{"id":67235,"date":"2015-10-15T18:51:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T01:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=67235"},"modified":"2015-10-20T11:13:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T18:13:08","slug":"convicted-killer-charged-with-attempted-murder-kidnapping-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/10\/15\/convicted-killer-charged-with-attempted-murder-kidnapping-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted killer charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, rape"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leonard Bales, 46, of Palmdale, appeared in an Antelope Valley courtroom Thursday, Oct. 15, but did not enter a plea. His arraignment was instead postponed to Nov. 12. [Photo by JOHN MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER \u2013 A paroled killer appeared in court Thursday on charges that he kidnapped a woman last month and took her to a vacant home in Quartz Hill, where he sexually assaulted and attempted to murder her.<\/p>\n

Leonard Earl Bales<\/strong>, 46, of Palmdale, faces one count each of forcible oral copulation; kidnapping to commit forcible oral copulation; attempted murder; criminal threats; assault with a deadly weapon, belt; false imprisonment by violence and assault with intent to commit rape, sodomy or oral copulation, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami said the case includes allegations of kidnap, tying, binding, great bodily injury and two or more serious or violent felony convictions.<\/p>\n

Bales appeared in court but did not enter a plea Thursday. His arraignment was instead postponed to Nov. 12.<\/p>\n

The latest case stems from a Sept. 26 incident. Bales allegedly took a 35-year-old woman to a vacant house in Quartz Hill where he choked, dragged and sexually assaulted her, the prosecutor said. The victim managed to escape the home without any clothes on and get a neighbor to shelter her and call police, the prosecutor added.<\/p>\n

Bales was arrested that day by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and has remained in jail since then on just over $3.8 million bail.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors allege Bales has a 1998 conviction for killing a woman in Lancaster. In that case, a 27-year-old Bales was initially charged with murder in the 1996 strangulation death of a 37-year-old woman, according to prior media reports<\/a>. Bales eventually took a plea deal in 1998 for voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 18 years in state prison and paroled in 2013.<\/p>\n

The criminal complaint also alleges that Bales has convictions from 1994 for assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and first-degree burglary.<\/p>\n

If convicted of the latest charges, Bales could face up to life in state prison, according to the District Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n

The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Lancaster Station.<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 A paroled killer appeared in court Thursday on charges that he kidnapped a woman last month and took her to a vacant home in Quartz Hill, where he sexually assaulted and attempted to murder her. Leonard Earl Bales, 46, of Palmdale, faces one count each of forcible oral copulation; kidnapping to commit forcible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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\/67235"}],"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=67235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}