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Creep Convicted of Breaking
Into Home, Sucking On
Sleeping Woman’s Toes
By Alexandra Klausner
A California man convicted of suck- ing on a sleeping woman’s toes after breaking into her home claimed to be a Zeus-like god sent to Earth to seduce women.
Richard Michael Parkhurst, 29, of Norwalk, was con- victed of one felony burglary count, one count of peering into an inhabited building, and two counts of indecent exposure for a wild chain of events that unfold- ed after he exposed himself to a woman walking her dog in October 2017, according to court papers obtained by The Patch.
“Nice dog,” he told the woman, according to court papers, before exposing himself and saying: “I am walking mine, too.”
Later that same day, he snuck into a sleeping woman’s home — where the woman said she woke up and found the creep sucking on her toes. DNA evi- dence linked him
to this offense, prosecutors said.
The next day, Parkhurst peeped into an apartment through the mail slot and told the resident his girl- friend was attrac- tive. While in cus- tody later that day, a female jail guard caught Parkhurst touching himself while looking at her, according to prosecutors. He also wrote an inap- propriate note to a jail guard while he was staying at Orange County Jail.
Parkhurst’s attor- ney said his client’s crimes were part of a “delusion.”
“Mr. Parkhurst developed a delu- sion that he was a Zeus-like god who
was sent down from the stars to seduce women,” his attorney wrote in court papers.
“It was his destiny to seduce women and they would willingly have his children. Mr. Parkhurst believes that his progeny will create a super race that will save the planet.”
His attorney said Parkhurst stopped taking medication for schizophrenia after his girlfriend died. He said Parkhurst heard voices coming from his television “telling him to do things,” and that he was homeless.
He was scheduled to be sentenced on April 5, the Long Beach Post report- ed.
Wyoming Opens Up School For One Single Student
By Brittany Bhulai
A Wyoming ele- mentary school will be opening its doors to a sin- gle student after a decade of being closed.
Laramie is a mountainous rural area in Wyoming and commuting to school in the win- ter months can be brutal.
“It’s a combina- tion of dirt roads that are not plowed for snow, high elevation at around 7,000 feet, and rugged terrain with mountains near-
by that result in snow drifts that canbe3to6feet and make the dirt roads impassable for days,” said Albany County School District Business Manager Ed Goetz in an email to New York Daily News.
For that reason, Albany County School District is reopening Cozy Hollow Elementary in the fall. The school allows the kinder- gartner a closer and safer com- mute to school. Wyoming is required to do this under state
law.
Five students used to attend Cozy Hollow before it was shut down.
However, Goetz says the school is estimated to be open for the next six to eight years since the kinder- gartner has a younger sibling who might attend in the future.
“We have had at least one isolated one-teacher school for most of the past 20 years,” said Goetz.