The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office has charged Arthur Brian Bowers (Age 66 of Yucca Valley) with possession of child pornography and other charges in San Bernardino.
CASE SYNOPSIS
On Saturday, August 15, 2020, deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of sexual abuse of a child in Yucca Valley. A search warrant was served at the residence where detectives discovered evidence of additional crimes. Mr. Arthur Brian Bowers fled the state, but was located and arrested in the 7600 block of E. Long Look Drive in the Prescott, Arizona.
After reviewing this case, our office has charged Mr. Bowers with violating the following sections of the California Penal Code:
Penal Code Section 288.7(b) – Oral Copulation With a Child 10 Years Old or Younger (Felony)
Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in oral copulation or sexual penetration, as defined in Section 289, with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 15 years to life.
(4 Counts)
Penal Code Section 288(a) – Lewd Act Upon a Child Under Age 14 (Felony)
Except as provided in subdivision (i), a person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, including any of the acts constituting other crimes provided for in Part 1, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child who is under the age of 14 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person or the child, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or eight years.
Penal Code Section 311.11(c)(1) – Possession of Over 600 Images of Child Pornography (Felony)
(a) Every person who knowingly possesses or controls any matter, representation of information, data, or image, including, but not limited to, any film, filmstrip, photograph, negative, slide, photocopy, videotape, video laser disc, computer hardware, computer software, computer floppy disc, data storage media, CD-ROM, or computer-generated equipment or any other computer-generated image that contains or incorporates in any manner, any film or filmstrip, the production of which involves the use of a person under 18 years of age, knowing that the matter depicts a person under 18 years of age personally engaging in or simulating sexual conduct, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 311.4, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison, or a county jail for up to one year, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both the fine and imprisonment.
(b) Every person who commits a violation of subdivision (a), and who has been previously convicted of a violation of this section, an offense requiring registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act, or an attempt to commit any of the above-mentioned offenses, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or six years.
(c) Each person who commits a violation of subdivision (a) shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or two or five years, or shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both the fine and imprisonment, if one of the following factors exists:
(1) The matter contains more than 600 images that violate subdivision (a), and the matter contains 10 or more images involving a prepubescent minor or a minor who has not attained 12 years of age.
CASE INFORMATION
DA Case Number: 2020-00-0049058
Court Case Number: FMB20000518
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