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Tag: Oregon

  • Tigard craigslist rapist sentenced

    Craigslist rapist sentenced to 25 years in prison:

    The holiday has put me behind on my postings. This actually happened last week but I’m just getting to it now.

    Anyway, one of the craigslist rapists has been sentenced to 25-years behind bars. That would be 53-year-old Ronald Marcus Leistiko of Tigard, Oregon. If you’ll recall Leistiko raped several women, mostly escorts, that he met through their craigslist ads. He also drugged up a minor to rape her as well.

    I can live with 25 years but a serial rapist like this needs to be behind bars permanently at least.

  • Leistiko found guilty of rape

    Tigard man convicted of Craigslist rapes:

    Ronald Marcus Leistiko of Tigard, Oregon was convicted yesterday for raping two craigslist escorts one of which was only 15-years-old. He also supplied alcohol and cocaine to the 15-year-old.

    He claimed at trial that he didn’t remember the 25-year-old escort who he tackled and raped after she only agreed to a striptease.

    He was acquitted of raping an 18-year-old who placed a personal ad that said she was lonely and wanted to meet men.

    Leistiko almost seemingly bragged about all the sex he had through craigslist. I wonder how many of those alleged conquests were victims who didn’t come forward.

    He’s looking at 26 years.

  • Oregon craigslist rapist on trial

    Craigslist ads at center stage in Tigard rape trial:

    The first craigslist rapist I ever posted about on this site was Ronald Marcus Leistiko. He would respond to ads including escort ads and rape the women who came to his house in Tigard, Oregon. One of his victims was a 14-year-old girl.

    His trial for multiple counts of rape among other charges started this week.

    Not surprisingly Leistiko’s slimy lawyer is trying to blame the victims. You know, the ones that were raped.

    “Craigslist has taken the world’s oldest profession into the Internet age,” defense attorney Timothy Bowman told jurors Wednesday in his opening statement. “You will hear some startling evidence about the nature of advertising on Craigslist.”

    Bowman said as many as 2,000 ads a day are posted by women looking for men, just on the Portland section of Craigslist.

    “The competition is fierce and the enticements are alluring,” he said. “And the promises are, well, for full satisfaction and that sort of thing.”

    The defense is that the sex was consensual, in the context of prostitutes being paid for their services.

    While I’m constantly posting some of the exact same things that the slimy lawyer said I would never use them as excuses for rape. I don’t think the prostitutes were paid to be beaten, strangled, and raped.

    Leistiko is nothing but a serial predator who purposely preyed upon these women because I’m sure in his mind he figured no one would care about them or take them seriously. I hope the jury in Oregon proves me wrong.

  • Pawn shops vs. craigslist

    Craigslist the new marketplace for stolen goods:

    Check out the video report behind the link from Oregon TV station KDRV.

    It just amazes me how regulated pawn shops are but yet craigslist isn’t.

  • You’ve been scammed

    House-for-rent scams turning up online:

    This is just your typical article about the housing scams on craigslist and how one family almost fell for it in Beaverton, Oregon.

    However the seller of the house did a pretty ingenious thing to prevent people from being scammed.

    After taking a second look at the house in person, Sami noticed the house’s real owner had posted a sign out front reading, “private property: if you have seen this home on craigslist you are being scammed.”

    Good thinking on the owner’s part. People don’t get scammed and he doesn’t have to break it to people that they have been scammed.

  • Oregon MySpace rape

    Man accused of raping 13-year-old he met on MySpace:

    28-year-old Scott Knight of Aurora, Oregon has been arrested on charges that he raped a 13-year-old girl he met through MySpace.

    Not only is he trying the ‘she said she was 18 defense’ but his mommy is defending him in the press.

    “That’s not Scott, Scott may do things, but this is not Scott. He met this girl on a Web site, it happened to be a Web site that only 18-year-olds can go on, He doesn’t understand and I don’t understand. He doesn’t do that,” said Knight’s mother, Janice Abraham.

