Detectives who believe that a recently convicted rapist also killed a man who was perceived to be the rival of the rape victim are looking for clues from the general public. Michael Haydon of Plover, WI was convicted of illegally taping, stealing the dogs of, then raping his ex girlfriend on November 17, 2003.
A Sauk County jury eventually found the 41-year-old guilty of a single count of first degree sexual assault, as well as charges of threats to injure, false imprisonment and several counts of wire-tapping.The Portage County detective who led the case against Haydon, however, hopes it won't stop there. Detective Sgt. Mike Lukas of the Portage County Sheriff's Department says the rape conviction might flush out witnesses who had been afraid to testify against Haydon in a Portage County homicide case.Lukas served as the lead detective on both the Marathon County sexual assault case and the homicide case against Haydon in Portage County.
The homicide case was dropped in November 2007 because of a lack of evidence. In that case, prosecutors said Haydon had killed a man who Haydon mistakenly thought was the lover of the Mosinee woman he was accused of raping Nov. 17, 2003.Kolbe & Kolbe truck driver Pat Zemke was found shot to death in the cab of his truck the morning of Nov. 18.Haydon was arrested on charges of homicide in 2006.
After prolonged DNA testing of materials found in Zemke's cab failed to produce hard evidence against Haydon, charges were dismissed, although prosecutors said Haydon remained a suspect.He remains the only suspect, Lukas says, in the open homicide investigation into Zemke's death. Both Lukas and Portage County District Attorney Tom Eagon said they hope Haydon's conviction might convince people with knowledge of the case to speak out.
"A lot of people were scared by this guy in this area," said Lukas. "If people have been holding information, it's not going to be held against them because of their fear. We'd really just like them to come forward."
Haydon faces 60 years in prison for the sexual assault and other charges. He was acquitted of a single burglary count.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Northwestern University student's editorial on rape on campus
This is an editorial from a Northwestern University antirape advocate, Debra Marx, about how people react indifferently to sexual assault prevention on campus. An excerpt is below.
Megan Chuhran of Porchlight[Counseling Services] told me people would come up to her table, and once they saw that she dealt with sexual assault, they would move on. Shari Nivasch from Evanston Victim Services said people were not interested in talking to her, though she had important information to provide to students.
This taught me something very sad about the NU community. Students do not want to hear about rape and sexual assault. However, there is also no dialogue about how to have mutual and healthy sex. National studies of sexual assault on college campuses reveal that 2.8 percent of college women experience a completed or attempted rape in an academic school year (U.S. Department of Justice, 2000).
The study implied that at a school of NU's size and gender make-up (approximately 4,170 undergraduate women), 116 NU undergraduate women will experience completed or attempted penetration against their will (vaginal, oral or anal intercourse) this academic year. National statistics also report 15.5 percent of college women experience some form of sexual victimization (using physical or non-physical force) in an academic year. The vast majority of these rapes occur between people who know each other, most commonly a classmate or friend, less commonly but still notable, a boyfriend or acquaintance (U.S. Department of Justice, 2000). And of these, many college students do not know that these incidents are rapes because they do not fully understand how consent works [or in some cases, what it means].
Megan Chuhran of Porchlight[Counseling Services] told me people would come up to her table, and once they saw that she dealt with sexual assault, they would move on. Shari Nivasch from Evanston Victim Services said people were not interested in talking to her, though she had important information to provide to students.
This taught me something very sad about the NU community. Students do not want to hear about rape and sexual assault. However, there is also no dialogue about how to have mutual and healthy sex. National studies of sexual assault on college campuses reveal that 2.8 percent of college women experience a completed or attempted rape in an academic school year (U.S. Department of Justice, 2000).
The study implied that at a school of NU's size and gender make-up (approximately 4,170 undergraduate women), 116 NU undergraduate women will experience completed or attempted penetration against their will (vaginal, oral or anal intercourse) this academic year. National statistics also report 15.5 percent of college women experience some form of sexual victimization (using physical or non-physical force) in an academic year. The vast majority of these rapes occur between people who know each other, most commonly a classmate or friend, less commonly but still notable, a boyfriend or acquaintance (U.S. Department of Justice, 2000). And of these, many college students do not know that these incidents are rapes because they do not fully understand how consent works [or in some cases, what it means].
