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After hearing the girl speak, Long Beach Superior Court Judge Daniel J. Lowenthal ruled there was enough evidence to hold 35-year-old Paul Skelly to face a full trial on charges that could carry a maximum sentence of 33 years to life in prison.
“The court found the witness to be extremely credible and brave,” Lowenthal said before setting Skelly’s bail at $1.6 million because of the “egregiousness” of the charges.
Police said Skelly worked for the city of Long Beach for 13 years before his arrest and suspension without pay from his job as a garage attendant in the city’s fleet services bureau this March. As of April 25, Skelly was “no longer employed” by Long Beach, city spokesman Johnathan Garcia said in an email.
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Cleveland Monte Rogers, 48, beat 67-year-old Lewis Haller Jr. when he confronted the defendant about trespassing on his property the night of Feb. 5, 2019, according to authorities.
Officers were dispatched about 9 p.m. to the 800 block of Alamitos Avenue, near Hellman Street, when Haller called to report he had been battered by another man, who at some point kicked him in the face, according to court documents.
When officers arrived at Haller’s home that night, he told them he didn’t want to press charges and didn’t want to be taken to the hospital, police said.
The next day, however, Haller went to the hospital after getting ill and throwing up, according to a search warrant filed at Long Beach Superior Court.