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, 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.
The jury also found true allegations of kidnapping, tying or binding, personally using a deadly or dangerous weapon and great bodily injury.
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.
The woman eventually managed to escape from her bindings and run naked to a neighbor who called police.
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.
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callingitasitis says
Adios Basura, say Hi to Charlie and the other Boyz. We the taxpayer will be paying for his endless appeals. It will NEVER stop in this state, not because he did not do it but because the system has infringe on his right by imposing cruel and inhuman punishment.
Neighborhood watch says
Happy he’s put away for good. Now if they can get those drug dealers at 3645 Fairfield Ave
Palmdale, it will slowly make it a safer valley
Neighbor says
wetip dot com them, please!
Dimedroppersblow says
Wow … the dimes are dropping HUGE! Lol
Panel says
He’s innocent and misunderstood with a disease give the man a break
Jay says
He is the farthest thing away from innocent. To bad taxpayers have to pay for his incarceration the rest of his life.
Victim of leonard says
Bull crap he is guilty and not misunderstood except for people like u that believe a man who has spent his entire adult life hurting, beating, raping, and killing women is innocent u don’t know fact like we do.
Killumall says
You are so crazy if you think he is misunderstood, he is a sick twisted waste of oxygen. In the Buffalo Club days he attacked someone in the ladies restroom and went to jail got out attacked again back to jail then got out and killed the lady went to jail again and AGAIN GOT OUT AND DID IT AGAIN. The only thing about him thats misunderstood is his freedom and oxygen levels are both too high they should have been zeroed out long ago.
A concerned resident says
Praise God prositutes and other women will be safe from this psycho and judging his family for his behavior is wrong and inappropriate. They r just as angry and disgusted by his behavior as society is. He is now a registered sex offender and must have is DNA on file. The people vote on our laws we need to change the laws by voting that these kind of people NEVER GET OUT OF PRISON!
Jio joe says
Execute him or use him fior mandatory medical experiments. Simpje as thatl
J says
Seriously, why do these people get released?
Tim Scott says
Because you haven’t found a way to get permanent imprisonment set as a standard of punishment for their crimes. Yes, I said YOU. If you don’t like the laws, fight to get them changed. Don’t sit around crying about it when they are followed.
Ron says
Well in Texas Tim Scott he would have been executed the first time. WE NEED TEXAS LAWS!!!!!!
Tim Scott says
Sure he would have.
Pro tip: even in Texas a manslaughter conviction doesn’t carry the death penalty.
Nice try though.
jip Joe says
How about you actually contribute something, looks to me like your defending a rapist. How about YOU do something instead of defending rapist, unless of course your wanted for the same thing and it is only a matter of time we are reading an article on yourself.
Tim Scott says
How does pointing out that the guy convicted of manslaughter would not really have been executed look like “defending a rapist”?
Oh…
I know how it could look that way to you…
You’re an imbecile.
By the way, what is it that you are wanting me to do? How about dropping a line to timshatemail at gmx dot com and we can talk about that.