, and took off running...
LINK - SMMirror.com
July 17, 2011
Parolee arrested for assaulting woman in wheelchair
A parolee has been arrested for assaulting a vagrant woman in a wheelchair in Ventura after she demanded he stop drinking a can of malt liquor in public, police said Sunday.
Matthew Wehrman, 52, of Ventura, was arrested Saturday for assault with a deadly weapon and booked into Ventura County Jail. Because he was placed on a parole hold, he is being held without bail, police said...
LINK - VCStar.com
July 16, 2011
“Violent” Trio Nabbed In Carjacking Cases, Police Say
Three "violent and dangerous" people, including a parolee at large, have been charged in connection with two carjackings, robbery and burglary in El Cerrito, Albany and San Pablo, police said Thursday.
The more recent carjacking occurred on Albany Hill about 12:30 p.m. Sunday, July 10, when a woman who had just parked her car at 555 Pierce St. had her purse taken from her at gunpoint by a man who got out of a car that had pulled up alongside her, according to Albany police...
LINK - Albany.Patch.com
June 29, 2011
CCPOA Member Alert: Lancaster Assault Update
June 28, 2011
CCPOA Member Alert: Lancaster Assault
CCPOA has been made aware of an officer assault that has taken place this morning at California State Prison, Los Angeles County...
April 25, 2011
Parolee wanted after attack with golf club
A parolee is wanted for attempted homicide after stabbing a man with a golf club handle, a Yuba County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said today.
The incident in the 5900 block of Garden Avenue was reported at 10:15 a.m. Sunday.
Nelson Ned Figueira, 36, was in an argument with an acquaintance, 39-year-old Damon Aaron, when he grabbed a handle from a broken golf club and tried to stab Aaron, said spokeswoman Melanie Oakes...
LINK - Appeal-Democrat.com
March 25, 2011
Update: Suspect arrested in robbery, assault on cop
A 38-year-old Chico transient who allegedly hit a police officer with a car was arrested about five hours later at a Park Avenue motel.
James George Harris, who was also wanted as a "parolee at large," was arrested at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday without incident by the Chico police.
Harris was accused of striking Chico police officer Frank Deshler with a car about 4:30 p.m. Thursday as the suspect was fleeing from the Walmart store on Forest Avenue after allegedly robbing it.
Reportedly the suspect entered the store about 4:30 p.m. in slippers and left them behind. It wasn't immediately determined what he had taken from Walmart, but the shoplift quickly turned more serious when security personnel approached him in the parking lot and the man claimed to have a weapon...
LINK - ChicoER.com
January 13, 2011
Inmates attack 3 prison officers
An attack on correctional officers at Pelican Bay State Prison sent three of them to the hospital Tuesday morning.
The officers suffered face and chest wounds after two inmates blitzed them with makeshift knives while in the exercise yard around 9:30 a.m.
Other officers quelled the assault using physical force and batons. Two weapons, one fashioned from metal and the other plastic, were recovered...
LINK - Triplicate.com
January 11, 2011
Inmates Attack Pelican Bay Officers
CRESCENT CITY, Calif. - Three Pelican Bay State Prison correctional officers were hurt Tuesday when they were attacked by two inmates, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. The officers -- ages 37, 43 and 45 -- were treated at a local hospital for lacerations and puncture wounds and released, the state said. The prison will remain locked down until further notice."
Our foremost concern is for the safety and well-being of our dedicated staff," Warden Gregory Lewis said in a prepared statement. "Our officers' injuries are not life-threatening and we are glad they were discharged from the hospital today. Our thoughts and prayers are with them for a speedy recovery."
The state said the attack occurred about 9:25 a.m. when two inmates rushed the officers with prison-made weapons while being released into the exercise yard. Custody staff members in the immediate area responded and stopped the attack with physical force and batons. Two weapons were recovered...
LINK - KCRA.com
Official Press Statement from CDCR - CDCRToday.blogspot.com
October 18, 2010
State-Funded, For-Profit Juvenile Prison Sued For Assault
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) took aim at a Florida state-funded, for-profit juvenile prison after allegations of horrific conditions surfaced. According to a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of children held at Thompson Academy in Broward County, Florida, the staff at Thompson Academy routinely brutalized, chocked and slammed the children into walls. At least one was sexually assaulted and after the abuse was reported administrations continued to allow the staff member to have contact with the child, resulting in a second sexual assault...
LINK - Care2.com
September 23, 2010
Parolee problems: Woman with kitchen knife repels parolee burglar
Police say a Concord woman fought off a parolee who was hiding in her bedroom with a kitchen knife.
Lt. Andrew Gartner said Robert Jarrett was running from a police officer who had tried to arrest on him an outstanding warrant Wednesday afternoon when Jarrett allegedly holed up in the woman's home.
Gartner says the woman reported that Jarrett tried to force her into the bathroom when she found him there, but fled when she cut his face and arm with a knife...
