Washington dispatcher in Josh Powell fire is reprimanded
The boys got out of the car and got ahead of Hall. After they walked inside the house, Powell shut the door on Hall, prompting her to call 911. She told Lovrak that she could smell gasoline from inside the home and tried to convince him of the urgency of the situation by explaining the high-profile nature of the case. Ref. Source 2
Steven Powell returns to court Monday fighting evidence against him
West Valley police had traveled to Powell's Puyallup, Wash., home with a search warrant seeking childhood diaries of missing Utah mother Susan Cox Powell. What they found were thousands of photographs of young children, mostly young girls, many in partial states of undress. Police say the pictures were taken secretly without the subject's knowledge or consent. Ref. Source 5
Judge: Jurors won't hear 'disturbing' descriptions of Steven Powell's obsession with Susan
Culpepper ruled that although the passages are "strange" and "disturbing," they are not relevant to the charges at hand, and the mention of the missing West Valley City mother could be more prejudicial than having any evidentiary value. Ref. Source 8
Steven Powell guilty of all 14 counts of voyeurism
TACOMA, Wash. - Steven Powell is guilty of all 14 counts of voyeurism.
The 14 separate verdicts were reached after jurors spent 6½ hours of deliberations over two days.
Before the verdicts were reached, the judged thanked jurors for their service. Each juror was only paid $10 a day for jury duty. Ref. Source 6
Steven Powell sentenced to 30 months in custody
TACOMA. Wash. - Steven Powell was sentenced Friday to serve 30 months in custody and three years of probation.
"I know some people want Mr. Powell to rot in prison for the rest of his life," Judge Ronald Culpepper said. "But I don't think that's appropriate." Ref. Source 3
Children Steven Powell photographed file civil lawsuit against him
Seattle-based attorney Anne Bremner filed a lawsuit against Powell on behalf of two of his former neighbors, then ages 8 and 10, whom Powell videotaped from his own home through an open door while they were in their bathroom. In the digital images taken from the recordings, the girls were n-de or partially n-de. Ref. Source 1
This is just so wrong on so many levels! Whenever I go into my bedroom / bathroom I always make sure that no one can see me from the outside because there are just so many perverts around.
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