Frank Alves held to answer to forcible rape, lewd act by a caretaker on a dependent adult and forcible sexual penetration with a foreign object

 

On March 8, I reported that 61 year old Frank Emanuel Alves was arrested yesterday by HCSO  on a Ramey warrant and booked for PC 289(b) forcible sexual penetration with a foreign object, PC 288(b)(2) lewd act by a caretaker on a dependent adult, PC 209(b)(1) kidnapping and PC 261(a)(2) rape by force or fear. 

I added the three felony charges that the DA filed as well as the Ramey warrant to that post. Charges in the complaint by the DA are sometimes are different than what the suspect is arrested for after the DA reviews the report and this type of case, the CAST interview. The DA charged Alves with PC 261 (a) (2), PC 288(b)(2) and PC 289 (b).

Alves was the landlord caregiver for this dependent adult who is the alleged victim.

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Deputy District Attorney Carolyn Schaffer is the prosecutor for this case. Alves' has retained Mr. Ken Bareilles.  

What should have been a one day preliminary hearing dragged on to two days because Mr. Bareilles had three witnesses testify; one is Frank Alves wife Maxine and the other a family member. Retired Judge John Feeney was held to answer as charged.

Alves family members and other potential witnesses were outside the courtroom on 3/24 and 3/25 speaking with Mr. Bareilles during breaks.

HCSO Det. Brian Buihner authored the Ramey warrant. He was designated as People's investigating officer and therefore  present in the courtroom even though he testified later. That is standard practice I have seen in other Humboldt court cases.