LINK - MercuryNews.com
May 5, 2010
Parole agent attacked by parolee
The 30-year-old agent, whose name was not released, went to the lobby of the parole office at 9900 Baldwin Place in El Monte on Monday to talk to two of her parolees.
Archiri Geh, a third parolee who drove the other two to the office, attacked her there, said Arthur Mosqueda, parole agent from the El Monte office.
Other parolees and parole officers restrained Geh, who is 6 feet tall and weighs 185 pounds, long enough to free the female agent. She was taken to a hospital and later released. She's now recovering at her home, Mosqueda said...
LINK - SGVTribune.com
March 15, 2010
Correctional Officer attacked at North Kern
A 43-year old female correctional officer is recovering today after being attacked and beaten by a violent inmate.
The incident happened Saturday morning at the North Kern State Prison near Delano.
Prison officials say the attack was unprovoked and the inmate - 37-year old Rus Loc from Los Angeles - had only been there for a few days...
LINK - KMJNow.com
This morning, March 13, 2010, at approximately 8:14 a.m., a 43-year-old female correctional officer at North Kern State Prison (NKSP) sustained moderate injuries in an unprovoked attack by a 37-year-old inmate in the reception center part of the prison. The correctional officer was transported to Delano Regional Medical Center where she remains in stable condition. The inmate was identified as inmate Russ Loc, who has been housed at the prison since March 8, 2010, after being convicted in Los Angeles County for forced oral copulation resulting in great bodily injury...
LINK - KGET.com
March 3, 2010
California: Parolee allegedly used pit bull in carjack attempt and on police
A parolee used his pit bull to attack a driver in an attempted carjacking and then turned the dog on a canine officer, say Elk Grove police.
Officers became involved when they responded to a disturbance at 6:17 p.m. Monday at an AM/PM service station at 10421 Grant Line Road, said spokesman Officer Chris Trim.
Responding officers learned a man, identified as Ronald Tomlinson, 46, had shut off the gas nozzle t o a car pumping gas and opened the driver's door....
LINK - RGJ.com
February 24, 2010
Women Call Private Prison Guards Predators
Two former inmates of a Corrections Corporation of America prison say CCA employees preyed on them sexually and banished them to solitary lockdown when they complained. One woman claims a CCA guard paid her "sugar daddy" on the outside, then demanded, and received, sex in prison.
Jessica Rubio and Serbennia Chase filed separate, $20 million federal lawsuits against the private prison contractor, alleging civil rights violations at the company's Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF) at the District of Columbia Jail.
Rubio, who was arrested and sentenced in 2008 for sexual solicitation, says CTF employee "Sgt. Powell" paid her for sex four times when he should have been helping her "turn her life around..."
LINK - CourtHouseNews.com
February 23, 2010
“Non-revocable” parolee arrested for molesting 6-yr old girl?
Monterey County Sheriff's deputies arrested Friday night a Salinas man on charges of child molestation and false imprisonment.
Deputies responded to a home on Potter Road around 6:45 p.m.; deputies say their investigation determined Javier Ramirez Venegas, 50, of Salinas, molested a 6-year old girl and held her against her will. Deputies add two other girls were nearby when the alleged attack took place; their ages were left as confidential.
Deputies say Venegas is an active parolee; he is listed as eligible for non-revocable parole....
LINK - KIONRightNow.com
February 19, 2010
Red Bluff man arrested in Redding shooting
A paroled Red Bluff man shot a Weed resident in a Wendy's parking lot Saturday in what he says was an act of self-defense.
Joseph Victor Davis, 26, told police he was beaten with a flashlight around 7 a.m. on Saturday, and fired at his attackers, according to a press release from the Redding Police Department.
An investigation by the department revealed Brady Kristopher Gentry, 23, Weed, was at the Wendy's parking lot at the same time and underwent treatment at Mercy Medical Center for two gunshot wounds. His condition has since been upgraded to fair...
LINK - RedBluffDailyNews.com
February 11, 2010
Parolee attacks 71 year-old woman with knife, belt and fist
A 47-year-old parolee landed in jail Wednesday morning, accused of attacking an elderly female acquaintance in her Vista home, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said.
The 71-year-old victim called deputies about noon on Tuesday to report that Carey Lynn Barton —- whom the victim knew —- had come into her home, Sheriff's Sgt. Art Wager said in a news release.
The victim said Barton held a knife to her throat, punched her in the face, tried to strangle her with a belt, and demanded property, the sergeant said…
LINK - NCTimes.com
February 3, 2010
SATF Officer stabbed in head by inmate
A correctional officer was stabbed by an inmate Tuesday at the state prison at Corcoran.
The female guard was stabbed in the head with a makeshift weapon in a housing unit at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, according to prison public information officer Michele Kane.
The unidentified officer was treated at a hospital and released. There were no other injuries, Kane said.
