rape

Craigslist rapist sentenced to 25 years in prison:

The holiday has put me behind on my postings. This actually happened last week but I’m just getting to it now.

Anyway, one of the craigslist rapists has been sentenced to 25-years behind bars. That would be 53-year-old Ronald Marcus Leistiko of Tigard, Oregon. If you’ll recall Leistiko raped several women, mostly escorts, that he met through their craigslist ads. He also drugged up a minor to rape her as well.

I can live with 25 years but a serial rapist like this needs to be behind bars permanently at least.

Man Accused Of Raping Girl He Met On Craigslist:

We have another alleged craigslist rapist, this time from the Boson area.

40-Year-Old Sadik Tokgoz allegedly met a 15-year-old girl on craigslist. It’s also alleged that Tokgoz lured her to his house and raped her.

I’m not blaming the victim but again I have to ask where this girl’s parents were.

Santa Clara County jury convicts Craigslist attacker:

26-year-old Kanari Nelson of San Jose, California was convicted yesterday for the assault and rapes of various craigslist prostitutes. He’s looking at a max of 200 years behind bars. That’s not a misprint. He could be sentenced up to 2 centuries.

Let’s hear from the D.A.

“Anytime this guy wanted to sexually assault somebody, he just had to go online and pick from a menu,” said Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney James Leonard, who won the case.

Craigslist, of course, had no comment but their mouthpiece, Susan Mactavish Best, said there would be a significant announcement about that topic today. I’m all a-flutter wondering what that announcement might be. You don’t think it could be *gasp* that they’re eliminating the erotic services section? Nah. They’d never do that no matter how many women get raped.

Tigard man convicted of Craigslist rapes:

Ronald Marcus Leistiko of Tigard, Oregon was convicted yesterday for raping two craigslist escorts one of which was only 15-years-old. He also supplied alcohol and cocaine to the 15-year-old.

He claimed at trial that he didn’t remember the 25-year-old escort who he tackled and raped after she only agreed to a striptease.

He was acquitted of raping an 18-year-old who placed a personal ad that said she was lonely and wanted to meet men.

Leistiko almost seemingly bragged about all the sex he had through craigslist. I wonder how many of those alleged conquests were victims who didn’t come forward.

He’s looking at 26 years.

Bellevue man charged with rape:

Authorities believe that 27-year-old Sasidhar Vanapalli of Bellevue Washington by way of India is responsible for the rapes of two craigslist escorts.

Police believe that Vanapalli posed as a police officer to force the women into having sex with him.

Since Vanapalli is an Indian national prosecutors have requested that his passport be seized.

Craigslist ads at center stage in Tigard rape trial:

The first craigslist rapist I ever posted about on this site was Ronald Marcus Leistiko. He would respond to ads including escort ads and rape the women who came to his house in Tigard, Oregon. One of his victims was a 14-year-old girl.

His trial for multiple counts of rape among other charges started this week.

Not surprisingly Leistiko’s slimy lawyer is trying to blame the victims. You know, the ones that were raped.

“Craigslist has taken the world’s oldest profession into the Internet age,” defense attorney Timothy Bowman told jurors Wednesday in his opening statement. “You will hear some startling evidence about the nature of advertising on Craigslist.”

Bowman said as many as 2,000 ads a day are posted by women looking for men, just on the Portland section of Craigslist.

“The competition is fierce and the enticements are alluring,” he said. “And the promises are, well, for full satisfaction and that sort of thing.”

The defense is that the sex was consensual, in the context of prostitutes being paid for their services.

While I’m constantly posting some of the exact same things that that the slimy lawyer said I would never use them as excuses for rape. I don’t think the prostitutes were paid to be beaten, strangled, and raped.

Leistiko is nothing but a serial predator who purposely preyed upon these women because I’m sure in his mind he figured no one would care about them or take them seriously. I hope the jury in Oregon proves me wrong.

Women accuse massage parlor manager of rape:

27-year-old David Anthony “Jay” Burgess is accused of raping two women when they had separate job interviews with him. Burgess runs a ‘massage parlor’ in Salt Lake City.

You won’t get your traditional massage experience at The Reiki Specialist. The therapists, all women who work in bikinis, provide a unique “sensual touch,” according to the business’ Web site.

Yep, ‘massage parlor’.

Anyway, where do you think Burgess advertised these job listings? Why craigslist of course.

Burgess has a prior criminal history of sexual battery.

I bet he advertises his ‘business’ on craigslist too.

Thanks to Bonnie for the tip.

Fake ads on Web site make woman a target:

Complete craigslist anonymity strikes again.

