CHILD MOLESTER ARRESTED MANHUNT ENDS FOR PAROLEE ACCUSED OF BEATING NIECE.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA - A convicted child molester accused of beating and attempting to rape his 12-year-old niece in her Canyon Country home is behind bars, arrested Thursday morning in Mission Hills. Marcus Fennell Pierce, the subject of a massive manhunt man·hunt n. An organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal. manhunt Noun an organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive Noun 1. for three days, arrived at 11:45 a.m. at the Hillcrest Inn on Sepulveda Boulevard and was taken into custody by a surveillance team at the motel, said Lt. Larry Gump of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. sheriff's station. He was booked at the Santa Clarita station, where he is being held without bail on a parole-violation warrant. Arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted is scheduled for Tuesday morning in San Fernando Superior Court. ``He is facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , assault with intent to commit great bodily harm and sex crimes against a child,'' Gump said. Investigator Chuck Ainsberry of the Sheriff's Department's Special Victims Bureau said Pierce could be facing his third strike with these charges, depending on how prosecutors file the case. Ainsberry said Pierce has a history of sex offenses A class of sexual conduct prohibited by the law. Since the 1970s this area of the law has undergone significant changes and reforms. Although the commission of sex offenses is not new, public awareness and concern regarding sex offenses have grown, resulting in the and has spent time in prison on narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. charges and been arrested on previous assault with a deadly weapon charges. Pierce's niece had been hospitalized with a broken eye socket eye socket n. See orbital cavity. and nose, but Ainsberry said there was a chance she would be going home Thursday afternoon. Pierce is accused of trapping his niece Monday afternoon in a bedroom of the Canyon Country apartment he shared with his sister and her daughter since his release from prison Feb. 2, sheriff's officials said. The child told deputies that Pierce beat her and attempted to remove her pants before he became distracted and she was able to escape through a window and summon help. When deputies arrived, Pierce had fled. Surveillance teams composed of sheriff's deputies, the Major Crimes Bureau Surveillance Apprehension Team, the U.S. Marshal's Office and the California Parole Apprehension Team received information that Pierce was staying at the motel in Mission Hills and were able to make the arrest when he returned. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com |
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