AnonymousSource: Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office
Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley announced that late yesterday afternoon on February 3, 2022, in Department 1 of the Santa Barbara Superior Court, the Honorable Thomas R. Adams sentenced defendant Howard W., age 59, to 75 years to life, plus 3 years and 8 months in prison. This sentence followed a jury trial in late 2021 wherein a Santa Barbara jury found the defendant guilty of seven counts of child molestation committed on his two young victims.
Judge Adams also awarded the victims $500,000.00 each in criminal restitution for the severe psychological harm they endured as a result of years of sexual abuse at the hands of the defendant.
Their bravery in reporting the abuse by the defendant and courage in testifying at trial directly resulted in the jury’s verdict. This verdict and sentence were also the result from the excellent investigation by the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department, and was in large part due to support from members of the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office Victim Assistance Program and attorney Stacy Robinson of Legal Aid of Santa Barbara County.
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- October 7, 2021: Man Found Guilty of Child Molestation
Last name withheld because victims have same last name.
Stop protecting these guys and show full name and pictures!!! Absurd how long we have continued to protect primarily men who rape and molest children and leave the community at risk by covering up their full information. Thank goodness in case case he may be in pretty much for the rest of his life, but this is not the case with too many others who still roam about the community with people welcoming them into all kinds of friend groups, homes, and community things with no warning about who they are.
As one of Howard’s daughters, it’s preferred that his full name and photos are not released. He is in prison and never leaving- what would be the point? All it would do is expose us to more people who may want to discuss this further or to take advantage of the restitution money we were allotted. I think we have been through enough and talked about it enough. Why would we want more random strangers finding us and reaching out with questions?
Just another perspective to think about!
The October 7th article mentions that his victims were his young daughters. Please understand why his full name isn’t stated. Very sad.
Not a question of protecting the criminal. Simply, as their father, his name would naturally reveal the victims in this unconscionable case.,