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SIMI RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY IN MOLEST CASE.


Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer

An alleged child molester Noun 1. child molester - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
paederast, pederast

degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
 who led Simi Valley police on a chase when they tried to arrest him last month pleaded guilty Wednesday to two sex-related charges that could send him to prison for nine years.

Robert Wayne Nelson, 41, of Simi Valley pleaded guilty to one count of 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 a special allegation of substantial sexual contact. Investigators maintain that he molested mo·lest  
tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests
1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy.

2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity.
 an 8-year-old.

He is set to be sentenced Sept. 10. In addition to prison, Nelson could be fined $10,000.

Nelson's case was pushed to the end of the day's calendar to minimize the number of inmates knowledgeable of Nelson's crime.

With a long ponytail and tattoos covering both arms, Nelson sat next to his attorney, Deputy Public Defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was  Susan Olson, as he reversed his previous plea of not guilty to four counts, including evading an officer and sexual exploitation of a child by videotaping the 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 .

Deputy District Attorney Mickye Coyle said she believes Nelson made the tape for his own use and did not plan to sell or copy it.

Nelson was arrested June 11 after Simi Valley Police Department The Simi Valley Police Department (SVPD) is the police department of the city of Simi Valley, California. The department currently has over 120 sworn officers, and more than 65 support personnel[1]. The department has a patrol area that covers over 39 square miles.  officers, who were investigating the molestation case, sought to apprehend him while he met with a friend in a parking lot at Madera Road and Los Angeles Avenue.

Nelson tried to drive away and led officers on a chase through residential streets before he crashed into a tree on Golden Fern Court.

Nelson previously was convicted of receiving stolen property and is facing domestic-violence charges.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jul 9, 1998
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