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Napan arrested on sexual assault charge
Thursday, August 30, 2007
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12:30 p.m.Paul Deleon Pena is behind bars after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her Wednesday at his residence in the 300 block of Cross Street in Napa, police said.

The woman also claimed Pena, who is on parole, would not let her leave the home, police said. The woman contacted police who took Pena into custody at his home.
Pena, 53, was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault, false imprisonment and a parole violation.
4 comment(s)

Inconsistent Reporting wrote on Aug 30, 2007 9:36 PM:

" Why is it that the Register did NOT print the alleged female victim's name here, but was fine with publishing the name of the mom who left her baby in the car? Who's the real victim here? So much for journalistic integrity, consistency, and transparency... As Jan Brady would say: "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!" "

naparn wrote on Aug 30, 2007 10:42 PM:

" To inconsistent reporting, perhaps because the Register prints the names of people who allegedly commit crimes, not the victims. "

A register reader wrote on Aug 30, 2007 11:20 PM:

" In response to Inconsistent Reporting - One of the main reasons the names of both alleged and confirmed sexual assault victems are not published is that victems have historically been reluctant to report out of shame, embarrassment, fear of being judged, and fear that they or their loved ones will be harmed again. Threatening future harm is one of the most common methods a perpetrator uses to control the victem. It wasn't so long ago that when sexual assault victems went on the stand to testify against their alleged assailants they were ripped to shreds by opposing defense counsel, suffered moral character assassination, and were made to feel that the assaults were their fault (even if the victems were minors). Fast forward to today, and we now have laws and ordinances in many jurisdictions to protect the identities of actual or alleged victems of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse. Criminal charges against alleged perpetrators of any crime are matters of public record. My heart goes out to the woman who left her child in the car. She is grieving and and she has suffered greatly. Unfortunately she has been charged with a crime, and as such her name is a matter of public record. "

Angelina wrote on Aug 31, 2007 7:03 PM:

" First and for most my heart goes out to this women and I'm very sorry to hear that this has happen to her, but what about the man being accused and his family or his children? Does the paper think about them and how they feel when they see this information in the paper or online. He has yet been found guilty for these charges, but yet the paper chooses to put his name out there without thinking about his family and his children being hurt by this being posted. I understand the issue but please understand or maybe put your feet in his kids or family shoes on how they feel about putting his name out there for assaulting and hurting someone, but that others are hurting as well because of this, and it only makes it harder for family to cope with a issue as serious as this when the paper has no problem writing about the issue but also has no problem about giving the name of the person being charged for assault without thinking twice about who else they are hurting. "

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