Motion to add additional rape charges against Paul Flores denied
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - The man charged in the death of Kristin Smart appeared in court on Wednesday, but avoided facing additional rape charges.
Paul Flores appeared in San Luis Obispo Superior Court for a motions hearing in what is sure to be a lengthy legal process.
The hearing opened with Flores attorney Robert Sanger asking Judge Craig van Rooyen to close the proceeding to the media and public. Van Rooyen denied that request by the Flores team.
Two additional rape charges were among the subjects of Wednesday s motions hearing. Prosecutors motioned to amend the original charges against Flores to include two rape charges in Los Angeles County from 2011 and 2017.
SLO County Judge Denies DA Request to Add L.A.-Area Rape Charges to Defendant in Kristin Smart Case
During a 2020 search of his home, police found videos of Paul Flores raping woman, prosecutor says at hearing for Smart murder case By Matt Fountain and Kaytlyn Leslie for The San Luis Obispo Tribune
July 14, 2021
| 8:22 p.m.
Investigators found “rape fantasy” pornography and videos that allegedly showed Kristin Smart murder defendant Paul Flores raping an intoxicated woman during a 2020 search of his San Pedro home, a prosecutor revealed Wednesday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court.
Flores, 44, is accused of killing the Cal Poly freshman, who disappeared in 1996. San Luis Obispo County officials have previously said that the murder occurred during a rape or attempted rape.
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Arroyo Grande man pleads not guilty to child sexual abuse charges
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff s Office
James Peter Storton
and last updated 2021-07-08 19:01:51-04
An Arroyo Grande man arrested earlier this year on suspicion of child sexual abuse with multiple victims under the age of 14 has pleaded not guilty.
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff s investigators took James Peter Storton, 63, into custody in May. He was booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail on multiple counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child.
Sheriff s officials said at the time they were withholding further information about where these incidents occurred to protect the victims and their family. However, investigators were asking for the public s help to identify any other potential victims in this case.
Oceano man found guilty of eight felony sex crimes against a teen
SLO CO. District Attorney s Office
and last updated 2021-07-08 21:03:09-04
A San Luis Obispo County jury found Jason Delante Wheeler, 38, of Oceano guilty of eight felony sex crimes, including four counts of forcible rape of a minor.
District Attorney Dan Dow says that after a five-day trial Wheeler was found guilty of eight felony sex crimes committed against a 16-year-old young woman he had a legal duty to care for and protect.
These crimes spanned from May 15, 2019, through March 7, 2020, and Wheeler was 36 years old when he began committing the criminal acts.