Madison-Rankin District Attorney Michael Guest issued the following press release.
Madison County Serial Rapist Receives 55-Year Sentence for Sexual Battery and Burglary
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Michael Guest announced today that Laddarious Keon Hobson pled guilty to Sexual Battery and Burglary involving two Canton women and was sentenced to serve 55 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Hobson will be required to register as a sex offender once he is released from custody.
On July 4, 2015, the Canton Police Department received a 911 call from a 68 year old victim who reported that an individual armed with a knife had forced his way into her home and sexually assaulted her. The victim was able to give police a description of the suspect prior to being transported to the the University of Mississippi Medical Center where a rape kit was performed and later tested at the crime lab where a DNA profile of the suspect was developed.
On October 9, 2015, the Canton Police Department was contacted and requested to respond to a home where a developmentally challenged female had been sexually assaulted. Police arrived and spoke with the victim’s mother and learned that an individual possessing a can of mace forced his way into the house where he physically and sexually assaulted her daughter. The victim’s mother was able to give a description of the suspect that matched the defendant in the earlier sexual assault. The victim was taken to the hospital and a rape kit was performed. The Crime Laboratory tested the rape kit and was able to develop a DNA profile of the suspect.
Several days later, the Canton Police Department developed Hobson as a suspect. The mother, of the victim who had been assaulted the week prior, was able to pick Hobson out of a photo lineup as the man who forcibly entered her home and assaulted her daughter. On October 15, 2015, Hobson was arrested and when questioned he denied involvement in either case.
12 comments:
"when questioned he denied involvement in either case"
That's because he a guud boi! he dindu nuffin!
Glad this whacko is off the streets! Thanks KS and Mr. Guest.
55 years will have to do, but a long drop on a short rope would be much better. Preferably in front of the Canton court house at noon on Saturday. That would give the other thugs something to think about. 55 is still a lot better than what he would have been sentenced in Hinds County.
12:50, I am philosophically against the death penalty, but in cases like this I think I could flip the switch (or whatever) myself without a second thought.
Somehow I can't get past the notion of the mother 'watching' the boy enter the house and rape her daughter. Was there no kitchen drawer full of knives?
I was in the courthouse when this happen serving on a jury. He's probably lucky the guy pleaded guilty. The jury I served on was a forgery case, our DA and his star witness were horrible. We acquitted the guy in ten minutes.
6:41 a.m., Sometimes you don't get all the details about a case as a juror. I also have been in the courthouse for a number of criminal cases and I know several prosecutors, both federal and state. They are prohibited by law from giving you all of the facts in some situations. Maybe they gave you all they had. Before ignorantly bragging about cutting someone loose, you might want to do some investigating. But throwing anonymous rocks is so much easier, isn't it. You big old courageous juror, you.
Just FYI for 6:41 a.m., I did some checking and find out that you let a guy walk after ten minutes of deliberation even after he admitted that he knew the check was bogus and confessed that he just wanted to get his cut of the check. On top of that, this guy has previously walked after being indicted for drugs, shooting into a house, and oh yeah...murder. But you deliberated for ten minutes.
I am guessing that the DA ( it's probably 11:54) did about as good of a job on those other cases as he/she did on this one. If its not admissible in court that's not the defendants problem. None of us were naive enough not to know that this guy had a past. Not many people with his background turn themselves in the day they are contacted about a crime. Despite his inept lawyer the DA failed to prove their case and they let the big fish at said bank get away.
I might add that the judge met with us after the case to thank us for our service. The Foreman asked what he, the judge taught about the case. He remarked that, "he never second guessed a Jury" but that he would have overruled us, had we found him guilty because they had not proven their case.
Oh Contrary, 11:54 the defendant didn't confess to anything. how inept of you to let him even say he turned himself in when he was never asked if he had. Your witness was unable to answer simple banking questions. Then you let the defendant do his monologue. The judge didn't say it but he was amused by that too.
Dude, I'm not the DA. I just asked about the case from the folks in the DA's office. The previous times jurors let this criminal go, he was in Hinds County.
Yep, we all understood he was from Jackson. We also understood that you were trying to railroad him because the banks insurance company insisted you do it. Both you and their investigator did a horrible job. The guy was a dupe and you let the big fish get away.
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