{"id":75691,"date":"2017-02-03T18:19:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T02:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=75691"},"modified":"2017-02-08T16:33:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T00:33:09","slug":"convicted-killer-gets-164-years-for-kidnapping-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2017\/02\/03\/convicted-killer-gets-164-years-for-kidnapping-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted killer gets 164 years for kidnapping, sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leonard Earl Bales was convicted in 1998 of killing a woman in Lancaster, sentenced to 18 years in state prison and paroled in 2013. [Photo by JOHN MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER \u00a0– A convicted killer was sentenced Friday to 164 years to life in state prison for sexually assaulting and attempting to kill a woman in Quartz Hill in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jurors convicted Leonard Earl Bales<\/strong>, 48, of Palmdale, last month of one count each of attempted murder, kidnapping to commit oral copulation, forcible oral copulation, assault with a deadly weapon involving a belt, assault with intent to commit oral copulation, false imprisonment by violence and criminal threats, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.<\/span><\/p>\n

The jury also found true allegations of kidnapping, tying or binding, personally using a deadly or dangerous weapon and great bodily injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Sept. 26, 2015, Bales choked a 35-year-old prostitute into unconsciousness, kidnapped her and took her to a vacant home in Quartz Hill, where he dragged, tied and bound and sexually assaulted her.<\/span><\/p>\n

The woman eventually managed to escape from her bindings and run naked to a neighbor who called police.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bales was convicted in 1998 for killing a woman in Lancaster, according to the District Attorney’s Office. He was sentenced to 18 years for that crime and was released on parole in November 2013, authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/span><\/p>\n

Paroled killer found guilty of kidnapping, sexually assaulting woman<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Paroled killer ordered to trial for kidnapping, sexual assault, attempted murder<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Convicted killer pleads not guilty to kidnapping, sexually assaulting woman<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Convicted killer charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, rape<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u00a0– A convicted killer was sentenced Friday to 164 years to life in state prison for sexually assaulting and attempting to kill a woman in Quartz Hill in 2015. Jurors convicted Leonard Earl Bales, 48, of Palmdale, last month of one count each of attempted murder, kidnapping to commit oral copulation, forcible oral copulation, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75582,"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\/75691"}],"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=75691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}