Randy Allen's videotaped confession to police shows the box he used to keep his victim hostage in his van.
Posted on 07/10/2003 2:15:40 AM PDT by chance33_98
Freeport man pleads guilty to sexually torturing young girl
Randy Allen's videotaped confession to police shows the box he used to keep his victim hostage in his van.
7/09/03 - FREEPORT, TX) — Police have a videotaped confession from a man who abducted and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl. Authorities say there may be other victims and they are now hoping those will come forward.
The prosecutor says the taped confession was critical to his case. A judge ruled it admissible in court. That's part of the reason defendant Randy Allen chose to plead guilty to charges this week instead of going to trial.
Freeport police video shows Randy Allen demonstrating for investigators how he built a box in the back of his van -- a box he used to conceal and control his victim.
The victim was walking to bible study at St. Mary's Church in Freeport last November. Allen says that's when he forced her into his van, put tape around her wrists, rope around her ankles, and sexually assaulted her before locking her inside the box and leaving her there while he went to dinner with his wife.
Part of the taped confession includes an officer's question, "You're accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting that little girl. Is that what happened?"
Allen answers, "Yeah, but if I wasn't on crack, none of this would have happened."
Allen blames the incident on as many as seven rocks of crack he says he smoked that day.
"I'm not a bad person at all," Allen promised on the tape. "You do that crack, you turn into a monster."
Allen's attorney, Bill Leathers, says his client is remorseful. "He knows he's screwed up big time. That's with his life, that's with his wife's life, with his little boy's life. And of course he's really dealt a blow to the victim's life, too."
That's why prosecutor Keith Allen is asking the judge to give this defendant the maximum punishment allowed by law.
"I'm glad he's not on the street," said Keith Allen. "I hope he never gets back out on the streets. If it were up to me, I'd make sure he never got back out on the streets again."
A judge will decide Randy Allen's punishment at a hearing next month. He could receive as much as four life terms in prison.
Investigators say they were only able to arrest Allen because of information they gleaned from the victim. They are asking you to call them if you know anything about any other cases Allen might have committed.
If we re-legalize drugs, all our problems will go up in smoke.
Do you even know what the 'gateway theory' is?
You are a truly evil person, 'Mr.' Allen.
I guess I should've known when I saw this picture:
Whatever. Do you know what the gateway theory is?
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