{"id":40106,"date":"2013-07-19T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=40106"},"modified":"2013-07-22T16:35:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T23:35:58","slug":"lancaster-man-charged-with-12-felonies-bail-raised-to-9-mil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/07\/19\/lancaster-man-charged-with-12-felonies-bail-raised-to-9-mil\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster man charged with 12+ felonies, bail raised to $9 mil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On July 8, the LAPD released surveillance images asking for the public\u2019s help to identify a kidnap\/rape suspect for incidents that occurred in the LAPD\u2019s Topanga Area. Lancaster resident Kioki Ray Snowden has been charged with several felony counts in connection to the crimes. (Courtesy LAPD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2013 An 18-year-old Lancaster man has been charged with more than a dozen felony counts in connection with a 4th of July attack outside the Westfield Topanga Mall, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Kioki Ray Snowden<\/strong> is charged with four counts of forcible rape, three counts of identity theft and two counts of kidnapping to commit another crime. He also faces one count each of second-degree robbery, sexual penetration by foreign object, forcible oral copulation, sodomy by use of force and second-degree commercial burglary.<\/p>\n

The complaint includes special allegations that Snowden used a deadly weapon, a knife, in the commission of the offense; kidnapped and bound the victim; and substantially increased the risk of harm to the victim through movement.<\/p>\n

The charges stem from an incident on July 4 when a 19-year-old female victim\u00a0was allegedly kidnapped at knifepoint when she returned to her parked car at the mall.<\/p>\n

The assailant forced the victim into her car and held her hostage for about three hours, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.\u00a0 During this time, the suspect forced the victim to drive him to multiple locations in the San Fernando Valley, Pasadena and downtown Los Angeles areas, LAPD officials said. The suspect also robbed and raped the victim, officials said.<\/p>\n

Days after the incident, the LAPD released surveillance photos of the suspect and asked for the public\u2019s help in solving the case. On July 11, police served a warrant at Snowden\u2019s Lancaster residence, where evidence was recovered, LAPD officials said.<\/p>\n

Snowden was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and rape and jailed in lieu of $1 million bail.<\/p>\n

He appeared for an arraignment on July 15, but the hearing was postponed to July 29 in Department 100 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Van Nuys Branch.<\/p>\n

Snowden\u2019s bail was raised to $9.045 million. If convicted of the charges, Snowden faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.<\/p>\n

(Information via the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office and the Los Angeles Police Department.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Previous related story: Lancaster man arrested in Topanga mall kidnapping, rape<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES \u2013 An 18-year-old Lancaster man has been charged with more than a dozen felony counts in connection with a 4th of July attack outside the Westfield Topanga Mall, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office. Kioki Ray Snowden is charged with four counts of forcible rape, three counts of identity theft and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":40107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}