Philly man with previous convictions pleads guilty to rape
A 44 year old Philadelphia man with a previous conviction for robbery and previous rape arrests where the victim did not press charges pled guilty to attempted rape and armed robbery. He faces a mandatory minimum of 10 to 20 years when he is sentenced July 14 by Judge Earl W. Trent Jr.
About 10 a.m. Feb. 20, 2007, Wooden entered the dry cleaners with his hand in his coat pocket, as if he had a gun, Assistant District Attorney Bill Davis said in court yesterday.
Wooden swiped $40 from the cash register, then pushed the woman owner to the back of the store, forced her on the floor and attempted to rape her, Davis said.
Wooden was arrested June 14 in a building on Woodland Avenue near 70th Street in Southwest Philadelphia.
In court yesterday, Wooden, wearing a buttoned-down shirt and glasses, cried after pleading guilty.
Wooden faces a maximum of 20 to 40 years. Attempted rape and robbery are 1st degree felonies in Pennsylvania.
About 10 a.m. Feb. 20, 2007, Wooden entered the dry cleaners with his hand in his coat pocket, as if he had a gun, Assistant District Attorney Bill Davis said in court yesterday.
Wooden swiped $40 from the cash register, then pushed the woman owner to the back of the store, forced her on the floor and attempted to rape her, Davis said.
Wooden was arrested June 14 in a building on Woodland Avenue near 70th Street in Southwest Philadelphia.
In court yesterday, Wooden, wearing a buttoned-down shirt and glasses, cried after pleading guilty.
Wooden faces a maximum of 20 to 40 years. Attempted rape and robbery are 1st degree felonies in Pennsylvania.
05.7 - Licence to Rape
British Home Secratary Jacqui Smith, the person in charge of Britain's justice system, has been warned by antirape advocates that the lack of attention to helping rape victims recieve justice by the arrest and conviction of their perps has gave British rapists a licence to rape.
5.7% is the number of British rapists which are convicted after being prosecuted. Sorry I don't have a James Bond poster.
A plea to the Home Secretary from the women's rights campaign group the Fawcett Society backed by MPs and peers of all parties, calls for the Government to do more to help rape victims.
The campaigners claim three out of four local authority areas have no services for victims of rape, and even where there are rape crisis centres the average waiting list is three months long.
There is also no 24-hour rape helpline for women to phone for support or to find out what
services there are in their area.This is despite a Government promise to introduce one as quickly as possible in July 2003, they claim.
The group also claims the criminal justice system is failing victims of rape.
Only one out of every twenty (5.7%) rapes reported to the police results in a conviction, with less than one in five rapes even leading to a prosecution and only 12% making it as far as court.
"We are calling for the government to work to change attitudes to rape through public campaigns and education in schools; improve police investigation of rape; and invest in sustainable funding for rape crisis services" Sarah Campbell of the Fawcett Society told Sky News.
In a letter to the Home Secretary, the campaigners say: "Every 34 minutes a rape is reported to the police in the United Kingdom. Thousands more victims do not come forward.
"Yet despite the scale of the problem, the Government has failed to provide the support that women want and need.
"Not only are women who have been raped denied access to support, they are also denied access to justice.
"This failure to bring rapists to justice amounts to a near 'licence to rape'."
It's not just government. The fact that many types of psychological sexual coercion like pressured sex are legal and acceptable, and that rape victims are blamed, sometimes to the point of being blamed for choosing the wrong partner when he rapes, contributes to this dynamic.
5.7% is the number of British rapists which are convicted after being prosecuted. Sorry I don't have a James Bond poster.
A plea to the Home Secretary from the women's rights campaign group the Fawcett Society backed by MPs and peers of all parties, calls for the Government to do more to help rape victims.
The campaigners claim three out of four local authority areas have no services for victims of rape, and even where there are rape crisis centres the average waiting list is three months long.
There is also no 24-hour rape helpline for women to phone for support or to find out what
services there are in their area.This is despite a Government promise to introduce one as quickly as possible in July 2003, they claim.
The group also claims the criminal justice system is failing victims of rape.
Only one out of every twenty (5.7%) rapes reported to the police results in a conviction, with less than one in five rapes even leading to a prosecution and only 12% making it as far as court.
"We are calling for the government to work to change attitudes to rape through public campaigns and education in schools; improve police investigation of rape; and invest in sustainable funding for rape crisis services" Sarah Campbell of the Fawcett Society told Sky News.
In a letter to the Home Secretary, the campaigners say: "Every 34 minutes a rape is reported to the police in the United Kingdom. Thousands more victims do not come forward.
