PRISON GUARD ACCUSED OF MOLESTING YOUNG GIRL.Byline: Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Maeshiro Staff Writer ROSAMOND Rosamond, wife of the Lombard king Alboin Rosamond (rŏz`əmənd), fl. c.570, wife of the Lombard king Alboin. The daughter of King Kunimund of the Gepidae, a Germanic people, she was captured by Alboin, who had defeated and killed - A Lancaster state prison correctional officer is behind bars on charges of molesting a girl over a three-year period. John Heinatz, 54, of Rosamond is charged with continual sexual abuse of a child, a lewd act with a child and having unlawful sexual intercourse sexual intercourse or coitus or copulation Act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract (see reproductive system). with a minor. ``He was arrested after they found her at his residence,'' Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County Deputy District Attorney Carla Grabert said. Heinatz has pleaded not guilty and was being held on more than $1 million bail at the Lerdo Pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. Facility. His next court date was scheduled for June 30. He was arrested on May 27. Grabert said Heinatz began molesting the girl when she was 12, and she is now 15. If convicted of all counts, Heinatz faces up to 17 years and eight months in prison, Grabert said. Heinatz's attorney, Richard Monahan, did not want to comment specifically on the case but refuted the allegations. ``Both myself and my client look forward to having him vindicated in court,'' Monahan said. Heinatz has worked for the state Department of Corrections since 1995, and he has worked at the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). State Prison-Los Angeles County since 1997, officials said. He was placed on administrative leave pay on May 24, said Ken Lewis, prison spokesman. ``He is on administrative time off with pay pending the investigation and outcome of his charges,'' Lewis said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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