ACTOR RECEIVES 6-YEAR TERM FOR MOLESTING GIRL.Byline: Michael Coit Daily News Staff Writer Television and movie actor Maurice Elias, better known as James Stacy, was sentenced Tuesday to six years in state prison for molesting an 11-year-old girl at his Ojai area home in March 1995. The 59-year-old Elias admitted in Ventura Superior Court last fall to molesting the girl and to a misdemeanor 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. charge, which prosecutors said also was related to a young girl. But he failed to appear at the December sentencing hearing and turned up in a Honolulu hospital after attempting suicide. At Tuesday's hearing, Elias apologized for the molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these incident. "I hope it didn't interrupt her innocent mind," he said of the victim, who did not appear at the hearing. "I'm sorry also to her mother for causing her this pain." The prosecutor argued that Elias was attempting to manipulate the court to gain probation much like his attempts to bribe BRIBE, crim. law. The gift or promise, which is accepted, of some advantage, as the inducement for some illegal act or omission; or of some illegal emolument, as a consideration, for preferring one person to another, in the performance of a legal act. the victim's mother and thwart the investigation. "The defendant has demonstrated that he is a danger to the community, that he has a propensity to act out sexually towards children," said Deputy District Attorney Dee Corona Corona, city, United States Corona (kərō`nə), city (1990 pop. 76,095), Riverside co., S Calif.; inc. 1896. The city developed as a primary citrus fruit producer and shipping center. There is also light manufacturing. . Elias faced a maximum prison term of eight years. Superior Court Judge Steven Hintz agreed with the prosecutor's recommendation for the six-year term, and also sentenced Elias to 150 days on the prowling conviction with that time included within the longer sentence. The sentence pleased the mother of the girl Elias admitted molesting, and prompted members of Elias' family to leave the third-floor courtroom sobbing. "I feel justice has been served. My daughter just wanted this man in jail," said the girl's mother. Elias' acting career spanned several decades. He had a recurring role in "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Ozzie and Harriet depicting home life, American style. [TV: “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” in Terrace, I, 34–35] See : Domesticity Ozzie and Harriet series portraying the wholesome, American family. ," starred in the television western "Lancer" and appeared in "Gunsmoke." Elias also appeared in the movies "Posse POSSE. This word is used substantively to signify a possibility. For example, such a thing is in posse, that is, such a thing may possibly be; when the thing is in being, the phrase to express it is, in esse. (q.v.) " "Just a Little Inconvenience" and "Something Wicked This Way Comes Something Wicked This Way Comes may refer to:
His acting became more limited following a 1973 motorcycle accident in which Elias lost his left arm and left leg. Elias was riding on a motorcycle with a friend when they were hit by a car driven by a drunk driver. Elias won a landmark case landmark case Law & medicine A civil or, far less commonly, criminal action that has had an impact on a particular area of medicine. and a $1.9 million settlement from the bar that served the driver. Elias knew the family of the girl he admitted molesting. The prosecutor said Elias invited the girl to his pool several times in March of last year and molested mo·lest tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests 1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy. 2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity. her during one of those visits. The mother said her daughter told her about the incident within a few hours after it occurred. After reporting the incident to authorities, the mother said Elias offered her $2,500 for therapy to help her daughter recover. The prosecutor said that was a bribe to keep the family from cooperating with the investigation. Prosecutors also charged Elias with prowling at the homes of two other young girls whose families lived in the Ojai area. One of the charges was dropped when Elias pleaded guilty last year. Defense attorney Sam Eaton sought probation, contending that the incident was "minimal molestation" that was brief and ended when Elias realized it was wrong. Eaton said Elias suffers from psychological problems resulting from brain damage and the loss of his two limbs following the motorcycle accident. Eaton said the problems "affect his judgment in terms of inappropriate behavior" and that Elias was lonely, depressed and looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. affection at the time of the incident. The judge did not agree with Eaton's argument: "I do not think that your celebrity or your injuries or your alcohol problems are mitigating factors," Hintz said. |
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