Prison officials hadn't determined a reason for the attack as of Tuesday night. The prison was placed on lockdown while the investigation got underway…
LINK - BakersfieldNOW.com
February 3, 2010
Parolee cuts woman’s hand with knife while stealing her purse
La Mesa police are asking for the public's help in finding a parolee accused of cutting a woman's hand with a knife while stealing her handbag in a Wal-Mart parking lot.
The woman was walking to her vehicle in the 5500 block of Grossmont Center Drive around 10:45 p.m. on Jan. 21 when a green, older model Chevy or Ford pickup truck pulled in front of her, according to the La Mesa police.
A passenger in the truck got out and tried to cut the woman's purse strap with a knife, police said, adding that during the struggle, the woman suffered a deep cut to her hand from the purse snatcher's knife…
LINK - 10News.com
February 3, 2010
Parolee tased, arrested for assaulting girlfrind, threatening to kill her and family
A parolee – accused of assaulting his girlfriend –was tracked by GPS through two cities and arrested at a Laguna Hills El Torito, officials said.
According to police reports, Ronnie Ray Osorio, 22, of Santa Ana was being tracked by his parole officer on an ankle bracelet Tuesday after going to his girlfriend's home in Lake Forest on Monday night. There he is suspected of assaulting her and threatening to kill her and her family said Lt. Steve Doan, chief of police services for Laguna Hills.
"He returned to her house again on Tuesday and she refused to let him in," Doan said…
LINK - OCRegister.com
January 30, 2010
Suspects In Store Clerk’s Stabbing Had Been On Parole
Two men arrested in the stabbing of an El Monte store clerk last month had been on parole — one was later put on probation — and could be considered the kind of "non-violent, low-level offender" now being unleashed as part of the state's budget-minded "parole reform" that would release as many as 21,000 prisoners over the next two years.
According to court and county jail records, suspect Allen Tran had been released on parole earlier in December before being placed on probation Dec. 17 for identity theft. The second suspect in the case, Johhny Ngo, had been released on parole Dec. 20, 2008 after serving time for petty theft with prior convictions.
Police allege that one of the men stabbed a clerk at Ted's Quality Market in El Monte Dec. 26. Tran, 28, showed up the night of the stabbing at County-USC Medical Center, where the victim was being treated…
LINK - LAWeekly.com
January 26, 2010
Parolee carjacks driver at gun point, gets arrested
A parolee who allegedly stole a BMW at gunpoint was arrested after officers picked up the LoJack signal coming from the car.
The suspect's name and age weren't available Tuesday night. The Los Angeles resident was taken into custody by Los Angeles police and booked on suspicion of carjacking.
The carjacking happened about 2 p.m. in the 300 block of Pasadena Avenue.
A Pasadena resident was dropping off real estate fliers when an armed man got into his 2008 BMW and said he was taking the car, according to South Pasadena Police Sgt. Tony Abdalla…
LINK - PasadenaStarNews.com
January 12, 2010
Brawley police looking for parolee in Brawley stabbing case
Police here are looking for a parolee suspected of attempted homicide in the repeated stabbing of a man last week on Stanley Place, Brawley Police Cmdr. Brett Houser said Monday.
Detectives received an 8:45 p.m. call Thursday from Pioneers Memorial Hospital about the victim who was stabbed once in the stomach and who suffered two or three slash wounds to his neck, Houser said.
The victim, who Houser declined to identify, identified the suspect to police as 32-year-old Anthony Donato Cortez of Brawley. News about the stabbing was not made public by Brawley police, Houser said…
LINK - IVPressOnline.com
January 4, 2010
Parolee arrested for stalking, robbery, false imprisonment, etc
Watsonville police officers arrested a 22-year-old Gonzales man who they say stalked and held a woman against her will Sunday night.
Geraldo Ruiz, a parolee, and the female victim are "acquaintances," police said.
The woman contacted police around 6:45 p.m. Sunday, officials said, and told them that a man had stalked, burglarized, robbed, and falsely imprisoned her.
The woman then pointed out Ruiz as the responsible suspect, police said…
LINK - TheCalifornian.com
November 30, 2009
CA parolee douses ex-girlfriend and son with gasoline, lighter in hand
A Bainbridge Island woman and her young son awoke Sunday morning to find a man pouring gas over them, brandishing a lighter — and threatening to light them on fire.
The 39-year-old woman and her 12-year-old son suffered only minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital. But the intruder, whom police consider very dangerous, escaped and remains at large as of early Sunday evening.
Police have identified the man as 49-year-old Edward Mark Olsen, a former boyfriend of the woman.
Olsen described as white, 5 feet, 11 inches tall and 210 pounds. He has short gray hair and a mustache, and is a wanted parolee from California…
LINK - KitsapSun.com
November 30, 2009
GEO private prison: hatchets, knives used in attack
Two inmates are recovering after a weekend attack at a private prison in Lawton.
Lawton police say the two inmates were attacked Saturday by two other inmates wielding homemade hatchets and knives at the Lawton Correctional Center. Both were transported by ambulance to a Lawton hospital, where one of the victims required surgery.
