2 El Dorado County residents headed for prison
Two Meeks Bay residents are about to spend several years in prison on burglary and other charges.
After more than three days of deliberations following a three-week trial in Placerville, an El Dorado County Superior Court jury on Jan. 29 found Craig Ivan Adams, 34, guilty of 17 felony charges, including nine counts of burglary, four counts of a felon in possession of firearms, and grand theft of a firearms.
Katy Manoff, 30, earlier had pleaded guilty to similar charges. El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Suzanne Kingsbury sentenced her to 22 years and four months in state prison.
Between June and November 2010 the two went on a drug-induced crime spree between South Lake Tahoe and Cameron Park, according to court records.
The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office in a press release said, “The defendants would knock on the front door of a residence and if the homeowner answered the door the defendants would ask for a fictitious name and when told the person didn’t live there, they would leave. However, if no one answered the door the defendants would gain entry through an unlocked door or force entry. The defendants would then utilize a pillowcase from the home and burglarize the residence.”
Adams is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 27.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
Sadly neither of them are part of El Dorado County government.
One would think that if 2 strangers knocked and asked for fictitious people, somebody would have been curious enough to watch them afterward, copy a license plate, etc. Maybe this is what finally happened.
Most neighbors would probably also suspect something amiss upon seeing strangers walking out of a neighbor’s house carrying bulging pillow cases, and jot down a license plate.
Glad these two will be locked up and out of work. What a waste of young lives.
22 to years for burglary!!!!! Why do child molesters and murders get out in less than seven….. System is flawed
These type of roving predators and thieves are all over and like a plague these days and a modern invention of drug addicts that they now travel around doing this all over the place and all homes and especially vacation homes are targets of this type of debris. It is good to see long sentences being handed out in this case. They might be good for a three strikes case next time which is one of the best tools for career criminals there is and it should be a federal law.
What says: Just a little clarity. Keep in mind, said perps were charged with multiple counts of robbery, not simply one count. The notion that murderers and molesters are regularly released from prison after serving a few years is simply false. Under Penal Code section 190.1 through 190.5, a conviction of first degree murder is punishable by death, life imprisonment without possibility of parole, or a prison term of 25 years to life. While I will never say never, it is extremely rare for someone convicted of 1st degree Murder to not serve a whole lot of years (well above 7) in prison. Under section 190(a), a conviction for second degree murder is punishable by a state prison term of 15 years to life.
If you are found guilty of violation of PC 288(b) (lewd and lascivious act with a minor under the age of 14), you will be sentenced to imprisonment in state prison for 5, 8, or 10 years, and you will be required to register as a sex offender. There are factors that can result in enhancement of the prison term such as use of force, etc.
All in all, if you are convicted of 9 counts of murder (1st or 2nd degree) or 9 counts of lewd and lascivious act with a minor under the age of 14 you will be serving a term well north of 22 years and highly unlikely you will ever see life outside of prison (at least on this side of life).
Rick