A woman by the name of Amber from Atlanta, Ga. had a harassing ad posted about her on craigslist. It wasn’t your typical ‘for a good time call’ type harassment either.

Her name, address, and phone number were listed on the ad that said she was into rape fantasies. To make matters worse the ad said for guys to just come on in and ’start the fantasy’. So whoever took out the ad was hoping she would get raped.

Not only did she receive phone calls and text messages about the ad but she said she also had guys showing up at her house with some of them trying to get in.

I don’t know which is scarier, the ad itself or the guys who actually believed it and tried getting into her house.

The Craigslist Rapist : Guest Blog by Trench Reynolds:

This is a piece I did for the Investigation Discovery blog The Criminal Report Daily that’s run by David Lohr. It focuses on the craigslist rapist Mark Antonio Humphries.

THE ‘CRAIGSLIST SERIAL RAPIST’: A TIMELINE:

This is an article from the Washington Post that shows the timeline in the investigation into craigslist rapist Mark Humpheries.

What I find interesting is that the police seemed to have Humpheries as a suspect going back to May. I’d be interested to know why they couldn’t close in on him before July.

Suspected Craigslist Rapist Shoots Self, Police Say:

Back in February I posted about the alleged Maryland craigslist serial rapist.

A person police believe to be that rapist shot himself in the head yesterday in Hyattsville, Maryland, Police believe that 33-year-old Mark Antonio Humphries is the person who has used craigslist in the past to rape at least 9 women, most of who were escorts.

Humphries shot himself in the head when police approached the apartment he was hiding in. Unfortunately he survived the shooting. Scratch that he didn’t survive.

Now that I think about it wouldn’t those escorts who were raped be considered victims?

Tigard man in court accused of Craigslist rapes:
In one of the posts I made about accused craigslist rapist Ronald M. Leistiko a commenter asked what kind of ad was Leistiko posting to lure these women to his house.

According to the article he wasn’t posting ads but responding to ads…

Leistiko allegedly answered ads on Craigslist along with other Internet sites, which offered services such as lingerie modeling and escort service.

That makes this case even more disturbing since one of his victims was 14.

Police: Man Used Craigslist To Lure Girls:
52-year-old Ronald Leistiko of Tigard, Oregon is under arrest for a slew of charges all stemming from accounts that say he used craigslist to lure girls and women, some as young as 14, to his home in some cases assaulting them.

Leistiko was booked into the Washington County Jail on a laundry list of charges. He could be charged with rape, kidnap, prostitution, sex abuse, menacing, attempted rape, strangulation and unlawful sexual penetration.

Investigators believe there may be other unreported incidents that have happened at Leistiko’s home.

Anyone with information is asked to call 503-823-0697, 503-823-0424 or 503-718-2576.

Be vigilant ladies. I would not recommend using craigslist for dates. This is not the first story I’ve posted about someone using craigslist to lure someone to their home.

Police seek rape clues:
Let me preface this by saying that this was sent to me by a professional escort.

Anaheim police arrested Waymon Livingston, 24, of Stanton, charging him with murder and raping three women.

The murder charge includes a special circumstance for rape, authorities said.

Authorities believe he could be connected to other assaults and are appealing to the public to step forward with information.

One woman was raped Aug. 21, 2005 in an Anaheim parking lot, police said. Then another woman was raped in a Stanton hotel room Oct. 25, 2006. The Costa Mesa assault happened May 7, according to authorities.

Livingston contacted a masseuse through Craigslist for a private session at the Best Western on Newport Boulevard, Costa Mesa Sgt. Bryan Glass said. During the session, Livingston propositioned the woman for sex and she refused.

Livingston allegedly strangled the woman until she passed out, Glass said. When she woke up hours later she went to Fountain Valley Hospital, Glass said.

“We collected DNA from her person and crime scene and turned it into the crime lab,” but investigators didn’t make the connection until months later, Glass said.

After Livingston was arrested in connection with the three rapes, investigators were able to link him to the Sept. 9 slaying in Anaheim of Melissa Ann Gonzalez, 21, of Sacramento, through DNA evidence, authorities said.

Like I’ve pointed out before, there’s immense danger lurking on both sides of the craigslist erotic services section.

Let me wrap this up with what the escort sent me in her e-mail.

Hi,
i thought you might be interested in this link for your blog. Recently apprehended, this guy was targeting working girls in Orange County California and one of his methods in finding them was though craigslist (he had others).

this guy attacked many other girls who are not listed in the article and it personally touched my life.

Stay safe out there ladies.