The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Charles Lee Stapleton (Age 48 of Big Bear) for rape and other crimes in Big Bear.
CASE SYNOPSIS
On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to the 900 block of South Hemlock Lane in Big Bear City regarding a domestic dispute. During the investigation, Charles Lee Stapleton was arrested.
After reviewing this case, our office has filed charges against Mr. Stapleton for violating the following sections of the California Penal Code:
Penal Code Section 459 – First Degree Burglary, Person Present (Felony)
Every person who enters any house, room, apartment, tenement, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stable, outhouse or other building, tent, vessel, as defined in Section 21 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, floating home, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 18075.55 of the Health and Safety Code, railroad car, locked or sealed cargo container, whether or not mounted on a vehicle, trailer coach, as defined in Section 635 of the Vehicle Code, any house car, as defined in Section 362 of the Vehicle Code, inhabited camper, as defined in Section 243 of the Vehicle Code, vehicle as defined by the Vehicle Code, when the doors are locked, aircraft as defined by Section 21012 of the Public Utilities Code, or mine or any underground portion thereof, with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony is guilty of burglary. As used in this chapter, “inhabited” means currently being used for dwelling purposes, whether occupied or not. A house, trailer, vessel designed for habitation, or portion of a building is currently being used for dwelling purposes if, at the time of the burglary, it was not occupied solely because a natural or other disaster caused the occupants to leave the premises.
Penal Code Section 220(b) – Assault To Commit A Felony During The Commission Of A First Degree Burglary (Felony)
Any person who, in the commission of a burglary of the first degree, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 460, assaults another with intent to commit rape, sodomy, oral copulation, or any violation of Section 264.1, 288, or 289 shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole.
Penal Code Section 287(c)(2)(A) – Forcible Oral Copulation (Felony)
Any person who commits an act of oral copulation when the act is accomplished against the victim’s will by means of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or eight years.
Penal Code Section 261(a)(2) – Forcible Rape (Felony)
Where it is accomplished against a person’s will by means of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the person or another.
Penal Code Section 286(c)(2)(A) – Sodomy By Use Of Force (Felony)
Any person who commits an act of sodomy when the act is accomplished against the victim’s will by means of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or eight years.
Penal Code Section 273.5(f)(1) – Injuring A Spouse, Cohabitant, Boyfriend, Girlfriend or Child’s Parent After A Prior Conviction (Felony)
Any person convicted of violating this section for acts occurring within seven years of a previous conviction under subdivision (a), or subdivision (d) of Section 243, or Section 243.4, 244, 244.5, or 245, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or five years, or by both imprisonment and a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Penal Code Section 236 – False Imprisonment By Violence (Felony)
False imprisonment is the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another.
Penal Code Section 594(a) – Vandalism Under $400 Damage- Damage/ Destroy (Misdemeanor)
Every person who maliciously commits any of the following acts with respect to any real or personal property not his or her own, in cases other than those specified by state law, is guilty of vandalism:
(1) Defaces with graffiti or other inscribed material.
(2) Damages.
(3) Destroys.
Whenever a person violates this subdivision with respect to real property, vehicles, signs, fixtures, furnishings, or property belonging to any public entity, as defined by Section 811.2 of the Government Code, or the federal government, it shall be a permissive inference that the person neither owned the property nor had the permission of the owner to deface, damage, or destroy the property.
Penal Code Section 166(a)(4) – Disobeying Court Order (Misdemeanor)
Willful disobedience of the terms as written of any process or court order or out-of-state court order, lawfully issued by a court, including orders pending trial.
CASE INFORMATION
DA Case Number: 2021-00-0005856
Court Case Number: FSB21000470
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