{"id":68745,"date":"2015-12-16T16:53:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T00:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=68745"},"modified":"2015-12-16T17:15:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T01:15:47","slug":"man-gets-30-to-life-for-kidnapping-4-year-old-girl-in-lancaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/12\/16\/man-gets-30-to-life-for-kidnapping-4-year-old-girl-in-lancaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Man gets 30 to life for kidnapping 4-year-old girl in Lancaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earl Williams was convicted Nov. 13 of kidnapping to commit a lewd act upon a child and criminal threats. He was sentenced Dec. 16 to 30 years to life in state prison. [Booking photo courtesy LASD]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER — A 62-year-old man who kidnapped a 4-year-old girl from a Lancaster yard, but was foiled by the child’s teenage brother, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years to life in state prison.<\/p>\n

Earl Duane Williams <\/strong>also was ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

Williams was convicted last month of kidnapping to commit a lewd act on a child and criminal threats in a connection with an incident that occurred Dec. 20, 2014.<\/p>\n

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Earl Williams parked this recreational vehicle near the 4-year-old victim’s Lancaster home around noon on Dec. 20, 2014. He carried the girl down the driveway toward the RV but was stopped by the girl’s 13-year-old brother, according to trial testimony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Williams parked his recreational vehicle near the victim’s home around noon, approached the 4-year-old girl, hugged and kissed her and then carried her about 25 feet down the driveway toward his RV, according to court testimony.<\/p>\n

The girl’s 13-year-old brother yelled for help and grabbed his sister’s arm and Williams’ jacket, prompting Williams to flee, according to Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami.<\/p>\n

As he was being arrested and driven away, Williams threatened the girl’s mother, yelled profanities and racial slurs and said he would return and hurt the family, according to trial testimony.<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s mother gave an impact statement at the sentencing hearing Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad my kids are safe,\u201d the woman said. She said she forgave Williams for his actions, but she was \u201cscared as hell\u201d of Williams and his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just asking that they please leave us alone,\u201d the child\u2019s mother said.<\/p>\n

Williams\u2019 two sisters requested and was given an opportunity to address the court. They both disputed key details of the case and maintained Williams\u2019 innocence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know my brother would not kidnap anybody,\u201d Deborah Thompson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody has listened to what he has to say,\u201d Evelyn Williams said.<\/p>\n

In a rambling address to the court, Williams said he was a Christian and he was \u201ctrying to do God\u2019s work\u201d when he came to the aid of the child. Williams referred to himself as \u201ca victim of a crime I didn’t do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prosecutor described Williams as a career criminal with a record dating back to 1981. Williams\u2019 criminal history includes assault on a peace officer, an assault with a deadly weapon strike conviction, lewd acts, indecent exposure and DUI, according to the prosecutor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m obviously pleased with the sentence,\u201d Hatami said. \u201cAt the end of the day, I think that justice was served. The community is safer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Man found guilty of kidnapping Lancaster girl from front yard<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Man charged with kidnapping 4-year-old girl in Lancaster<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Deputies give gifts to kidnap victim and family<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Man arrested after alleged kidnapping in Lancaster<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER — A 62-year-old man who kidnapped a 4-year-old girl from a Lancaster yard, but was foiled by the child’s teenage brother, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years to life in state prison. Earl Duane Williams also was ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Williams was convicted last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":68751,"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\/68745"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}