Sonora, CA — Early Monday morning the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on 5th Avenue in Jamestown regarding a sexual assault of an adult woman. The victim reported the home where the assault took place belonged to an acquaintance of hers.
The Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant for the home and arrested the suspect, 51 year old, Daniel Bartels. A search of the home found a small amount of methamphetamine as well as a small quantity of small ammunition which Bartels is prohibited from possessing due to a prior felony conviction.
Bartels was booked into the Tuolumne County Jail on charges of felony rape by force or fear, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of ammunition by a felon. Bail was set at one hundred thousand dollars. According to the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office as of this morning Bartels was still in custody at the Tuolumne County Jail.
This post was last modified on 09/23/2014 3:57 pm
Written by Sabrina Biehl.
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