"Yet despite the scale of the problem, the Government has failed to provide the support that women want and need.
"Not only are women who have been raped denied access to support, they are also denied access to justice.
"This failure to bring rapists to justice amounts to a near 'licence to rape'."
It's not just government. The fact that many types of psychological sexual coercion like pressured sex are legal and acceptable, and that rape victims are blamed, sometimes to the point of being blamed for choosing the wrong partner when he rapes, contributes to this dynamic.
OK prison guard charged with sexual "relationship" with inmate
Dean Craig Jimison, 49, a former Eddie Warrior Correctional Center guard, was charged with rape and sodomy for ongoing sex with a female inmate serving time for her own sex offense conviction. The Ft. Gisson resident is free orn $20,000 bond on three charges of rape and three charges of sodomy each.
Jimison was a sergeant and guard at the time, according to the charges. He is no longer employed at the prison, a prison employee said.
The alleged offenses were revealed by the former inmate to a counselor in her sex offender treatment class, said Nikki Baker-Dotson, Muskogee County assistant district attorney.
The 33-year-old woman had been serving 30 years for rape convictions from Washington County, according to Oklahoma Department of Corrections records. She also had been given 15 years on probation out of Washington County and a 10-year suspended sentence for a Tulsa County rape conviction, records show.
While the victim said that the sex acts were consensual, there is no true consent between guards and prison inmates. Sodomy in Oklahoma carries a maximum 10 year term, and rape carries between 1 and 15 years.
Jimison was a sergeant and guard at the time, according to the charges. He is no longer employed at the prison, a prison employee said.
The alleged offenses were revealed by the former inmate to a counselor in her sex offender treatment class, said Nikki Baker-Dotson, Muskogee County assistant district attorney.
The 33-year-old woman had been serving 30 years for rape convictions from Washington County, according to Oklahoma Department of Corrections records. She also had been given 15 years on probation out of Washington County and a 10-year suspended sentence for a Tulsa County rape conviction, records show.
While the victim said that the sex acts were consensual, there is no true consent between guards and prison inmates. Sodomy in Oklahoma carries a maximum 10 year term, and rape carries between 1 and 15 years.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Man kills grown daughter's boyfriend after he allegedly attacks her
A man was killed allegedly by his girlfriend's father after attacking her in a West Side of Chicago apartment early Saturday morning.
Swantell McKinley, of the 1400 block of South Karlov Avenue, died at Mt. Sinai Hospital about 1:45 p.m. Saturday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.About 1 a.m., police said McKinley was allegedly assaulting his girlfriend in a second-floor apartment in the 4000 block of West Harrison Street, Chicago Officer Marcel Bright said.
The girlfriend's 40-year-old father attempted to stop the assault and began fighting with McKinley, Bright said.The medical examiner's office ruled the death a homicide. An autopsy Saturday determined that McKinley died of multiple injuries.
The death is being investigated as a homicide, but charges are not pending against the father.
Swantell McKinley, of the 1400 block of South Karlov Avenue, died at Mt. Sinai Hospital about 1:45 p.m. Saturday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.About 1 a.m., police said McKinley was allegedly assaulting his girlfriend in a second-floor apartment in the 4000 block of West Harrison Street, Chicago Officer Marcel Bright said.
The girlfriend's 40-year-old father attempted to stop the assault and began fighting with McKinley, Bright said.The medical examiner's office ruled the death a homicide. An autopsy Saturday determined that McKinley died of multiple injuries.
The death is being investigated as a homicide, but charges are not pending against the father.
Surburban Columbus, OH man convicted of rape, kidnapping
A Pataskala, OH man was convicted after 5 hours of jury deliberation in the rape of a then 23 year old woman on New Years Day 2007 Thursday. Gregory S. Willis, 40, attacked the woman at her apartment complex in Columbus and, then raped her in his van on COlumbus' east side. Willis was convicted of 2 counts of rape and a count of kidnapping. He is charged with raping a second woman.
No date has been set for a trial on the second rape charge. Willis is accused of attacking a woman he met in a West Side bar three months after the attack for which he was convicted.
Willis is a suspect in a third rape. That woman told police that Willis had raped her, after officers described a tattoo of a scorpion on one of his arms. Willis wore long sleeves in his trial this week.
