MAN FACES PRISON IN SEXUAL ASSAULT DEFENDANT ARRESTED AT VICTIM'S HOME AFTER NEIGHBORS CALLED POLICE.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- A Lancaster man faces 35 years in prison after pleading Asking a court to grant relief. The formal presentation of claims and defenses by parties to a lawsuit. The specific papers by which the allegations of parties to a lawsuit are presented in proper form; specifically the complaint of a plaintiff and the answer of a defendant plus any no contest Tuesday to forcing his way into a woman's home and sexually assaulting her. Jessie Allen, 25, was arrested Nov. 11 by sheriff's deputies at the 51-year-old victim's home on Lancaster Boulevard after neighbors called police after noticing her dog running loose and her car door open. ``He forced his way in after she opened the door and then he attacked her,'' Deputy District Attorney Valerie Little said. ``The neighbors were suspicious of what was going on in the home. They saw some unusual activity. They looked through the window and saw the defendant naked and the victim partially clothed clothe tr.v. clothed or clad , cloth·ing, clothes 1. To put clothes on; dress. 2. To provide clothes for. 3. To cover as if with clothing. and called the police. They really saved the day,'' Little said. Allen pleaded no contest to one count of residential 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. , three counts of forcible forc·i·ble adj. 1. Effected against resistance through the use of force: The police used forcible restraint in order to subdue the assailant. 2. Characterized by force; powerful. acts of sexual penetration sexual penetration Sexology Sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any other intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person's body or of any object into the genital or anal openings of the victim's, defendant's, or any other person's , and assault with means likely to produce great bodily injury, Little said. He also admitted an allegation The assertion, claim, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, setting out what he or she expects to prove. If the allegations in a plaintiff's complaint are insufficient to establish that the person's legal rights have been violated, the defendant can make a that he used a screwdriver screwdriver, n See instrument, screwdriver. during the attack, Little said. The victim was severely beaten by the 5-foot-9, 200-pound Allen, who also stabbed her with the screwdriver, a detective said. A neighbor who was walking by the house noticed the victim's car door open and decided to let her know about it, Detective E. Sheppard said. ``He approached the door and could hear the TV inside. He didn't get an answer,'' Sheppard said. ``He looked through the window and witnessed some of what was being done to the victim.'' He contacted another neighbor, and they placed the call to 911, Sheppard said. ``He probably saved her life,'' Sheppard said. Deputies entered the victim's house and caught the defendant in the act, Sheppard said. ``Deputies went in and he had her in the bedroom and had her on bed at that time,'' Sheppard said. Allen entered his plea on the day that his preliminary hearing was supposed to be held. Sentencing was set for Dec. 12, and Allen was being held without bail. karen.maeshiro@dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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