Hagins trial opens with vivid retelling of tale of break-in, attack, confrontation
The sneak-in sex assault trial of suspect Marcus Charles Hagins opened in Yuba County Superior Court Thursday with vivid testimony from the victim and her mother, whose quick thinking kept an ugly situation from getting worse.
Hagins, 19, of Elverta is accused of furtively gaining entry to the Plumas Lake home of a high school friend during the wee small hours of a mid-May morning and trussing her up with tape and a ball gag in an apparent attempt to have sex with her.
But noisy dogs and muffled sounds coming from her daughter’s adjacent bedroom awakened her. It was about was about 4 a.m., the mother testified.
She went to check on her daughter's situation, the mother said.
As she approached the girl’s bedroom, “I saw a light under the door” and cautiously opened the door, the mother told the jury of nine women and three men.
She saw a tall, hooded figure looming over her daughter who seemed to be lying oddly on the bed.
“Something was wrong,” the mother said. Read more »
Hagins, 19, of Elverta is accused of furtively gaining entry to the Plumas Lake home of a high school friend during the wee small hours of a mid-May morning and trussing her up with tape and a ball gag in an apparent attempt to have sex with her.
But noisy dogs and muffled sounds coming from her daughter’s adjacent bedroom awakened her. It was about was about 4 a.m., the mother testified.
She went to check on her daughter's situation, the mother said.
As she approached the girl’s bedroom, “I saw a light under the door” and cautiously opened the door, the mother told the jury of nine women and three men.
She saw a tall, hooded figure looming over her daughter who seemed to be lying oddly on the bed.
“Something was wrong,” the mother said. Read more »