Charles Gaines of Colorado sentenced to 19 years in prison for the sexual assault of three women

Charles Gaines of Colorado sentenced to 19 years in prison for the sexual assault of three women

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – On Tuesday, Charles Edward Gaines III was sentenced to 19 years for forcible sex crimes against three women and the attempted sexual assault of another. On Feb. 25, 2025, a Ventura County jury convicted Gaines of forcible sodomy and the attempted rape of two people, but the jury deadlocked on the other charged counts stated the Ventura County District Attorney's Office in a press release Wednesday. Gaines later pled guil…

Sidney man gets 19 years in prison

SIDNEY — A woman described being attacked by her former lover and the lasting impacts as the Sidney man was sentenced to a minimum of 19 years in prison Wednesday on a second-degree felony count of strangulation and a first-degree felony count of aggravated burglary. “How do you put into words that someone who told me they loved me, they wanted to marry me and take care of me tried to kill me?” the woman said, shaking and emotional, as she spoke…