    Granted that a 13-year-old is not supposed to be on MySpace but it’s not a site for 18-year-olds. According to MySpace’s terms of service, you can be as young as 14 to sign up for MySpace.

    Then Knight’s sister plays a little ‘blame the victim’ game…

    “She set him up and it’s not right. She should be under house arrest or something, she should be stopped,” added Knight’s sister, Angelica White.

    Ah Personal Responsibility, we hardly knew ye.

    Knight is facing charges of rape, kidnapping, and child sex abuse. Another suspect may be involved as well.

    Knight also has a felony theft warrant in another county.

  • Facebook Vigilantes in Oregon

    Facebook Vigilantes in Oregon

    Facebook Site Prompts Sexual Assault Charges At College:

    Every time I make a post about Facebook vigilantism, I hear the song “Ghost Riders in The Sky” by The Outlaws in my head.

    Anyway, Facebook Vigilantes have struck again. This time, the vigilantism has crept over our northern border and is now taking place in the good ol’ U.S. of A.

    At Lewis & Clark College, in Portland, Oregon, a male student who I won’t name was accused of a sexual assault against a female student.

    Before even law enforcement caught wind of it, a Facebook group targeting him was made. It was later removed.

    According to the Information Week article, the alleged victim went to the local media and as of the time of IW’s article had still not reported it to police.

    Even to her own admission, the victim admits she initiated the encounter but then changed her mind.

    Let’s just for a second say that her story is true. Personally, I’m not buying it, but let’s just say it is. By going public with the alleged aggressor’s name not only on Facebook but also in the media, she’s probably ruined any chance of him being prosecuted.

    Let the law do its job, people. When you pull stunts like this, justice doesn’t get served, it gets turned away at the door.

  • More on accused craigslist rapist

    More on accused craigslist rapist

    Tigard man in court accused of Craigslist rapes:

    In one of the posts, I made about accused craigslist rapist Ronald M. Leistiko, a commenter asked what kind of ad was Leistiko posting to lure these women to his house.

    According to the article, he wasn’t posting ads but responding to ads…

    Leistiko allegedly answered ads on Craigslist along with other Internet sites, which offered services such as lingerie modeling and escort service.

    That makes this case even more disturbing, since one of his victims was 14.

  • Police need help with attacker

    Police need help with attacker

    Police search for more victims of alleged Craigslist attacker:

    Oregon police are looking to the public’s help in the case against 52-year-old Ronald M. Leistiko. He’s the Tigard, Oregon man accused of luring girls and women to his house via craigslist and raping them.

    Investigators say Leistiko targeted escorts and strippers he met on Craigslist. The victims ranged in age from 14 to 35, police said.

    He’s charged with assaulting three women, but an undercover officer believes there are likely dozens more who are afraid to call police.

    Police say they won’t charge admitted prostitutes if they come forward to report they were raped.

    Anyone who may have information or possible involvement is urged to contact either Portland Police Bureau Detective C. Waddell at (503) 823-0697 or Officer M. Burkeen at (503) 823-0424.

    In addition, callers can also contact Tigard Police Detective Kevin Dresser at (503) 718-2576.

  • Oregon male used craigslist to lure girls

    Oregon male used craigslist to lure girls

    Police: Man Used Craigslist To Lure Girls:

    52-year-old Ronald Leistiko of Tigard, Oregon is under arrest for a slew of charges all stemming from accounts that say he used craigslist to lure girls and women, some as young as 14, to his home, in some cases, assaulting them.

    Leistiko was booked into the Washington County Jail on a laundry list of charges. He could be charged with rape, kidnap, prostitution, sex abuse, menacing, attempted rape, strangulation and unlawful sexual penetration.

    Investigators believe there may be other unreported incidents that have happened at Leistiko’s home.

    Anyone with information is asked to call 503-823-0697, 503-823-0424 or 503-718-2576.

    Be vigilant ladies. I would not recommend using craigslist for dates. This is not the first story I’ve posted about someone using craigslist to lure someone to their home.