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Researcher For Pollacci Rape Case Says He Can’t Get A Fair Trial

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Like that comment “nothing that said Mr. Pollacci was a nice fella”. Mario commented here on April 15 the same blog noted in an article on April 22.

Geringer said Pollacci’s potential jury pool had been poisoned by extensive media coverage and word of mouth. She initially characterized much of the coverage as “unfair,” but later said she defined that as reporting that included negative information about Pollacci.

“I found nothing that said Mr. Pollacci was a nice fella or a part of the community,” she said.

Breeden noted that it took only three days to seat a jury in Pollacci’s last trial and said if Geringer’s opinions are true, it would be apparent as soon as jury selection begins June 13. State law suggests that judges make an effort to find a local jury before changing venue. The last time a case was moved out of Monterey County was in the early 1980s.

Researcher For Pollacci Rape Case Says He Can’t Get A Fair Trial

Pollacci Attorney Asks For Change Of Venue

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Jumping in during some time off to bring this update and show the sign mockups mentioned in the media

Wouden said a Google search of Pollacci’s name turned up 13,000 hits. From March 2009 to February 2011, the three local television stations ran 224 stories on Pollacci’s charges. Five local newspapers, including The Herald, ran 174 articles, one of which quoted a judge saying Pollacci is a predator with a “long-lasting and enduring” reputation as a rapist in the community.

Wouden noted that many websites allow the public to post comments about news stories and www.lighthouseavenue.com ran photos that appeared to depict parking signs in front of Ron’s Liquors stating “Parking Only for Rape Victims” and “Parking Only for Registered Sex Offenders.”

Constant Readers of lighthouseavenue.com should know the Admin’s non news peeves. Open dumpsters is one, another is sidewalk blocking signs. It was there that the sign photos began. On March 12, 2009 this claim that public parking was reserved exclusively for Ron’s Liquor was posted:
Pollacci Parking Liquor Patrons Only
Then on March 13, 2009 when the media revealed that Tom Pollacci was a registered sex offender I took the “Liquor Store Only” picture and made this. This website was the first to question “would you show your ID to a sex offender?”
Pollacci Parking Sex Offenders

The latest sign mockup was January 21, 2011 – for the trial of even more rape charges for Tommy. The original picture was taken June 6, 2009:
Pollacci Parking For Rape Victims
Thanks for reading, and I think Tom will be found guilty anywhere in the USA. Hope he’s enjoying the stay in prison.

Pollacci Attorney Asks For Change Of Venue

Pollacci Defense Says He Has A Reputation

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She also noted a comment by a Monterey County judge, who stated, “Pollacci has a reputation that is well-known, long-lasting and enduring as a rapist in this community.”

The study also included a doctored photo of a sign that pretended to be in front of Ron’s Liquors on Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove that said “Parking only for registered sex offenders.” The photo appeared on local Internet message boards.

pretended to be in front of Ron’s Liquors? The sign was already on the sidewalk in front of the liquor store. That very Ron’s Liquors sidewalk sign that claims the public parking spaces on Lighthouse Avenue are for their customers only.

Lighthouseavenue.com is rank amateur at photoshop. I can insert text but the shadow is over my head.

Here’s the originals:
Pollacci Parking Original

Pollacci Parking Liquor Patrons Only

Pollacci Defense Says He Has A Reputation

Pollacci Attorney Collecting Media Stories

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Possible change of venue?

Judge Timothy Buckley granted Pollacci’s attorney, Michelle Wouden, documents that had been subpoenaed from The Herald, the Salinas Californian, the Monterey County Weekly, the Carmel Pine Cone and the Pacific Grove Hometown Bulletin, as well as electronic media from KION News Channel 46 and KWAV 97-FM radio.

Pollacci Attorney Collecting Media Stories

Pollacci’s Next Rape Trials

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Seeking change of venue.

Pollacci Parking Sex Offenders

In the most recent charges against Pollacci, prosecutors allege he raped a woman identified as Jane Doe 1 in his father’s RV that had been parked on the far side of the Monterey Peninsula Airport, and also raped a woman known as Jane Doe 2 in the loft of his family’s liquor store, Ron’s Liquors, on Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove.

The alleged rapes, which occurred in late 2008 happened as Pollacci was being investigated for raping another woman, Jane Doe 5, also at the liquor store. In March 2009 Pollacci was arrested and charged with assaulting Jane Doe 5. That’s when Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 came forward.

Pollacci’s Next Rape Trials

Pollacci Trail For New Added Rape Charges Set For February 10

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Tom Pollacci

Pollacci, who was living with his parents in Pebble Beach before he was jailed for raping a Colorado woman in the loft of his family’s Lighthouse Avenue liquor store and then leaving her at the hospital with a serious head injury in April 2008, stands accused of raping two more women who came forward during the investigation of that case and his trial this year.

According to investigators, Pollacci raped Jane Doe 1 in April 2007 and Jane Doe 2 twice in the fall of 2008. Deputy district attorney Mike Breeden and public defender Michelle Wouden are next set to appear in Duncan’s courtroom on the Pollacci case on Feb. 10, 2011, when the judge will consider any motions the defense wants to file.

Pollacci Trail For New Added Rape Charges Set For February 10

Pollacci Pleads Innocent In New Rape Charges

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Tommy needs lifer status.

Tom Pollacci

Convicted rapist Thomas Pollacci of Pebble Beach pleaded not guilty Wednesday to three counts of forcible rape, Monterey County prosecutor Michael Breeden said.

The new charges relate to alleged rapes that took place in 2007 and 2008, according to testimony at Pollacci’s preliminary hearing in November. He faces a possible life sentence in the new case.

Trial is scheduled for April 11, Breeden said.

Pollacci Pleads Innocent In New Rape Charges

Pollacci’s Other Pad – Trailer In A Storage Lot

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Wouldn’t take of his hat during sex for it would muss his rug.

Sepegan said the two drove around in a pouring rain storm for three hours that night before Pollacci drove her to a vehicle storage lot behind Monterey Peninsula Airport, where he entered a code and parked outside an aluminum travel trailer.

Inside, the two sat at the dining table and kissed. She did not stop Pollacci when he removed her top and bra, she said, or when he led her into the bedroom, removed all his clothing — except his hat because he was wearing a toupe –

Pollacci’s Other Pad – Trailer In A Storage Lot

Pollacci Accused Of Additional Rapes While Under Investigation

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Pollacci Parking For Jury

The latest alleged victim, Jane Doe 2, was raped in October and November 2008, her lawsuit says. Last spring, Pollacci was convicted of raping Jane Doe 1 in April 2008 and sentenced to eight years in prison. Both rapes happened in the liquor store, according to court documents.

Pollacci has already been charged with assaulting Jane Doe 2 and faces a preliminary hearing next week. But details of the latest rape have not been revealed until now.

“In or around October 2008, plaintiff entered Ron’s Liquors as a patron and encountered Thomas Pollacci, who was working in the store at the time,” the lawsuit says. “As plaintiff shopped, Pollacci approached her and persuaded, convinced and otherwise manipulated her into a lunch meeting. During the lunch, Pollacci drove plaintiff to an unfamiliar, deserted area near the beach where he sexually assaulted her” including “forcible intercourse.”

Pollacci Accused Of Additional Rapes While Under Investigation