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Long Beach Man Sentenced to 120 Years in Prison for Continuous Sexual Assault of Infant Relative, Large Stash of Explicit Content
A 32-year-old Long Beach man was sentenced to 120 years to life in prison on Friday for sexually assaulting an infant relative and possessing hundreds of thousands of pornographic photos and videos of prepubescent children.
Ryan Michael Booth, 32, was convicted on March 8 of eight felony counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration with a minor 10 years or younger and five felony counts of using a minor for sex acts, as well as a misdemeanor charge of sexual exploitation of a child, Orange County District Attorney’s officials said.
Booth also received a sentencing enhancement for possessing over 600 images of child pornography, with 10 or more involving a prepubescent minor.
In fact, he had a cache of more than 220,000 sexually explicit photos and videos of prepubescent children and traded the content online for additional child pornography, prosecutors said.
Booth was also found guilty of sexually assaulting an infant relative from the time she was less than 1 year old until she was 2 years old, beginning in 2013 until August 2014.
“She gets to grow up happy and free… you are going to pay for this,” the girl’s father said during the sentencing Friday. “You will never touch another child again.”
The victim’s grandmother also spoke, noting that the abuse is something the toddler will struggle with the rest of her life.
“There is no mercy for you,” she said. “She will carry [this] with her for her whole life.”
Some of Booth’s images were discovered on Aug. 29, 2014, during a child porn investigation conducted by a constable with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The constable traced images of a 2- or 3-year-old girl to Booth’s Internet Protocol (IP) address in Long Beach and passed the case on to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s cyber-crime unit.
Los Angeles police served a warrant at Booth’s home on Sept. 5, 2014, and discovered his stash of child pornography, including photos and videos of Booth in sexual conduct with his 2-year-old relative in his home.
Booth was arrested later that same day.
After LAPD officers discovered he had also sexually assaulted his young relative in her Costa Mesa home, the case was submitted to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Woman Stabbed 13 Times by Ex-Boyfriend While Staying as Patient in Long Beach Hospital
A woman said she was stabbed Tuesday by her ex-boyfriend who came to her hospital room while she was a patient at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach.
Police responded to a stabbing call at the hospital around 2:50 a.m., said Long Beach Police spokesperson Marlene Arrona. A suspect was arrested after investigators determined the attacker was visiting the patient’s room when a domestic dispute escalated into a stabbing incident, she said.
Traci Mattox says she drowsy after receiving treatment for stomach ulcers when her ex-boyfriend, 30-year-old Lorenzo Moss — who she had broken up with during his previous hospital visit — returned with a knife.
“Earlier that day he had came to the hospital and I told him, ‘I think it would be best if we just separate,’ and he didn’t give me any argument and he left the hospital,” Mattox told KTLA. “I woke up again that morning at 2:40 (a.m.) and he was there. I said, ‘You know what, like I told you earlier. I don’t even know why you’re here — it’s after visiting hours.’ “
That’s when the situation became violent, Mattox said.
“I saw something shiny sticking out, and I said, ‘Do you have a knife?’ “ she recalled. “When I said that is when he hit me the first time, and he stabbed me in the back of the neck. I started screaming, ‘Help! Somebody help me!’ ”
Traci Mattox displays wounds left on her back after being attacked in her hospital room by her ex-boyfriend on March 28, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)
She was able to fight him off but suffered cuts to her head, ears and hands.
No hospital employees responded to her cries for help, Mattox said.
“And you let this guy walk down the hall? And I screamed, ‘Get him, he just stabbed me,’ she said.
Although Moss escaped initially, Long Beach police arrested him a short distance from the hospital, Arrona said.
He was later booked into Long Beach City Jail on suspicion of attempted murder and domestic violence, officers said. His bail has been set at $1.04 million.
But ultimately, the hospital’s security should have prevented the attack or apprehended Moss sooner, according to Mattox.
“If somebody is in there screaming, got stabbed 13 times — help (them),” she said.
St. Mary Medical Center declined to comment directly on the incident.
“The safety of our patients, visitors and staff is of utmost important,” hospital officials said in a statement. “We respectfully uphold the privacy of our patients and are cooperating with local authorities.”
Police are continuing to investigate the incident.
In addition to recovering from medical treatment and stab wounds, Mattox said she has been emotionally scarred as well.
“I’m crying every 15 minutes,” she said. “Being with somebody who you think loves you and they stab you 13 times.”