The prison is owned by Florida-based GEO Group, Inc., and a GEO spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment…
LINK - KFSM.com
November 11, 2009
Parolee gets 41-years-to-life sentence in shooting
A parolee Tuesday was returned to prison for a term of 41-years-to-life in connection with an attempted murder in Chico.
William Robert Dye, 40, was convicted by a Butte County Superior Court jury of shooting Donald Powell Jr., 45, in the face during a purported drug buy at the victim's East Ninth Street residence late Sept. 1, 2007.
Powell survived, though testified he is partially blind and has no memory of the shooting…
LINK - ChicoER.com
November 9, 2009
Paroled sex offender with GPS anklet commits sexual battery on two 12-yr old girls, others
A parolee suspected of groping Watsonville six schoolgirls has been connected to at least four incidents of sexual battery near downtown Santa Cruz in the past three months, police said.
Abraham Flores Mena, a 25-year-old registered sex offender who lives in the county, is suspected of grabbing women from behind as they walked alone or in pairs on side streets near Laurel Street, according to police.
Investigators considered Mena a suspect after Watsonville police arrested him Oct. 29 on suspicion of groping four freshman girls who were walking to Pajaro Valley High School and two girls, both 12, who attend Rolling Hills Middle School…
LINK - SantaCruzSentinel.com
November 8, 2009
Man shot, 6 terrorized during home invasion
Six people were terrorized and one of them was shot early Saturday morning when a masked gunman robbed and assaulted them after breaking into their home in the 200 block of E. Jewel St., according to the Santa Maria Police Department.
Parolee Ronald Lightsey, 34, of Santa Maria is suspected of entering the occupied residence at 4:20 a.m. and demanding money, police said.
One female victim tried to flee, but Lightsey allegedly fired two shots and physically assaulted her, police said, preventing her from leaving…
LINK - SantaMariaTimes.com
October 22, 2009
Parolee - busted after home invasion and shooting of resident
A man with an extensive criminal history has been arrested for an alleged home invasion and shooting of a Lakeport man that occurred early Wednesday morning.
Thomas Loyd Dudney, 59, of Fulton was arrested at midnight and booked into the Lake County Jail on an attempted murder charge. His bail is set at $100,000.
Dudney is charged for a Tuesday morning attack on 49-year-old Ronald Greiner, who was found hogtied, shot and beaten outside of his S. Main Street home, as Lake County News has reported…
LINK - LakeCoNews.com
October 19, 2009
Man Arrested For Sexual Assault On Elderly Woman
Sacramento police have arrested a man who they say sexually assaulted an elderly woman.
Police got several calls on Sunday of a man exposing himself and harassing people in the area near 10th and J Streets in downtown Sacramento. Officers located 42-year-old Kevin Dresdner, a parolee.
Dresher has been identified as the suspect in the sexual battery of a 78-year-old woman.
LINK - CBS13.com
October 15, 2009
Parolee arrested for attempted murder of a police officer, other charges
Pittsburg, California - A parolee is behind bars after police say an officer survived a close call during a struggle.
Pittsburg police Lt. Brian Addington says 32-year-old Alfred Stone was arrested Tuesday night after he put a gun to the head of an officer as the two struggled on the ground.
No shots were fired, but Addington says the officer was bitten repeatedly on the arm after he grabbed the weapon…
LINK - MercuryNews.com
October 14, 2009
Private prison managers forced employees to have sex - retaliation if refused
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a pattern or practice discrimination lawsuit against Dominion Correctional Services, LLC and Corrections Corporation of America, both doing business as Crowley County Correctional Facility, for $1.3 million and significant remedial relief on behalf of 21 female former workers who were allegedly subjected to a sex-based hostile work environment and retaliation at an all-male, privately run medium security prison in Olney Springs, Colo.
In its lawsuit (EEOC v. Dominion Correctional Services, LLC and Corrections Corporation Of America, Civ. No. 1:06-cv-01956-KVH), filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the EEOC charged that female employees at the prison were subjected to unwelcome sexual harassment that included male managers forcing them to perform sex acts in order to keep their jobs. Two chiefs of security, who reported directly to the warden and to whom all security personnel at the prison reported, were allowed to resign after numerous complaints of sexual harassment and rape, according to the EEOC. In the settlement, the defendants did not admit liability…
LINK - EEOC.gov (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Official Website)
October 1, 2009
Parolee, gang-banger charged with assaulting cop with deadly weapon, battery on cop, meth for sale
A 24-year-old man shot by a San Mateo police detective during a drug raid has been charged with assaulting a police officer, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Police say Joseph Ortega, a parolee and documented gang member, slammed his Mitsubishi into a car carrying officers to a house in the 1400 block of Newbridge Avenue on Aug. 13. The officers were coming to the home to serve a drug search warrant on 25-year-old Hector Ramirez, who police say is a parolee and documented gang member.
