Carnival worker acquitted of child kidnapping


Published on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:07 PM PDT

Kern Valley Sun

On Monday a jury acquitted James Rudolph Crook, 47, of Clovis, a carnival worker at the 2008 Whiskey Flat Days celebration in Kernville, of two felony charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a child. He was arrested in February, 2008, after allegedly grabbing an 11-year-old girl, who deputies said feared Crook would take her inside a ticket booth. The young girl broke free.

Crook had a prior conviction of child molest, kidnapping and false imprisonment, and is a registered sex offender. He had been held in Lerdo Jail under a $1 million bail.


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3 comment(s)

    a year ago wrote on Mar 25, 2009 7:36 AM:

    " oops...I mean 2008... "

    a year ago wrote on Mar 25, 2009 7:35 AM:

    " Old news albert...go back to February 2007 articles and catch up. "

    Albert Surprenant wrote on Mar 24, 2009 9:42 PM:

    " what i would like to know is this....ya have man who is a REGISTERED sex offender. WHY ARE YOU LETTING HIM WORK A CARNIVAL WHERE THERE ARE KIDS???? "

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