He ran, but couldn't hide, after kidnapping and raping young mother

 Under California law, anybody arrested for a felony has to allow a DNA
sample to be taken, and that goes into California's DNA database.

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Anthony Ray Graham Jr. is arraigned in court Tuesday. He is suspected
of kidnapping, robbing and sexual assaulting a woman. His bail was set
at $3 million.

DNA match led police to kidnapping, rape suspect

Last Updated: Tuesday, Mar 3 2009 6:25 PM

Forensics work on saliva from the crime scene of a “shocking” kidnap
and rape led to an arrest in one of the “highest profile sexual
assault cases,” officials revealed Tuesday.

Anthony Ray Graham Jr., 28, pleaded not guilty to six felony counts,
including rape and kidnapping of a Bakersfield mother. In court
Tuesday, Graham slumped his head after prosecutor Lisa Green requested
to increase his bail to $3 million, and the judge accepted.

A block away and 30 minutes later at the district attorney's office,
District Attorney Ed Jagels and Police Chief Bill Rector revealed how
they caught the alleged suspect.

Their break came just a week ago when DNA results came back with a
“cold hit,” Jagels said. Their office’s saliva sample matched with a
name, Graham's, in the state's database.

They learned that Graham traveled from Bakersfield to Los Angeles, and
advised Los Angeles Police Department's fugitive detail. An arrest
warrant was issued.

Thirty hours later, Graham, who was illegally parked in Los Angeles,
was taken into custody and was brought back to Bakersfield, police
said.

Police said Graham abducted a 31-year-old woman and her baby at
gunpoint in a busy parking lot outside of Babies “R” Us Jan. 29 in
broad daylight. He threatened to kill them both if she didn't obey
him.

He took the woman to get cash from an ATM while he waited in her car
with the 11-month-old. Then at a school parking lot, Graham allegedly
sexually assaulted the woman several times before running away.

Graham's next court date is scheduled for March 16.

THE CHARGES (all felonies)

Oral copulation by use of force or injury

Sexual penetration with force

Rape by force

Kidnap to commit robbery/rape

Kidnapping

Possession of a firearm by a felon

http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/706104.html

 . wrote:

Wow, THAT was certainly relevant to rec.motorcycles...

Bob M.

 :


The story was as relevant as almost anything posted to reeky.

 . wrote:

Usual excuse: "Hey, everyone ELSE is doing it!"

Especially nice to see in the case of a completely non-motorcycle-related
story, with no particular point to be made, and of POSSIBLE interest
only to those in a small region of California.

Bob M.

 

So. What's going on in 80538 that might be interesting to conservative-
minded reekers?