By Emerson Drake
12/13/10
Craig Prescott was killed April 11,09 and Chip Huskey was sentenced May 11, 09 there was plenty of time to "Remember" what he might have seen (if it keeps him from having to register as a sex offender maybe even create) in order to have something the DA needed to defend the Sheriff's Department.
While information released to some of the public keeps the truth fuzzy, it appears that the DA and the SO crawled into bed with a child molester to create a favorable witness in the Craig Prescott case.
Plea bargain in sex case raises questions 10 other '09 convictions involved minors; former deputy needn't registerThe victim, now 27, told authorities Huskey molested her from ages 3 to 11, when Huskey was married to her mother and lived in their Riverbank home.
She alleged that Huskey, 47, didn't go "all the way" until a few years later, when she and a younger brother had a slumber party in Huskey's new home.Deal was rare, attorneys sayMost lawyers readily agree that criminal cases rise or fall on their own merits, with the stiffest sentences handed down when the authorities have strong corroborating evidence, a particularly vulnerable victim or a defendant's admission of guilt.
According to a review of official records, 11 men have been convicted of sex crimes involving minors in Stanislaus County Superior Court since January. Huskey is the sole defendant who has not been required to register as a sex offender.To read more