Before officers could get into the residence, Ramirez walked out of the house and got into the passenger side of Ortega's Mitsubishi, which was parked on the street. Ortega drove into the police car, and then an officer who has not been identified shot him in the heart, police said. Ortega survived but the bullet is still in his heart. He has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and battery on a police officer, said assistant deputy district attorney Karen Guidotti. She said both charges are felonies and Ortega faces up to five years in prison if convicted…
LINK - InsideBayArea.com
September 27, 2009
Parolee at-large arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon
A parolee at-large was arrested early Sunday morning of suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and child endangerment, Cathedral City police said.
Daniel "Joker" Valladares, who is suspected of attacking a female with a cement slab and smashing the woman's vehicle while her 6-year-old child was inside, was located in the area of Sky Blue Water Trail and 33rd Avenue at 12:12 a.m. Sunday, about 12 hours after the Saturday afternoon attack, Cathedral City police Sgt. Corwin de Veas said.
According to de Veas, officers were dispatched at 1:23 p.m. to an assault with a deadly weapon in progress in the area of the 32800 block of Navajo Trail. When officers arrived they located an adult female and a 6-year-old male child at the scene. The adult female was uncooperative. The child told officers the adult female's boyfriend attacked them. The child's statements were corroborated with the evidence and witnesses at the scene…
LINK - MyDesert.com
September 24, 2009
Parolee Sentenced for Assault on Homeless Man
A 27-year-old parolee was sentenced to 11 years in prison Monday for assaulting a transient in Mountain Gate in July.
Jason Lee Miller of Redding was found by Shasta County sheriff's detectives hiding in a trailer near where the assault occurred the previous day and arrested for a parole violation, Detective Mark Haslam said.
Miller and the victim, Edward Jennings, 35, had met earlier the day of the assault at a gas station and spent the day at Lake Shasta with a group of people, Haslam said….
LINK - Redding.com
September 23, 2009
11 inmates still hospitalized in Avenal State Prison violence
An outbreak of violence caused by Latino gangs at Avenal State Prison in Central California left nearly a dozen inmates hospitalized today, including one in serious condition, officials said.
A total of 193 inmates were involved in the fighting that started in the yard Monday shortly after 8:30 p.m., said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Twenty-four inmates were injured so seriously they had to be hospitalized outside the prison that houses 6,395 minimum- and medium-security inmates, Thornton said. Eleven remained hospitalized today…
LINK - LATimes.com
September 15, 2009
PB parolee convicted of felony assault on girlfriend
A parolee accused of striking his girlfriend with a 2-pound hammer, then sexually assaulting her at her Pacific Beach home, was convicted Tuesday of felony charges that could send him to prison for life.
Walter Cordell, 53, was found guilty of six counts, including premeditated attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, making a criminal threat and forcible rape.
The jury was unable to reach unanimous decisions on seven other counts, including rape by foreign object and sodomy…
LINK - SignonSanDiego.com (San Diego Union-Tribune)
September 10, 2009
Parolee gets out early for good behavior, returns to raping elderly women
A 39-year-old parolee convicted 20 years ago of violently raping elderly women was sentenced to more than 100 years behind bars Thursday for an attack with an eerily similar method.
Ernest C. Moore was 19 when he was convicted in the bloody attacks on two older Asian women, one 66 and the other 84, in Los Angeles in 1989.
Both women were watched as they gardened in their yards in the same neighborhood, which included mostly Asian families. Both women had their heads covered and were bound with household items and held at knife-point before both were raped and one was sodomized…
LINK - ContraCostaTimes.com
September 7, 2009
Inmate stabbed during riot at Avenal
An inmate riot at Avenal State Prison sent one man to the hospital over the weekend.
According to Lt. Douglass Snell, the riot, which involved 21 inmates, broke out in Facility 2.
One of the inmates involved in the riot was stabbed and transported to a nearby hospital where he was treated for his wounds. Snell says the injuries are not life threatening…
LINK - KMPH.com
September 7, 2009
CCA not reporting all sexual assaults on inmates to state?
A privately run prison in Eastern Kentucky plagued with allegations of sexual improprieties involving guards and inmates did not report all sexual abuse incidents to the state.
A Herald-Leader review of sexual-incident reports dating to 2006 showed that at least one alleged assault involving Otter Creek Correctional Center staff and a Kentucky inmate was not reported to the state by Corrections Corporation of America. Also, state correction officials said, Otter Creek hasn't followed the same reporting standards for sexual assaults as the state's 13 state-run prisons.
State prison officials confirmed that they never received a report from CCA about Randy Hagans, the prison's former chaplain. Hagans was charged with third-degree sexual abuse for alleged contact with an Kentucky inmate. He has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to go to trial Sept. 21, court records show…
LINK - Kentucky.com
September 3, 2009
Hawaiian female inmates finally back home from private Kentucky prison
All but one of the remaining Hawai'i inmates housed at the embattled Otter Creek Women's Prison in Kentucky are back in Hawai'i and are likely to remain close to home.
