May 22, 2018

Michael Scott Cruce sentenced to state prison for child molestation and drunk driving



Defendant Michael Scott Cruce, age 40, formerly of Willits, was sentenced to state prison in two separate felony cases.

In the first case, defendant Cruce was sentenced to 15 years to life for unlawful sex acts with a child 10 years of age or younger, a felony. The sex acts constituting this crime were committed when the child in question was 5 and 6 years old.

In the same case but involving a separate victim, defendant Cruce was sentenced to a consecutive six years for the continuous sexual abuse of child under the age of 14 years, a felony. The sex acts constituting this crime were committed when this child was 10 to 12 years old.

In a separate felony case, defendant Cruce was sentenced to a consecutive 44 months in state prison for driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol causing bodily injury to four separate victims, a felony. 

The prosecutor who argued for the state prison sentence imposed today was Assistant District Attorney Rick Welsh. The investigating law enforcement agencies involved in investigating these matters were the Willits Police Department, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, the California Department of Justice, and the District Attorney's own investigators.

The sentencing judge today was Mendocino County Superior Court Judge Ann Moorman.

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https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2018/03/michae-cruce-gets-21-years-for-sexual.html?m=1

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