'FOOTHILL RAPIST' GUILTY, FACES PRISON.Byline: Gene Maddaus Staff Writer PASADENA - The man known as the ``Foothill Rapist rap·ist n. One who commits rape. Noun 1. rapist - someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse raper aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks ,'' who preyed upon women in Pasadena and Glendale in 2001, faces at least 100 years in prison after being convicted Wednesday of rape, burglary burglary, at common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony, whether the intent is carried out or not. and drug charges. Clifton Hutchins, 38, of Tujunga was convicted of raping four women in the summer and fall of 2001, and of peeking into the windows of a fifth. Hutchins, who wore a ski mask and gloves when he broke into women's homes, told some that he had been watching them and knew they were alone, said prosecutor prosecutor Government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution. In some countries (France, Japan), public prosecution is carried out by a single office. In the U.S., states and counties have their own prosecutors. Natalie Adomian. Detectives identified Hutchins as a suspect after a prowling prowl v. prowled, prowl·ing, prowls v.tr. To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder: prowled the alleys of the city after dark. v.intr. incident in September 2001 in La Crescenta. He was arrested two months later. Three of the rapes happened in Pasadena, and the fourth in Glendale. Gene Maddaus, (626) 578-6300, Ext. 4444 gene.maddaus(at)sgvn.com |
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