John Beideman, Eureka, was arrested today on PC 288 charges. Bail set at $350,000. Allegations of sexual abuse include a female minor who Beideman had regular access to while the alleged crimes were committed.
Charges from the Ramey warrant below.
HCSO Press Release:
After an almost month long investigation, 57 year old John Robert Beideman was arrested at his Myrtletown home in Eureka.
A search warrant was also served on his residence at the time of his arrest.
Beideman was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for the following charges.
PC 288.5 (a) Continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 years
PC 288.7 (a) Sexual intercourse/sodomy with a child 10 years old or younger
PC 288 (a) Lewd or lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14 years
PC 288 (b) (1) Forcible lewd act upon a child
From leginfo:288.5(a)
(a) Any person who either resides in the same home with the minor child or has recurring access to the child, who over a period of time, not less than three months in duration, engages in three or more acts of substantial sexual conduct with a child under the age of 14 years at the time of the commission of the offense, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1203.066, or three or more acts of lewd or lascivious conduct, as defined in Section 288, with a child under the age of 14 years at the time of the commission of the offense is guilty of the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 6, 12, or 16 years.
298.7(a)
(a) Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 25 years to life.
288(a)
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (i), any person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, including any of the acts constituting other crimes provided for in Part 1, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child who is under the age of 14 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person or the child, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or eight years.
288(b) (1)
Any person who commits an act described in subdivision (a) by use of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 5, 8, or 10 years.
Sick.
ReplyDeleteSo many children hurt. At least they are arresting pediphiles, prosecuting seems to be questionable once again.
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