LANCASTER – A 75-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 102 years to life in state prison for drugging and then raping a woman inside his Agua Dulce trailer two years ago.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daviann Mitchell imposed the maximum term on Arthur Eugene Lindsey, who was paroled to California in the late 1990s after serving more than three decades in prison for raping and murdering a woman in Indiana.
In the most recent case, an Antelope Valley jury in February convicted Lindsey of nine felony counts, including rape of an unconscious person, oral copulation of an unconscious person, sexual penetration by a foreign object and possession of a firearm by a felon, according to Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami.
The victim is a former Antelope Valley resident who was 29 years old at the time of the assault, the prosecutor said. On June 5, 2013, a parole officer discovered Lindsey sexually assaulting the victim – who was passed out — during a surprise parole check at Lindsey’s Agua Dulce trailer.
The victim acknowledged that she had consumed alcohol Lindsey gave her after he offered her a ride in his BMW, but said she hadn’t taken the various drugs found in her system, Hatami said.
Lindsey’s phone contained numerous photos of the woman, naked and passed out, the prosecutor said.
The elderly parolee admitted to using a penis pump and engaging in multiple sexual acts with the woman over a two-day period when he knew she was “wasted” and couldn’t care for herself, according to a sentencing memorandum.
The sentencing memorandum detailed Lindsey’s prior criminal record.
In 1964, in Indiana, Lindsey choked and raped a woman and then threw her body into a river and drowned her, according to the court document. He was convicted of first-degree murder and first-degree murder in perpetration of rape, and he received a life sentence. Still, he was paroled to California in 1998 after serving 33 years in prison.
Four years later, in 2002, Lindsey was arrested and charged with assault and attempted forcible rape for trying to rape a 17-year-old girl at an Acton trailer park. He was acquitted after a jury trial, according to the sentencing memorandum.
Two years after that, in 2004, Lindsey was arrested for smuggling three young women across the Mexico border into the United States; but those charges were eventually dropped by the Department of Homeland Security. In 2005, Lindsey was sentenced to four years in state prison for failing to file a change of address as a sex offender.
He was released on parole sometime in 2009, and he was living in an Agua Dulce trailer park in 2013 when the latest sex crime occurred.
At the sentencing hearing Thursday, the judge ordered Lindsey to register as a sex offender and to pay for rape crisis counseling for the victim.
The victim cried as she gave her impact statement. She said she had been “damaged and hurt,” but she had forgiven her Lindsey.
“I’m glad that justice has been done,” the victim said.
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John says
In late 2008 I spent a few days in jail for a traffic bench warrant for failure to appear(I’m no criminal, I was just very irresponsible back then). I shared a holding cell with several others including this man at the Michael D Antonovich court in Palmdale. He had bragged that he had served 30 years in Indiana for murder and claimed he always knew he would get out because Indiana has a reputation for granting parole to lifers. The encounter disturbed me and stuck with me even now. I always contemplated the idea of letting convicted murderers go free, and suspected that guy would offend again. Those memories feel like yesterday after seeing his face on here. Shame on Indiana for freeing him. If there’s anybody worth the cost of incarceration, it’s scum like this guy.
Tony says
Wasnt rape and murder enough for him to get life in prision without possibility of parole?
what else we need for some trash like this to not ever get out of prision?
This is the system we all leave on.
Joey says
This judge was so hard on this poor old man, why 102 years unreal.
I think 30 years would have been enough for this pos to end his life in prision.
And what’s a young 29 year old woman doing with a 75 year old timer at his house, maybe she tought he was going to die as soon as she ws going to get naked and then take the bmw, come on.
Bob says
Joey=Another super liberal feeling sorry for the criminal.
Mike C says
All the guy has to do is appeal his sentence and some deranged judge will overturn his sentence and set him free so he can come back to the Antelope Valley and rape some more women.
Anonymous says
What a sick P.O.S. I hope that he gets everything he deserves in his new home!!!!
Hey Bubba your new celli is coming……………..
Bob says
Thanks to the liberals in our court system you can indeed murder someone and eventually be set free to re-offend. The liberals in our court system feel more sorry for the criminal than they do the victim. And what better place to be paroled to than the good old Antelope Valley so you can do it all over again!!!
PublicSafetyFirst says
Hi Bob,
It looked like public safety is something of important to you. If so, could you please sign our communities online petition to create some sort of safety guideline for judges to follow when sexually violent predators are release. As a fellow AV community member, I’d appreciate your support!
https://www.change.org/p/california-assembly-public-safety-committee-support-and-pass-ab262-state-guidelines-on-placement-of-sexually-violent-predators?utm_medium=email&utm_source=notification&utm_campaign=new_petition_recruit#share
Johnny Trece says
I can’t stand these type of weirdos. It’s just awful how they prey on the weak.
J says
Why do they let men like this out where they can hurt more women? Maybe they figured he was rehabilitated after 33 years, but he proved them wrong. Why wasn’t he put behind bars for life?
Danny says
This guy should be dead!
Johnny Trece says
He should definitely get castrated like a dog.