EX-COP GIVEN PRISON TERM.Byline: EUGENE TONG Staff Writer A former Glendale police officer convicted of using the Internet to prey on To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize and devour. - Shak. To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away; as, the trouble preyed upon his mind s>. - Shak. See also: Prey Prey Prey underage girls was sentenced Tuesday to nearly eight years behind bars. Arthur Crabtree, 45, now a family law attorney with a home in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , received the maximum sentence from Superior Court Judge Melvin D. Sandvig: five years and eight months in prison and two years in county jail, to be served consecutively. Crabtree has been jailed since a jury convicted him Friday of five felony counts, including attempted lewd acts on a child and trying to send harmful matter electronically. He also was convicted of five misdemeanor counts, including attempted child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. and attempted child annoying. ``We won it,'' Deputy District Attorney Tannaz Mokayef said after the hearing in San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Superior Court. ``As far as justice, it was justice for him.'' Before the hearing, defense attorney Patrick Clancy Patrick Clancy (b. 1922) was an Irish-American folk singer best known as a member of the group ''The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem." During World War II he served as a flight engineer in the Royal Air Force in Asia; he also reportedly had been a member of the Irish said his client had turned down a plea deal for a reduced sentence to fight the charges. ``Hope springs eternal,'' he said. ``There are a couple of grounds for appeal. I'll give it to him if he wants to file it.'' Crabtree was arrested Jan. 19, 2005, at a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Greyhound bus station. Authorities said he thought he was on his way to meet a 13-year-old girl he had been chatting with online. ``She'' turned out to be various undercover agents. He was found with a swimsuit, a condom, bath items and an electric massager, prosecutors said. But the defense argued the items were for a weekend getaway with his wife. According to testimony, Crabtree has had Internet chats with various agents posing as underage girls for several years. Clancy argued that his client knew he was dealing with law enforcement and wanted to taunt them. He said Crabtree held a grudge: He was among five Glendale officers investigated in a 2001 sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. suit in which three female officers claimed they endured years of harassment, discrimination and retaliation by male co-workers. eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com (818)546-3304 |
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