Richard Allen Minsky

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Richard Allen Minsky
Born (1944-03-15) March 15, 1944 (age 80)
Danvers, Massachusetts[5]
NationalityAmerican
Other namesThe Con Artist Rapist, Dennis,[6] Paul Davidson, Kenneth Miller,[7] Robert Miller,[8] Richard Alan Minsky
OccupationUsed car salesman[1]
Criminal statusServing life sentence at California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, California[9]
Conviction(s)Rape, assault, battery, extortion, grand theft, indecent assault, larceny, lewd and lascivious behavior, oral copulation, sexual assault, sexual battery, sodomy, escape[1][2][3]
Criminal penalty146 years to life imprisonment[4]

Richard Allen Minsky (born March 15, 1944), also known as Richard Alan Minsky, is an American former used car salesman who was convicted of multiple charges of rape,[1] assault, battery, extortion, grand theft, larceny, lewd and lascivious behavior, oral copulation, sexual assault, sexual battery, sodomy, and escape.[2] He was charged over 80 times and convicted in more than a dozen trials over a series of scams committed in the states of California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.[1][3]

A registered sex offender, Minsky was featured on the television shows America's Most Wanted and Fox Files several times in 1999 and arrested in Tampa, Florida on September 15 of that year.[7][10] After extradition to California, Minsky was sentenced to 146 years to life in prison by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on November 30, 2001.[4]

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  2. ^ a b "Police seek convicted con man, rapist". South Coast Today. Associated Press. 1999-06-30. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  3. ^ a b Thompson, Carolyn (1996-12-10). "Man tried to trick women into sex". South Coast Today. Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  4. ^ a b Gorman, Anna (2001-12-01). "Rapist in Sex Scam Case Sentenced to Life in Prison". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
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  7. ^ a b "Detectives Requesting Public's Help in Locating Richard Alan Minsky". Los Angeles Police Department. 1999-09-07. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
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  10. ^ "Airport police arrest one of "America's Most Wanted"" (PDF). Tampa International Airport. 1999-09-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-06-27.