I like the idea behind the "habitual offender" sentencing guidelines. Makes sense for any sex crime, particularly those involving living victims. But life for stealing mannequins?
I really couldn't care less about the guy, and I think it's pretty obvious that he's a hopeless pervert, but I'm not sure if the sentence fits the crime. That is, if he gets it.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070102/ap_on_fe_st/mannequin_fetish
Mannequin fetishist could get life
Mon Jan 1, 11:45 PM ET
[/align][/align]A man who has a history of smashing windows to indulge his fetish for female mannequins could draw a long prison term for his latest arrest.
Ronald A. Dotson, 39, of Detroit faces up to life in prison if convicted of a charge of attempted breaking and entering at a cleaning-supply company in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale.
The potential life sentence is because prosecutors charged him as a habitual offender. Authorities say he has at least six convictions for breaking and entering and a stint in state prison over the last 13 years.
Ferndale District Judge Joseph Longo ordered Dotson to stand trial following a preliminary examination on Thursday, The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak reported. The judge ordered him jailed unless he posts a $15,000 bond.
Dotson was arrested Oct. 9 after police say he smashed a window at a cleaning-supply company to get at a female mannequin dressed in a black and white French maid's uniform. He had been out of prison for less than a week.
Dotson was arrested in Ferndale in July 2000 and later convicted for breaking and entering at a women's clothing shop to get at a mannequin in a pink dress with bobbed hair.
Ferndale police also arrested Dotson in 1993 after finding him in an alley behind a woman's store with three lingerie-clad mannequins. He also has similar convictions in Detroit and suburban Oak Park.
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Information from: The Daily Tribune,
http://www.dailytribune.com
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Life Sentence for Mannequin Fetish
