A lawyer named Mark Clark from New Braunfels is (was?) out on bond after his conviction for sexually molesting a young girl. From the San Antonio Express News:
By Roy Bragg
Sex offender denied travel, new trial
Instead, he got higher bond and monitoring device.
By Roy Bragg
rbragg@express-news.net
Updated 10:02 p.m., Friday, March 18, 2011
NEW BRAUNFELS — Convicted sex offender Mark Clark came back to court asking for leniency.
He didn't get it.
Clark, free on bail while he appeals a February jury verdict that resulted in a seven-year prison sentence and a $10,000 fine, asked the court to loosen his travel restrictions and consider a new trial.
Instead, says Comal County chief felony prosecutor Sammy McCrary, state District Judge Doug Shaver on Thursday ordered Clark's $24,000 appeal bond raised to $200,000. He also ordered that Clark wear an electronic monitoring device on his ankle.
And Shaver denied Clark's motion for a new trial.
Clark already has surrendered his law license and is listed on the state' sex offender registry.
Last month, a jury found Clark guilty of charges of attempted sexual performance of a child. Prosecutors proved he tried to coerce a 12-year-old girl into posing in lingerie while the pair was alone in his office. He had told the girl's mother that he needed the girl to help around his office.
In the trial, attorneys also produced other girls approached by Clark, including a 14-year-old middle school student who says the attorney hit on her at a sno-cone stand.
McCrary says Clark wanted the travel restrictions changed so he could travel between Austin and San Antonio, where he wanted to attend church.
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What a moron.
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