Re: Questions for John Kelly about David Glisan/Jim Murphy
If that were true, he'd be calling in from the state pen.
Slapped on the wrist in California:
1999-07-01 04:00:00 PDT SAN JOSE -- Former Stanford football player
Eric Abrams was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday for misconduct involving a young San Jose boy.
Dressed in brown jail garb, a clean-shaven but handcuffed Abrams stood next to his attorney,
Ken Robinson, in Santa Clara County Superior Court as Judge
Lawrence Terry handed down the sentence. Abrams, 25, was then taken back to the County Jail in San Jose.
"Every day, he expresses remorse," said Robinson.
Because yesterday's sentence gives credit for time served, Abrams could be set free in five days if authorities in San Francisco do not pick him up on a warrant for unrelated charges of kidnapping and attempted kidnapping.
That is unlikely, however, according to the Santa Clara County district attorney's office, which struck a deal with Robinson that includes three years of supervised parole for the former place-kicking star.
Abrams pleaded no contest Dec. 7, 1998, to felony false imprisonment and a misdemeanor count of annoying or molesting a child, said
Dolores Carr, supervising attorney with the Santa Clara County district attorney's office sexual assault unit.
The charges stemmed from an incident in which Abrams posed as a Nike representative and told a San Jose boy he had won prizes and Nike gear.
Abrams then persuaded the child to come to his home, where he asked the boy to undress so he could be measured for clothing.
Abrams could have received a sentence of as long as three years in prison for the offense, Carr said.
"Given the facts of the case, we feel that this was a good sentence for the prosecution and the people," said Carr, noting that Abrams has never had a felony conviction.
"We believe he is a danger to the community," she said. "We're hoping San Francisco comes down and is successful in their prosecution. We believe the most serious charges that he's facing is in their county."
San Francisco police said last year Abrams impersonated a police officer, then lured a 13-year-old Bayview boy into a car and ordered the child to undress.
They also said Abrams approached two brothers in the same neighborhood, but was interrupted when their mother showed up.
San Francisco prosecutors charged him with kidnapping, child molestation and impersonating a police officer, with bail set at $500,000. However, the district attorney's office could not move forward until Abrams' case in Santa Clara County was resolved.
Kim Brown, the mother of two San Francisco boys allegedly accosted by Abrams, is not taking the charges lightly.
After the sentencing hearing, Brown said Abrams should have gotten more time.
On the day her boys were approached, Brown said she chased Abrams across town and demanded that police question him.
Police initially told her that it was a misunderstanding.
Her sons, now 13 and 14, still have nightmares about Abrams, Brown said.
They are both in therapy.
"I hope they lock him up and keep him locked up," she said.
Abrams ended his Stanford
college career in 1995 as the school's top-scoring place kicker.
The following year, he pleaded no contest in Santa Clara County Superior Court to charges that he solicited nude photos of boys.
He was placed on three years' probation.
