{"id":52817,"date":"2014-06-18T15:04:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T22:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=52817"},"modified":"2014-06-24T17:13:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T00:13:07","slug":"lancaster-man-charged-with-serial-rapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/06\/18\/lancaster-man-charged-with-serial-rapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster man charged with serial rapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_52818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52818\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Smith-alleged-serial-rapist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52818\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Smith-alleged-serial-rapist.jpg\" alt=\"James Smith sits in the back of a Sheriff's patrol car Monday, June 16. Smith was taken into custody after deputies found him inside a green Buick parked in the 1000 block of West Avenue H-12 in Lancaster. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)\" width=\"672\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Smith-alleged-serial-rapist.jpg 672w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Smith-alleged-serial-rapist-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Smith sits in the back of a Sheriff&#8217;s patrol car Monday, June 16. Smith was taken into custody after deputies found him inside a green Buick parked in the 1000 block of West Avenue H-12 in Lancaster. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LANCASTER \u2013 The 35-year-old Lancaster man accused of abducting\u00a0and sexually assaulting an Antelope Valley College student was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting four women beginning in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Smith<\/strong> is charged with two counts of forcible rape, one count each of forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by a foreign object, sodomy by use of force and attempted sodomy by use of force, the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office announced.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is charged with sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman on Dec. 24, 2009; a 43-year-old woman on Sept. 24, 2011; and a 33-year-old woman on March 23, 2012, all in the Los Angeles area, according to the LADA office.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested Monday afternoon by Sheriff&#8217;s deputies after he allegedly abducted a 19-year-old female near the Antelope Valley College campus on 33<sup>rd<\/sup> Street West and Avenue K, took the victim to an abandoned house, and allegedly sexually assaulted her. (Read more about <a title=\"Teen sexually assaulted near AVC, suspect caught\" href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/06\/17\/teen-sexually-assaulted-near-avc-suspect-caught\/\" target=\"_blank\">that incident here<\/a>.) He is charged for that incident, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon (June 18) at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors will ask that his bail be set at $5.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted as charged, Smith is facing up to life in state prison.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy District Attorney Lowrie Mendoza with the Sex Crimes Division is prosecuting the case.<\/p>\n<h5><em>[Information via press release from the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office.]<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Previous related story<\/span>: <a title=\"Teen sexually assaulted near AVC, suspect caught\" href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/06\/17\/teen-sexually-assaulted-near-avc-suspect-caught\/\" target=\"_blank\">Teen sexually assaulted near AVC, suspect caught<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 The 35-year-old Lancaster man accused of abducting\u00a0and sexually assaulting an Antelope Valley College student was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting four women beginning in 2009. James Smith is charged with two counts of forcible rape, one count each of forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by a foreign object, sodomy by use of force [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52818,"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\/52817"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}