DOG FINDS MOLESTER EVIDENCE BLOODHOUND DIGS UP PHOTOS, VIDEOTAPES POLICE SAY DATE BACK TO 1993.Byline: Eric Leach Staff Writer VENTURA - A bloodhound bloodhound, breed of large hound whose ancestors were known in the Mediterranean region before the Christian era. It stands about 25 in. (63.5 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 80 and 110 lb (36.3–49.9 kg). digging in the back yard of an Oxnard home unearthed Unearthed is the name of a Triple J project to find and "dig up" (hence the name) hidden talent in regional Australia. Unearthed has had three incarnations - they first visited each region of Australia where Triple J had a transmitter - 41 regions in all. old Polaroid photos and videos of a man molesting a child, leading to the arrest of a former resident. The suspect, Jack Sobonya, was already in custody at Atascadero State Hospital History Atascadero State Hospital is located on the central coast of California, halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It is an all-male, maximum-security facility, that has patients from all over the state. , where he had been paroled after serving 10 years of a 17-year prison sentence for molesting another child, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. reported. Sobonya was being held Tuesday at Ventura County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail on charges of lewd and lascivious lewd and lascivious adj., adv. references to conduct which includes people living together who are known not to be married, entertainment which aims at arousing the libido or primarily sexual sensation, open solicitation for prostitution, or indecent exposure of acts with a child, authorities said. The investigation began in September after the bloodhound dug up old photos and videotapes buried in the back yard of a home in the 100 block of Eagle Rock Avenue in Oxnard, officials said. The photos and videos depicted Sobonya molesting a young girl, said sheriff's Detective Billy Hester. The images date back to 1993 and are believed to have been taken at a home in Ojai, where the suspect's mother was living. ``We were able to track down the people who lived at the (Oxnard) address before, and through that we were able to link the victim and the suspect,'' Hester said. Efforts to reach an attorney representing Sobonya were unsuccessful. Cheryl Hall Cheryl Hall (born 23 July 1950 in London) is a British actress. She is best known as the girlfriend of Wolfie Smith in the British sitcom Citizen Smith. She also had small roles in EastEnders and in the Doctor Who story Carnival of Monsters , who has lived in the Oxnard neighborhood for 20 years, said she remembered Sobonya as a man who showed unusual interest in the neighborhood children. ``I remember that he had a panel van, and I noticed that he was a little bit too friendly with kids.'' Hall said. ``He was always wanting to take them somewhere.'' Hall said she and other neighbors are relieved that Sobonya is again in custody. ``A neighbor who is in law enforcement said he might be due to be released, so the neighbors, all of us, were very relieved when we found out he was back in jail,'' she said. Sobonya, 54, was previously convicted of 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 in a case involving another child, authorities said. ``Given our investigation and his past conviction, we believe he is a sexual predator The term sexual predator is used pejoratively to describe a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically predatory manner. and there may be other victims out there,'' Hester said. Anyone who might have been victimized can call the major crimes bureau at (805) 477-7018. The Sheriff's Department posted pictures of Sobonya on its www.vcsd.org Web site. Eric Leach, (805) 583-7602 eric.leach(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: SOBONYA |
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