(Stillwater, Okla.) — A convicted child molester has been charged with sexual battery of an 82-year-old woman in her front yard at a senior housing community on South Main Street in Stillwater – six days after he was released from the Logan County Jail in a misdemeanor stolen property case.
Kwamain Quantay Baker, 27, of Stillwater, was ordered held in the Payne County Jail on $40,000 total bail on charges of sexual battery and violation of the sex offender registration act pending a Sept. 10 court appearance, court records show.
If convicted of sexual battery on Aug. 16 after a former child molesting conviction in 2017, Baker could be imprisoned for two years to life. If convicted of violating the sex offender registration act on Aug. 16, Baker could be given as much as a five-year prison term.
If convicted of an earlier charge of violating the sex offender registration act and possessing a bicycle stolen from an OSU student, both on Jan. 10, Baker could be incarcerated for six years. Baker could also be imprisoned for about nine years for violating the terms of his child molesting conviction, court records show.
In his latest case on which he was arraigned this week, Stillwater police officers were sent at 10:47 a.m. on Aug. 16 on a report of sexual battery that had just occurred at a senior housing community, Detective Sherae LeJeune wrote in an affidavit filed in court records on Aug. 22.
An 82-year-old woman told police she was tending to her dog leashed to her porch when she was approached by a tall man in his early 20s, who “engaged her in casual conversation that shortly turned distasteful,” the affidavit alleged.
“The male told her she was cute and that he had been watching her for a while. He embraced her and placed his left hand on her hip,” before fondling her buttocks and thigh, the affidavit alleged.
The woman “pushed him away from her and shouted at him to leave her alone because she was an 82-year-old woman,” the affidavit alleged.
“He continued to tell her that she was cute and he had been watching her” — eventually leaving westbound after she refused to give in to his advances, the affidavit alleged.
Less than 20 minutes later, Stillwater Police Sgt. Kyle Bruce located Baker, who matched the description given and was known to live three blocks away, at a nearby convenience store and arrested him for failing to register as a sex offender, according to his affidavit.
During an interview in the Stillwater City Jail, Baker told the detective that he left his relatives’ residence in the senior housing community and saw the 82-year-old woman “trying to hook a leash to her dog at the front of her residence,” the affidavit alleged.
“He explained that he intended to contact (her) to proposition her for sex. He admitted that he embraced her and squeezed her buttocks with the anticipation she would respond in a positive way ultimately leading to sexual intercourse.
“She told him to leave her alone because she was an 80-year-old woman. He eventually walked away before he was contacted by police.”
“During the entirety of our interview, he talked about his obsession with sex, body parts and women. He told me how he feels it is fair for him to be judged for his desire to have sex all of the time,” the detective alleged in her affidavit.
“He explained that his approach to women is to touch them before speaking to them. He said he would touch or grab private parts of women and if they want to have sex with him, then they will. If they do not consent, he will leave them alone,” the affidavit alleged.
“He admitted he intentionally touched her body in a lewd manner for his sexual interest,” the affidavit alleged.
According to Payne County court records, last December Baker pleaded guilty to lewd molestation of a 15-year-old girl in Stillwater by “grabbing her buttocks and attempting to grab her breast while making a lewd statement regarding his sexual intent,” on Feb. 21, 2017.
For child molesting, Baker was given a one-year jail term, with credit for time served, followed by nine years of probation with an order to have mental health treatment until released by his provider, register as a sex offender for life, and pay the cost of his incarceration.
Last month, Baker admitted he had violated the terms of his child molesting probation and was transferred from the Payne County Jail to the Logan County Jail, where he appeared on Aug. 10 before a judge, who released him on a personal recognizance bond to return on Oct. 12 on a motion to revoke his probation on a 2016 misdemeanor stolen property conviction, court records show.
Court records show that Baker, who previously lived in Wichita and Cushing, also had been charged with breaking into a vacant apartment in Stillwater on Oct. 7, 2016, where he said he thought his family still resided. “He told me he is homeless and was out in the weather last night. He told me he was cold and needed a place to sleep and warm up,” Stillwater Police Officer Charles Rivas wrote in an affidavit.
That charge, which was originally filed as second-degree burglary, was reduced by the prosecution to misdemeanor breaking and entering, to which Baker pleaded guilty and was given a 45-day jail term on Nov. 14, 2016, with credit for time served.
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