California IN BRIEF : SONORA : Man Gets 55 Years for Kidnap, Rape
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Tuolumne County judge sentenced a man to 55 years in prison for the kidnaping, rape and sexual assault of a 13-year-old Jamestown girl. Superior Court Judge James Hardin refused Friday to lighten the sentence for Dale Drew Crumpton despite testimony that he was suffering from alcoholic blackouts and was not responsible for his actions. Prosecutors used DNA tests to prove Crumpton was guilty of the October, 1989, kidnaping and rape. He was found guilty on eight counts of kidnap, rape and sexual assault.
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