The state decided to remove the prisoners from the facility following allegations that 23 Otter Creek inmates, including seven from Hawai'i, were sexually assaulted by prison personnel.
State Department of Public Safety director Clayton Frank said 128 prisoners arrived back in Hawai'i on Monday. Fifty-nine are being housed at the Federal Detention Center near Honolulu International Airport; 69 are at the Women's Community Correctional Center in Kailua…
LINK - HonoluluAdvertiser.com
September 2, 2009
Survey: Sex assault rate high at Chowchilla prison
One of the nation's largest prisons for women, the Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla, is among the worst prisons in America for sexual assaults, according to a survey.
The portrayal came from a federal survey of 10% of the country's prisons. The Justice Department's 2007 survey included 146 state and federal prisons and more than 23,000 inmates. It was the first such federal survey directly questioning inmates about sexual assault.
The survey found that more than 10% of the Chowchilla prison's 2,867 inmates reported some sort of sexual victimization. No other California prison surveyed matched those numbers, according to the survey…
LINK - FresnoBee.com
August 22, 2009
Hawaii: Mainland prisons cheap but problematic
State corrections officials have long claimed that housing Hawaii convicts at privately operated prisons on the mainland is much cheaper than incarcerating them on the islands. Problems at a private prison housing Hawaii women in Kentucky indicate that it is operating on the cheap, in comparison not only with Hawaii prisons but with public facilities in Kentucky.
More than half of the 128 female inmates from Hawaii will return to the islands for incarceration here following allegations of sexual assaults by corrections officers. Hawaii officials should have known from monthly monitoring reports over the past 19 months that the Otter Creek Correctional Center in eastern Kentucky was plagued by understaffing, poor employee morale and security concerns…
LINK - StarBulletin.com
August 21, 2009
Correctional Officer Stabbed at Corcoran State Prison
A correctional officer is recovering from a stabbing at Corcoran State Prison.
Authorities say an inmate stabbed the prison guard in the arm Friday morning in the security housing unit.
That's where prisoners who commit crimes in prison are locked up. The attack occurred when officers entered the inmate's cell for an emergency medical incident.
The officer was sent to a hospital for treatment — but is expected to be ok…
LINK - ABCLocal.go.com
August 20, 2009
“Non-violent, drug-offender” parolee beats sleeping homeless man with metal baseball bat
The alleged beating of a homeless man in Glenn County lands a parolee in jail on multiple charges. Authorities say 23 year old Wesley Stone Junior was booked after allegedly beating 56 year old Danny Stout with a metal baseball bat while the man was asleep. Stone is also on parole for a narcotics violation and is charged with stealing the man's wallet. The incident happened late Tuesday night at the Hambright Creek Bridge in Glenn County…
LINK - NewsTalk1290 - KPay 1290
August 19, 2009
Hawaii pulling its women inmates out of troubled Kentucky prison
Women inmates from Hawai'i will be removed from a Kentucky prison for safety reasons after allegations that some were sexually abused by prison guards, the state Department of Public Safety announced yesterday.
Clayton Frank, the department's director, said 40 women inmates were transferred back to the Islands on Monday and most of the 128 women remaining at Otter Creek Correctional Center in Wheelwright will return within a month. Several women serving lengthy sentences will be moved to other Mainland prisons, according to the department.
Frank said many inmates wanted to stay at Otter Creek because they believe they are benefiting from its prison services…
LINK - HonoluluAdvertiser.com
July 29, 2009
Parolee sought in home invasion, beating in Fresno
Fresno County deputies are searching for a parolee wanted in connection to a home-invasion robbery and beating in central Fresno.
26-year-old Kassandra McKenna Fresno is wanted by Fresno Police for her involvement in a home robbery and beating of two people that occurred Tuesday in the 3000 block of N. Howard Ave.
During the invasion two suspects who were inside of the home at the time were beaten. Cash and several items were also taken from inside of the home. According to reports, the suspects fled the scene in a small black car. The make and model is unknown…
LINK - CBS47.tv Fresno
July 28, 2009
Inmate Assaults 2 Merced Correctional Officers
An inmate punched a female correctional officer in the chest and hit another in the face on Saturday, deputies said.
The officers were moving the man to a safety cell because he felt "suicidal," according to the Merced County Sheriff's Department. That's when he lashed out, deputies said.
A third officer came out and fired his Taser gun at 26-year-old Antonio Moreno, deputies said. He was handcuffed and taken to a safety cell…
LINK - KCRA.com Sacramento
July 19, 2009
Private prison in KY now under investigation for 19 sex assaults
An investigation into sex assaults involving Hawai'i and other female inmates at a private Kentucky prison has widened and now includes 19 alleged attacks over the past three years.
Honolulu attorney Myles Breiner is representing three Hawai'i women who allege they were sexually assaulted at Otter Creek Correctional Center within the past 12 to 18 months. The most recent sex assault was reported June 23 and allegedly involved a male corrections officer.
