Joe Walker pleads guilty
Joe Walker
According to an email from Santa Barbara Deputy District Attorney Mary Barron, Joseph Walker pleaded guilty on March 9 to five felony counts. Barron noted that her office filed an amended complaint (click here to read) as well as the plea agreement (click here to read) containing Walker’s “guilty plea to five of those counts, and admissions as to the factual basis for the plea.”
“Walker will be sentenced on June 1 in dept 12 to 5 years in state prison and must register for life as a sex offender,” according to Barron.
Walker’s plea form stated his admission to “a sexual relationship with Jane Doe, DOB 10/19/95, when she was 14 to 15 years of age and I was at least 10 years older than her.”
Barron stated that Walker remains out of jail on own recognizance release. “Because of his early admission of guilt, the plea bargain spared the victim from having to come to court and testify at trial,” she added.
“The additional charges involving Andrew Bourne are reflected, in part, in the conspiracy count for Walker,” she continued, “and would have included at least 6 counts of lewd act upon a child for acts of sexual intercourse with Jane Doe as well as a count of conspiracy to commit a lewd act on a child.”
On Wednesday, Jan. 4, members of the Santa Barbara Police Department with the assistance of the Mammoth Lakes Police Department arrested Walker and Bourne in Mammoth Lakes.
According to the Santa Barbara Police Department, Walker was arrested and booked for 6 counts of 288.3 PC, illegal communication with a minor to facilitate sexual activity and 1 count of 288 (c)(1) PC, unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Bourne was arrested and booked for 8 counts of 288.3 PC, illegal communication with a minor to facilitate sexual activity.
Both men were released in January on reduced bails of $750,000 each. Shortly after his release, Bourne committed suicide and his case was closed.
Read the complaint: Bourne Guilty of multiple acts. Good thing Mammoth threw him a party! Not!
Read the complaint: Bourne PARTICIPATED in multiple acts of having sex with a MINOR.
Yet RUSTY is still crying as are many around town. Not at the reality of what happened. Nope. At the fantasy that they hope didn’t happen.
Like the bumper sticker says:
MAMMOTH LAKES: A town without a clue.
Once again Mammoth throwing them a bye bye party is a GREAT Marketing move..
Having a party was a great marketing move.. good job MMSA..
“Ef around ef around soon you won’t be around”. If it walks like a duck… For all of those who believe they are not guilty, you probably believe President Obama when he moves his lips.
Mammoth Lakes locals.. the meanest people in California.
Please people on this post. Treat this painful news with dignified responses and respect ful comments. Justice has been done; now we must think always about how our words will affect the victim and her family, as well as the innocent family members of Bourne and Walker.
So please tell me were it is stated in any document published or unpublished that Bourne is guilty.
Bourne was charged, Bourne committed suicide, Bourne was accused and possibly maligned in the Walker Criminal complaint. I see no place where Bourne is guilty. He may be so but he has not been found guilty.
You folks on the other hand could be guilty of slander and defamation because Bourne will not be found guilty in this state or this country.
L… Your right, I’m slightly embarrassed with my post and sincerely hope Bourne’s family doesn’t read that, even thou it’s how I feel. However I wouldn’t hold a “celebration of life” for a child molester at my business, and that was my point.
Mr Trotter,
You’re thinking more about his family than he did…he knew what he was doing was wrong. We all make our own choices.