A Palmdale tattoo artist previously convicted of attempted murder and his daughter have been charged with kidnapping a woman in Las Vegas at gunpoint and sexually assaulting her in Southern California, prosecutors said Tuesday. AdvertisementLawton is being held in lieu of $4.5-million bail, while his daughter is being held in lieu of $3.5-million bail. They each are charged with kidnapping to commit robbery, attempted murder, kidnapping from outside the state, forcible rape and three counts of first-degree ATM robbery. Lawton has prior convictions for attempted murder and robbery in cases dating to 1984, though the district attorney’s office did not say where the crimes occurred. It was not immediately clear whether the pair had attorneys who could speak on their behalf.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 17, 2019 22:18 UTC