Humboldt County District Attorney EUREKA – Thirty-five-year-old Thomas Leonard Lusk, II, pled guilty Tuesday, Nov. 1 to two violent sex offenses: assault with intent to commit rape or forced oral copulation of one woman and forced oral copulation involving a second woman. The defendant also admitted to a prior conviction for a serious felony under…
HSU sexual assault survivor on crusade
Paul Mann Mad River Union ARCATA – Norwegian transfer student Rigmor Angel Soerensen, who won a sexual assault conviction Aug. 3 against another Humboldt State student, urges women everywhere to report their assailants and pursue legal redress. In an exclusive interview with the Union, Soerensen said Friday that government, law enforcement and the judicial system…
Accused HSU rapist pleads to lesser charge
Paul Mann Mad River Union EUREKA – Accused rapist and former Humboldt State University student Raul Sierra IV has been placed on three years’ probation with no additional jail time, under a plea agreement accepted Aug. 3 by Humboldt Superior Court Judge Timothy P. Cissna. Sierra is subject to a criminal protection order that blocks…
Plea deal pending in rape case
Paul Mann Mad River Union EUREKA – The prosecution and defense are working jointly to resolve as soon as Wednesday, Aug. 3, the acquaintance rape charge against former Humboldt State University student and football player Raul Sierra IV. The plea bargain, known in legalese as a resolution, is scheduled for presentation Wednesday, Aug 3 to…
Rapist gets 23 years
Paul Mann Mad River Union EUREKA – The 23-year prison sentence of convicted rapist Kailan Meserve, 45, of Petrolia, was the medium-term judgment Superior Court Judge Timothy P. Cissna could impose under the law. The judge also sentenced Kailan Meserve July 28 to lifetime registration as a sex offender, a lifetime ban on gun possession…
Sheriff’s Log: Deputy finds rape victim in Crannell
• Saturday, January 23 11:11 a.m. Ann Albright was in a vehicle and allegedly ramming it into another vehicle on Patrick’s Point Drive in Trinidad. When deputies arrived, Albright showed signs of intoxication. She told deputies that she wasn’t ramming the vehicle; it was her boyfriend who was doing so. But the hood on her…
HSU student arrested for alleged rape in dorms
Humboldt State University Humboldt State University student and football player Raul Sierra was arrested last night for a sexual assault that occurred last November in campus residence halls. His arrest for the alleged acquaintance rape follows an extensive investigation by the University Police Department. The University and the Intercollegiate Athletics Department take this incident very…
Rape case began on Arcata Plaza
More details were released last week by the Sheriff’s Office about a reported rape and the arrest of a suspect on July 14. According to Sheriff’s Lt. Steve Knight, the rape took place in mid-June, but wasn’t reported to the Sheriff’s Department by the victim until July 13. Detectives conducted an investigation and, the next…
Walker Convicted Of Rape – August 30, 2011
“Walker is a bad guy,” Chapman said. “I truly believe he is a predator and there’s one place for him – in prison.”
Woman Raped – Man Arrested, Another Sought – July 13, 2010
Kevin L. Hoover Eye Editor ARCATA – A woman was raped by two men the evening of Monday, July 5 in the wooded area between the Community Park softball field and U.S. Highway 101. A suspect was arrested within minutes, and another is being sought. Kevin Scott Walker, 37, of Eureka, was booked into the…
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