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INSIDE: Prosecutor Profile 2 Major Case Convictions 3 Budget Cuts 4-5 More Case Convictions 6-7 About Your DA Tim Harris 8 S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 "I think the first duty of society is justice." - Alexander Hamilton T I M H A R R I S T U L S A C O U N T Y D I S T R I C T A T T O R N E Y Jury Agrees with District Attorney; Child Molester Should Die in Prison I t was early evening in August 2009, and Mom was washing her car in the driveway of a quiet Tulsa neighborhood. She thought her 23-month-old daughter was inside with her grandma and uncle, and they thought the girl was outside with Mom. The toddler wandered out of the driveway gate and stood by the curb near her home. A neighbor noticed the little girl in a pink dress and saw a pickup truck pull up next to her. He watched the driver motion for her to come to him. He said the man, who he had seen in the neighborhood several times and identified as MARCUS BERRY, picked the child up, pulled her through the driver’s window, and drove away. A short time later, when the girl’s relatives began searching the neighborhood for the child, he told them what he had seen and they called police. Across town, Tulsa police officers Mark Wollmershauser, Jr. and Stephanie Blann, were patrolling in a sparsely populated area on west Apache Street. When they passed a field full of tall grass and brush, Wollmershauser thought he noticed the glint from a vehicle’s mirror as he passed. He asked Blann if she noticed any-thing and she said, “No.” The officers decided to turn around anyway to investigate whether there might be a stolen vehicle abandoned in the field. The pickup truck they After the jury found him guilty, District Attorney Tim Harris and Assistant DA Jake Cain presented evidence that Berry previously had been convicted of eight felonies – including two convictions for LEWD MOLESTATION. Berry was sentenced in 1993 to 30 YEARS IN PRISON for molesting a child and was released by the Department of Corrections in 2003. In the April trial, the jury sentenced Berry to LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE for LEWD MOLESTATION and LIFE IN PRISON for KIDNAPPING the child. The jury verdicts mean that a “child predator was taken off the streets of Tulsa County forever and will die in the penitentiary,” said DA Harris. found was not abandoned, but occupied by MARCUS BERRY, a 57-year-old repeat sex offender. When the officers approached, Wollmershauser said he noticed that Berry’s pants were pulled down, and said his heart was beating so hard “it was about to jump out of his chest.” The officer asked Berry if anyone was with him and he replied “my daughter-in-law.” When he didn’t see an adult, the officer asked Berry where she was. Berry raised his arm and the officer saw the tiny girl in a pink dress sitting next to him. She was not wearing a diaper or panties. At an April trial, a jury convicted BERRY of KIDNAPPING and MOLESTING the girl. In Pursuit of Justice V O L U M E 3 , I S S U E 2 Police found a missing toddler in this truck with sex offender Marcus Berry, 57, in a field in west Tulsa in August 2009.
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Full text | INSIDE: Prosecutor Profile 2 Major Case Convictions 3 Budget Cuts 4-5 More Case Convictions 6-7 About Your DA Tim Harris 8 S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 "I think the first duty of society is justice." - Alexander Hamilton T I M H A R R I S T U L S A C O U N T Y D I S T R I C T A T T O R N E Y Jury Agrees with District Attorney; Child Molester Should Die in Prison I t was early evening in August 2009, and Mom was washing her car in the driveway of a quiet Tulsa neighborhood. She thought her 23-month-old daughter was inside with her grandma and uncle, and they thought the girl was outside with Mom. The toddler wandered out of the driveway gate and stood by the curb near her home. A neighbor noticed the little girl in a pink dress and saw a pickup truck pull up next to her. He watched the driver motion for her to come to him. He said the man, who he had seen in the neighborhood several times and identified as MARCUS BERRY, picked the child up, pulled her through the driver’s window, and drove away. A short time later, when the girl’s relatives began searching the neighborhood for the child, he told them what he had seen and they called police. Across town, Tulsa police officers Mark Wollmershauser, Jr. and Stephanie Blann, were patrolling in a sparsely populated area on west Apache Street. When they passed a field full of tall grass and brush, Wollmershauser thought he noticed the glint from a vehicle’s mirror as he passed. He asked Blann if she noticed any-thing and she said, “No.” The officers decided to turn around anyway to investigate whether there might be a stolen vehicle abandoned in the field. The pickup truck they After the jury found him guilty, District Attorney Tim Harris and Assistant DA Jake Cain presented evidence that Berry previously had been convicted of eight felonies – including two convictions for LEWD MOLESTATION. Berry was sentenced in 1993 to 30 YEARS IN PRISON for molesting a child and was released by the Department of Corrections in 2003. In the April trial, the jury sentenced Berry to LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE for LEWD MOLESTATION and LIFE IN PRISON for KIDNAPPING the child. The jury verdicts mean that a “child predator was taken off the streets of Tulsa County forever and will die in the penitentiary,” said DA Harris. found was not abandoned, but occupied by MARCUS BERRY, a 57-year-old repeat sex offender. When the officers approached, Wollmershauser said he noticed that Berry’s pants were pulled down, and said his heart was beating so hard “it was about to jump out of his chest.” The officer asked Berry if anyone was with him and he replied “my daughter-in-law.” When he didn’t see an adult, the officer asked Berry where she was. Berry raised his arm and the officer saw the tiny girl in a pink dress sitting next to him. She was not wearing a diaper or panties. At an April trial, a jury convicted BERRY of KIDNAPPING and MOLESTING the girl. In Pursuit of Justice V O L U M E 3 , I S S U E 2 Police found a missing toddler in this truck with sex offender Marcus Berry, 57, in a field in west Tulsa in August 2009. |
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Date modified | 2012-08-24 |