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Subject: Re: Black rapist gets 24-year sentence in armed Berkeley stranger rape series from 2008
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>The trail went cold for nearly a decade until police got the man’s
>fingerprints due to a minor traffic violation in 2016. 
>
>A man who broke into the homes of three Berkeley women and sexually
>assaulted them in 2008 was convicted Monday as part of a plea deal and
>sentenced to 24 years in state prison. 
>
>Johnny Dunbar, who was 16 at the time of the assaults, raped two of the
>women. He used a knife to coerce his first victim and a gun to confront
>his second one, according to police. Dunbar also used a knife to try to
>force a third woman to orally copulate him but was “scared off”
>before he could succeed, police said after his arrest. 
>
>Police found fingerprints and collected DNA from the sex crimes, which
>took place in the same North Berkeley neighborhood over just one month in
>the summer of 2008. But the evidence didn’t match anyone in the system.
>The trail went cold and Dunbar evaded detection for nearly a decade. 
>
>That changed in March 2016 when Berkeley police pulled him over on a
>minor traffic violation. Police collected his fingerprints as part of
>that case and ultimately found their man: Subsequent forensic analysis
>matched Dunbar’s prints to those found on a windowsill after the first
>rape, on June 21, 2008. 
>
>Detectives then collected Dunbar’s DNA. It matched all three sexual
>assaults. 
>
>https://i0.wp.com/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-conte
>nt/uploads/2022/04/johnny-dunbar.jpg?resize=476%2C720&ssl=1 Johnny
>Dunbar. Credit: ACSO 
>
>BPD arrested Dunbar on July 6, 2016, at his Delaware Street home not far
>from the North Berkeley BART station. During the arrest, police also
>found thousands of dollars in cash and evidence of drug dealing,
>according to court papers. 
>
>Two days later, the Alameda County district attorney’s office charged
>Dunbar with two counts of forcible rape, one count of forcible oral
>copulation and one count of attempted oral copulation. Dunbar, who was
>then 24 years old, was charged as an adult. 
>
>Since that time, the case has moved through the court system at a glacial
>pace. Initially, Dunbar’s defense attorney, Ernesto Castillo, attempted
>to get his client’s case moved to juvenile court. He was unsuccessful. 
>
>On Monday, at long last, the case was scheduled for a 9 a.m. preliminary
>hearing, which is a sort of mini-trial where the prosecution puts forward
>the evidence it believes will allow a judge to order a defendant to stand
>trial. 
>
>This type of hearing, called a “px” for short, generally happens
>within a year or so of arrest. But it can take longer if a case is
>complex or the charges are particularly serious. 
>
>The px is often the first time evidence in a criminal case becomes
>public. Key witnesses testify and experts take the stand. 
>
>The burden of proof for a preliminary hearing is much lower than at
>trial, however. The prosecution doesn’t put on its whole case and the
>defense often presents no evidence. The judge must determine only that a
>reasonable person could believe that the defendant may have committed the
>crime. 
>
>On Monday, Dunbar’s scheduled preliminary hearing didn’t happen at
>the appointed time, however. 
>
>Instead, after taking some time in the courtroom to finalize a deal they
>had been working on, Castillo and prosecutor Melissa Demetral told Judge
>Andrew Steckler that Dunbar would change his not-guilty plea in the case
>in exchange for an agreed-upon sentence. They announced the deal just
>after 10:30 a.m. 
>
>As part of the agreement, Dunbar entered no-contest pleas and was
>convicted of the June 21, 2008, forcible rape of the first woman he
>assaulted, along with the July 8, 2008, forcible rape, as well as the
>forcible oral copulation, of the second woman. 
>
>For each of those three counts, he will be sentenced to eight years in
>prison, to be served consecutively, for a total of 24 years. 
>
>Dunbar also entered a no-contest plea and was convicted of attempted
>forcible oral copulation in connection with the third woman’s assault,
>on July 21, 2008. That carries a four-year sentence to be served
>concurrently, meaning it will not add additional prison time. 
>
>During the hearing, in response to explanations and questions from Judge
>Steckler, Dunbar said he understood the terms of the agreement and waived
>his right to a jury trial. 
>
>Steckler confirmed that Dunbar, who is now 30 years old, understood that
>the convictions would count as four strikes against him and that, when he
>is released, he will have to register as a sex offender. 
>
>Dunbar, who wore the red, short-sleeved shirt of his jail scrubs along
>with matching red-and-white-striped pants, spoke quietly and answered
>only “yes” or “no” to the judge’s questions. 
>
>Berkeleyside was the only attendee at the hearing.
>
>Dunbar is scheduled to return to Steckler’s courtroom, at the René C.
>Davidson Courthouse in Oakland, for his formal sentencing July 14. 
>
>Berkeley Police Sgt. Sean Ross, who ran the sex crimes unit at the time
>of the stranger rape series in 2008, said the attacks “gripped the
>entire community with fear.” 
>
>“Dunbar’s crime spree of sexual assaults and burglaries in the summer
>of 2008 forever altered the lives of three women,” Ross said. “This
>plea deal brings the closure the survivors and the community needed.” 
>
>Featured photo credit: Pete Rosos
>
>https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/04/19/johnny-dunbar-2008-berkeley-strang
>er-rape-series-24-year-sentence 
>

Shouldn't have kidnapped them and brought them over to do all our lazy 
white ancestors farm work I guess.