Meanwhile, Kentucky officials say they have launched an investigation into 16 alleged sex assaults at Otter Creek involving Kentucky women. Some of the allegations date back to 2006…
LINK - HonoluluAdvertiser.com
July 18, 2009
Parolee On Megan’s Law Site Arrested
A 43-year-old Salinas man was arrested Friday after being accused of trying to make inappropriate contact with teenage boys, sheriff's officials said.
Police arrested Jason Harry Bishop after a woman reported that he was trying to make contact with her teenage son. An investigation revealed that Bishop has tried to contact other teenage boys, and sent one a sexually explicit letter, deputies said.
Sheriff's deputies did not go into details on what the contact with the teenage boys was because of an ongoing investigation…
LINK - KSBW.com
July 17, 2009
CCA private prison under investigation for staff rape of inmates
The state Department of Corrections is investigating allegations of sexual abuse against as many as 16 Kentucky women housed at the privately run Otter Creek Correctional Center in Wheelwright.
Kentucky State Police also are investigating allegations, reported June 23, that a Hawaiian inmate was sexually assaulted by a corrections officer at the women's-only, Floyd County facility.
State police expect to present that case to a Floyd County grand jury in the next several weeks, spokesman Mike Goble said, adding that detectives also are looking into allegations made by inmates since the June 23 report…
LINK - Courier-Journal.com
July 9, 2009
Arrested parolee linked to two attempted rapes
A 47-year-old auto mechanic and parolee who was arrested June 17 on suspicion of indecent exposure has been linked by DNA to two attempted rapes, authorities said Wednesday.
Calvin Kemp was charged Tuesday with two counts of attempted rape, several counts of burglary, making criminal threats, kidnapping, false imprisonment and assault with a deadly weapon, said Bernard Gonzales, a Chula Vista police spokesman.
Kemp is being held at Donovan state prison…
LINK - SignOnSanDiego.com (San Diego Union-Tribune)
July 8, 2009
Parolee arrested in connection with Mountain Gate transient beating
Shasta County sheriff's investigators have detained a 27-year-old Redding parolee accused of beating a transient into a coma last week.
Jason Lee Miller was arrested on a parole violation Thursday in connection with the assault of 35-year-old Edward Jennings, Capt. Dave Compomizzo said Tuesday.
Last Wednesday, deputies responding to a reported disturbance found Jennings with head injuries at Wonderland Boulevard south of Bass Drive in Mountain Gate…
LINK - Redding.com
June 29, 2009
Victorville parolee jailed in assault of 13-year-old cousin
A Victorville parolee was arrested on suspicion of child cruelty after he reportedly assaulted his 13-year-old cousin, possibly fracturing his jaw, Sheriff's deputies said.
Deputies responded to a call of an assault on a child 10:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 10500 block of Arlington Street, in Adelanto, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
The victim suffered a fat lip, facial lacerations, broken teeth and a possible broken jaw, deputies said. Paramedics assessed and treated the victim at the scene, but he was driven to a local hospital by his mother…
LINK - SBSun.com
June 8, 2009
Report points to prison security failures
A government inquiry into the most recent fatal assault of a federal correctional officer details multiple security breakdowns and underscores a fear among federal officials who say inmates have grown increasingly violent in their dealings with prison staff.
Jose Rivera's June 20 killing, captured by surveillance cameras inside the high security U.S. Penitentiary Atwater in California, provides a chilling view into the U.S. prison system where weapons are plentiful and some violent inmates are allowed to "sleep off" bouts of drunkenness fueled by homemade cocktails, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) report obtained by USA TODAY.
During the attack, Rivera, a 22-year-old Iraq war veteran, struggled for his life while a locked door blocked several of his colleagues from responding…
LINK - USAToday.com
May 12, 2009
Prison Officials: Inmate Stabbed to Death by 2 Convicted Murderers
An inmate was found stabbed to death in a prison yard Monday, allegedly by two other inmates who were serving sentences for murder.
Officials at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi say the attack on Evan Broderick, 20 happened out in the open in the prison yard.
Broderick's body was found with multiple stab wounds. Prison officials have not released the details of what kind of weapon was used or how the weapons were obtained.
The two suspects, Travis Frazier, 26, and Kenneth Nowlin, 29, are both serving sentences for murder at the minimum-to-maximum security prison which houses 5,800 inmates…
LINK - KTLA.com
May 12, 2009
Prison yard stabbing leaves one inmate dead
A 20-year-old inmate's three year sentence for grand theft was cut short yesterday morning following a fatal stabbing in the prison yard at the California Corrections Institution in Tehachapi.
The victim , Evan Broderick, of Sonoma County, died from multiple stab wounds shortly after 10 a.m. yesterday, according to a prison media release.