The woman in the Jan. 1 attack told jurors she was walking to her car about 8 a.m. when a man grabbed her from behind and punched her in the face before throwing her into a minivan parked nearby. She said he forced her to perform oral sex as he drove around Bexley. She escaped when he slowed the minivan, Assistant County Prosecutor William Davies said.
Police and a witness found the woman running down the street and bleeding from the mouth, according to testimony.
Willis faces 30 years in prison when he is sentenced on May 28 by Common Pleas Judge Charles A. Schneider. Rape is a tier 3 offense, meaning if released, Willis will spend the rest of his life on the Sex Offender Registry, and will have to report every 90 days.
No date has been set for a trial on the second rape charge. Willis is accused of attacking a woman he met in a West Side bar three months after the attack for which he was convicted.
Willis is a suspect in a third rape. That woman told police that Willis had raped her, after officers described a tattoo of a scorpion on one of his arms. Willis wore long sleeves in his trial this week.
The woman in the Jan. 1 attack told jurors she was walking to her car about 8 a.m. when a man grabbed her from behind and punched her in the face before throwing her into a minivan parked nearby. She said he forced her to perform oral sex as he drove around Bexley. She escaped when he slowed the minivan, Assistant County Prosecutor William Davies said.
Police and a witness found the woman running down the street and bleeding from the mouth, according to testimony.
Willis faces 30 years in prison when he is sentenced on May 28 by Common Pleas Judge Charles A. Schneider. Rape is a tier 3 offense, meaning if released, Willis will spend the rest of his life on the Sex Offender Registry, and will have to report every 90 days.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Cold case hit leads to suspect in nursing home attack
Raymond Brown, 48, was charged with forcible oral copulation, making terrorist threats, and rape after a cold case hit on a rape in San Bernardino which happened over 3 years ago. Brown was never considered a suspect befor the DNA match, and police officials are now looking for him.
The parolee-at-large has prior convictions, including arson, court records show. Brown is believed to have family in Georgia, Paterson said.
The rape was reported March 16, 2005. The attacker climbed through a ground-floor, sliding window at the San Bernardino Retirement and Assisted Living facility at 1589 N. Waterman Ave. minutes before 1 a.m.
The 55-year-old woman was alone in her room when the man raped her and threatened to kill her if she cried out for help, detectives said.
"This was particularly brutal," Paterson said.
DNA was taken from the room and submitted to the San Bernardino County's sheriff's crime lab. Paterson said that the sample took so long to process because it had to be run through the state's lengthy database of DNA profiles.
"We're always happy in times like this to get evidence to a crime where we had no suspects," Paterson said.
The home has installed bars on its windows and changed its name to Jasmine Terrace.
Anyone with information on Brown's location is asked to call police at 909-388-4955
The parolee-at-large has prior convictions, including arson, court records show. Brown is believed to have family in Georgia, Paterson said.
The rape was reported March 16, 2005. The attacker climbed through a ground-floor, sliding window at the San Bernardino Retirement and Assisted Living facility at 1589 N. Waterman Ave. minutes before 1 a.m.
The 55-year-old woman was alone in her room when the man raped her and threatened to kill her if she cried out for help, detectives said.
"This was particularly brutal," Paterson said.
DNA was taken from the room and submitted to the San Bernardino County's sheriff's crime lab. Paterson said that the sample took so long to process because it had to be run through the state's lengthy database of DNA profiles.
"We're always happy in times like this to get evidence to a crime where we had no suspects," Paterson said.
The home has installed bars on its windows and changed its name to Jasmine Terrace.
Anyone with information on Brown's location is asked to call police at 909-388-4955
Man who allegedly raped and kidnapped woman from Wal Mart denied bond
David Welker was held without bond for the kidnapping and abduction of a woman behind a Orlando, Florida Wal-Mart. He had been released from a work release program March 25, after serving an 18 month sentence for gun charges.
On Thursday, a judge denied Welker bond, calling him a danger to the community.
Welker was arrested Wednesday night after anonymous tips to CrimeLine led authorities to his location.
On Tuesday, Welker allegedly kidnapped the woman at the Wal-Mart on John Young Parkway at Sand Lake Road.
He used a gun to threaten the toddler awhile raping the woman, and after the rape, Welker allegedly robbed the victim before locking his victim in the trunk of the car. The victim was able to call for help from the trunk.
On Thursday, a judge denied Welker bond, calling him a danger to the community.
Welker was arrested Wednesday night after anonymous tips to CrimeLine led authorities to his location.
