Offender: Eric Rodney Hill
Kidnapping to commit sodomy
Lewd act on a child
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Magazine Sales Company: Trinity Public Relations
Location:
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Detective on Case: 760-931-2145
Edith Cobian
Carls Bad police department
Police case number: 06-10220
Eric Rodney Hill Case - Court Case # SCN221626
Status: Convicted
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Lewd Act On A Child
Twenty seven year old Eric Rodney Hill was arrested last
Friday after an alleged assault on a minor near
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Man Accused Of Dragging Teen Into
Bushes Pleads Not Guilty
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Eric Rodney Hill, 27, was arrested last Friday by officers
who'd been called to the area near
Deputy District Attorney Christine Israel said Hill
"made admissions" about what he planned to do with the boy.
Based on those alleged admissions, the defendant has been
charged with kidnapping with intent to commit sodomy and attempted sodomy with
a person under 16 years old,
Hill pleaded not guilty to the charges Tuesday and was
ordered held on $225,000 bail by Vista Superior Court Judge Adrienne Orfield.
According to the prosecutor, Hill first followed two
children home from school. They reported the man to their parents, who called
police who went searching for the defendant.
A father found the man with the teenager in the bushes, and
since officers were arriving in the area by then, Hill was arrested, she said.
"If those kids hadn't reported him to the parents, and
they hadn't gone looking for him, we would have had a horribly completed
crime,"
She also charged the defendant with two misdemeanor counts
of annoying children for allegedly following the two students
home.
Hill told investigators he took a bus from the Long
Beach-Compton area to
Investigators are looking into whether Hill has prior
criminal convictions, the prosecutor said.
Hill was ordered to return to court on Dec. 14.
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Man admits dragging teen into bushes near
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Eric Rodney Hill, 28, pleaded guilty to kidnapping to commit
sodomy before Vista Superior Court Judge K. Michael Kirkman.
"He's going to where he needs to be, for as long as he
needs to be gone," Deputy District Attorney Christine Israel said.
Hill, who told authorities he was a door-to-door magazine
salesman, was arrested on Dec. 1 at
The defendant first followed two children home from school,
and they told their parents,
Police were called, and a father of one child drove around
the neighborhood before spotting him on a street corner with the 14-year-old
kidnapping victim, who appeared to be uncomfortable, the prosecutor said.
The father turned his car around, but the two were gone,
with only the teenager's backpack still at the corner, she said.
The man then found them in the bushes and since officers
were in the area by then, Hill was arrested,
An "unbelievable chain of fortunate events" kept
the situation from being much worse, according to the prosecutor.
Hill later told police what he planned to do with the boy,
she said.
The defendant will be sentenced March 27 to life in prison
with the possibility of parole, which is the maximum he could have received
whether he went to trial or not. He'll be eligible for parole after seven
years.
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Man admits to
By Jose Luis Jimenez
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Eric Rodney Hill, 28, is to be sentenced to life in prison
with the possibility of parole at a Superior Court hearing scheduled for next
month. The magazine salesman must serve a minimum sentence of seven years in
prison and register as a sex offender if he's released, said prosecutor
Christine Israel.
Hill admitted he followed some children near
A concerned father who was driving around the neighborhood looking for the reported stranger found Hill on top of the boy and freed the child. Hill was arrested nearby.
Jose Jimenez: (760)
737-7568; jose.jimenez@uniontrib.com
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Man Charged With Kidnapping, Attempted Sodomy Will Stand
Trial
Defendant Accused Of Dragging Teen
Into Bushes
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The move means the case against Eric Rodney Hill, 27, will
proceed directly to trial, which Judge K. Michael Kirkman
scheduled for March 21.
Most criminal defendants have a preliminary hearing to test
the prosecution's evidence. At the conclusion of such a hearing, a judge
determines whether there if enough evidence to justify a trial.
When Hill was arrested on Dec. 1 at
Deputy District Attorney Christine Israel alleged the
defendant first followed two children home from school, but they told their
parents, who called police.
A parent found the man with the teenager in the bushes, and
since officers were in the area by then, Hill was quickly taken into custody,
The defendant later made admissions to police about what he
planned to do with the boy, the prosecutor said.
Hill is charged with kidnapping to commit sodomy and attempted
sodomy of someone under 16 years old, along with two misdemeanor counts of
annoying children for allegedly following the youngsters
home.
The defendant could be imprisoned for life if convicted of
the kidnapping charge,
Hill was convicted of a misdemeanor in 2005 for masturbating
in the children's section of a library in
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Man waives hearing in molestation case
Eric Rodney Hill, 58, now faces trial on charges of felony
kidnapping and attempted sodomy that carry a maximum sentence of life in prison
if he is convicted of both, prosecutor Christine Israel said.
On the afternoon of Dec. 5, Hill followed some children near
A concerned father looked for the stranger and found Hill
trying to drag a 14-year-old boy into some bushes near
The parent freed the teenager, and Hill was arrested nearby,
authorities said. He remains jailed in lieu of $225,000 bail.
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Man pleads guilty to kidnapping boy
UNION-TRIBUNE
Eric Rodney Hill, 28, admitted he tried to molest a boy in a
Hill is to be sentenced to life in prison with the
possibility of parole at a Superior Court hearing scheduled for next month. He
must serve a minimum of seven years in prison and register as a sex offender if
he is released, said prosecutor Christine Israel.
Hill, a magazine salesman, admitted he followed some
children near
A concerned father who was driving around the neighborhood looking
for a reported stranger found Hill on top of the boy and freed the child. Hill
was arrested nearby.
Staff writers Pauline Repard, Kristina Davis, Joe Hughes, Jose Luis Jimenez and Debbi Farr Baker compiled this report.
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Man gets life in prison for
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Eric Rodney Hill, 28, pleaded guilty last month to
kidnapping to commit sodomy in connection with an incident Dec. 1 near
Hill followed two children home from the school, and they
told their parents, Deputy District Attorney Christine Israel has said.
The father of one child later found Hill standing outside
the school with the 14-year-old victim, but by the time he could turn his car
around, the two were gone,
Hill has prior convictions for masturbating in the
children's section of a library in