A prisoner-improvised weapon was discovered at the crime scene…
LINK - TehachapiNews.com
April 27, 2009
Parolee arrested in assault incident in Salinas
Salinas police said they arrested a man on suspicion of attempted homicide after striking another man in his 60s with a beer bottle and repeatedly kicking the victim in the head around 3 p.m. Friday.
Police said Phillip Dering, 38, was walking with an unidentified man in his 60s near Monterey and East Market streets when the two got into an argument. Dering hit the victim with a beer bottle and while the victim was on the ground, Dering started kicking him.
An anonymous caller contacted police and Dering was apprehended by a California Highway Patrol unit near the Lincoln and Central avenues…
LINK - TheCalifornian.com
April 22, 2009
Arrest made for alleged sexual assault
A 24-year-old parolee may be headed back to prison after being arrested by Merced police for allegedly trying to sexually assault a 19-year-old man in Applegate Park.
Mario Fonseca of Planada was arrested Monday in the John Latorraca Correctional Facility on suspicion of committing the crime, according to Cmdr. Floyd Higdon.
Fonseca had already been in jail since Thursday on suspicion of violating his parole, when police arrested him Monday on the new charges…
LINK - MercedSunStar.com
April 17, 2009
San Quentin riot sends guard to hospital
A riot Thursday morning in San Quentin State Prison was quelled after about 15 minutes and resulted in minor injuries to a guard, a prison spokesman said.
The incident began at about 10 a.m. in a dining hall filled with about 450 inmates from a reception area in the prison's west block, said prison spokesman Lt. Sam Robinson.
He said the guard was taken to an offsite hospital for treatment of hand injuries suffered in the riot, but no significant injuries were reported among the inmate population…
LINK - MercuryNews.com
April 7, 2009
4 Toledo prison guards stabbed by inmate
Four prison guards at the Toledo Correctional Institute are recovering after being stabbed by an inmate.
It happened just after 2 p.m. Monday, April 6 at the facility on east Central. According to a prison spokeswoman, the attack happened in a housing area.
Andrea Carson with the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction says the four men were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not life threatening. Three of the guards were released after treatment…
LINK - WTol.com (Toledo, Ohio)
February 25, 2009
Correctional Officer Injured at CIM
A state prison guard suffered a bruise to the head and a dislocated shoulder after trying to break up a fight between inmates at a Southern California prison.
The male officer was slammed to the ground by one of the inmates as he was trying to break up the fight at the California Institution for Men about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, declined to give the names of the guard or the prisoners involved. She said the guard was alert and in good condition at an undisclosed hospital…
LINK - SFGate.com
October 29, 2008
Carlson makes first appearance in court on escape charge
"We want the folks that are going to be handling him to know that he has tried to escape," Peters said.
Sergei Carlson appears on interactive television Wednesday in Cass County District Court for his arraignment on escape attempt charges.The charges also were filed to show others they will be held accountable for their actions while in custody.
"Correctional officers have to put up with a certain amount of misbehavior, but this really crossed the line," she said. "And we want people to know, people in the detention center and people at the penitentiary, to know that if they cross that line they're going to be appearing in front of a judge on new charges because that's just not some-thing we're going to tolerate…"
LINK - In-Forum.com
September 24, 2008
Corrections officer awarded Medal of Valor for protecting fellow officers during fight
Elizabeth O'Campo doesn't talk much about the day when she put her own life at risk to help rescue two fellow corrections officers.
O'Campo, an Ontario native, was working Oct. 6, 2006, with two male officers searching cells at Ironwood State Prison near Blythe when they discovered drugs and other contraband - which in prison is worth 10 times more than outside, she said.
"You could just feel the tension," O'Campo said. They were pounced on by a group of inmates - more than 20 people joined in on the attack, she said. In the midst of being punched and kicked by the inmates, O'Campo said she could see one of her colleagues down on the ground…
LINK - ContraCostaTimes.com
September 8, 2008
Pelican Bay Correctional Officer Stabbed by Inmate
Pelican Bay State Prison is on lockdown after two maximum security inmates stabbed a prison guard.
Thirty-one-year-old correctional officer Jeremy Kingstrom is recovering from stab wounds to the face and neck, after the Sunday evening attack in the prison yard.
Meanwhile, officials say 19-year-old Joel Campos and 25-year-old Felipe Ruiz are being held in solitary confinement after being charged with attempted murder of an officer…
LINK - MercuryNews.com
August 6, 2008
Inmate: I made bomb to blow up South Bay guard
A prison inmate confessed to crafting a homemade bomb to try to blow up a guard, and the guard has been charged with smuggling contraband into the prison, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.
Jordano LaGuerre, 24, of Lauderhill was arrested Tuesday afternoon at the South Bay Correctional Facility on charges of making an explosive device. According to the report, deputies called in to investigate a bomb threat Tuesday morning found four empty honey bottles filled with gasoline and connected to batteries and wires.
The report said LaGuerre admitted to making the bomb to try to blow up a female guard, identified in the report as Sgt. Michelle Terrien…
LINK - PalmBeachPost.com