On Tuesday, Welker allegedly kidnapped the woman at the Wal-Mart on John Young Parkway at Sand Lake Road.
He used a gun to threaten the toddler awhile raping the woman, and after the rape, Welker allegedly robbed the victim before locking his victim in the trunk of the car. The victim was able to call for help from the trunk.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Alleged California serial rapist scheduled for trial May 19
A Redwood City, CA man who pled not guilty to rape in the Bay Area will be going to trial later in the spring. He faces 26 counts after allegedly raping two victims and attempting to rape another.
Raul Gutierrez Contreras, 30, pleaded not guilty to the charges and was appointed an attorney through the county's private defender program, Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
He was arrested in February 2007 for driving under the influence but also had a warrant out for his arrest in connection with an attack a woman reported about a week earlier.
After Contreras was arrested, he was linked to two other rape incidents over the course of 2006, and charged with 26 felony counts including rape, burglary, false imprisonment, sexual battery and felony threats. One incident was near the Colma Bay Area Rapid Transit station and another in South San Francisco, Wagstaffe said.
The initial warrant came from a citizen's tip that a coworker, Contreras, fit the description of the suspect in the February 2007 attack and that he worked at an auto body shop.
Jury selection begins May 19.
Raul Gutierrez Contreras, 30, pleaded not guilty to the charges and was appointed an attorney through the county's private defender program, Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
He was arrested in February 2007 for driving under the influence but also had a warrant out for his arrest in connection with an attack a woman reported about a week earlier.
After Contreras was arrested, he was linked to two other rape incidents over the course of 2006, and charged with 26 felony counts including rape, burglary, false imprisonment, sexual battery and felony threats. One incident was near the Colma Bay Area Rapid Transit station and another in South San Francisco, Wagstaffe said.
The initial warrant came from a citizen's tip that a coworker, Contreras, fit the description of the suspect in the February 2007 attack and that he worked at an auto body shop.
Jury selection begins May 19.
Neighbor convicted of rape of woman
David Small, 29, was convicted of the rape of his neighbor in 2005 in his Chester, CA condo complex April 9.
Crucial DNA was recovered from a soda can, linking Small to the May 2005 crime.Small testified in his own defense during the trial this week, but the jury convicted him of all the charges he faced: burglary, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment, all felonies. The jury began deliberating Tuesday afternoon and returned its verdict shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday.
He faces 15 years in prison when sentenced by County Court Judge Nicholas DeRosa. The sentencing is schedulrd to be on May 12.
Crucial DNA was recovered from a soda can, linking Small to the May 2005 crime.Small testified in his own defense during the trial this week, but the jury convicted him of all the charges he faced: burglary, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment, all felonies. The jury began deliberating Tuesday afternoon and returned its verdict shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday.
He faces 15 years in prison when sentenced by County Court Judge Nicholas DeRosa. The sentencing is schedulrd to be on May 12.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Jury recommends death for California man convicted of raping and killing girlfriend
Paul Wesley Baker's life could end by lethal injection if a judge goes along with a Van Nuys, California jury's recommendation that he die for the rape and murder of his girlfriend.
Baker, 47, was convicted earlier this year in the April 17, 2004, killing of Judy Palmer, 60, whose body was found in the desert near Palm Springs. The trial also included 15 other felonies, including rape and forcible sodomy.
Palmer met Baker at an AA meeting, and the two began dating in 2001. They broke up in 2003, then reconciled in March 2004, according to court testimony.
After a dinner date in April, Palmer disappeared. A migrant worker found her body a month later wrapped in towels and bound with crocheting yarn, decomposing near Palm Springs.
Not far from the body was a bag of cleaning supplies and ripped-up photos of Baker and his Jack Russell terrier.
Sentencing will be later this year.
Baker, 47, was convicted earlier this year in the April 17, 2004, killing of Judy Palmer, 60, whose body was found in the desert near Palm Springs. The trial also included 15 other felonies, including rape and forcible sodomy.
Palmer met Baker at an AA meeting, and the two began dating in 2001. They broke up in 2003, then reconciled in March 2004, according to court testimony.
After a dinner date in April, Palmer disappeared. A migrant worker found her body a month later wrapped in towels and bound with crocheting yarn, decomposing near Palm Springs.
Not far from the body was a bag of cleaning supplies and ripped-up photos of Baker and his Jack Russell terrier.
Sentencing will be later this year.
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