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Sex Offender--a Fugitive--Taught a Rape Crisis Class
March 21, 1987 | LEONEL SANCHEZ and LANIE JONES | Times Staff Writers
A Texas fugitive and convicted sex offender arrested at a Seal Beach athletic club had been teaching martial arts and rape-prevention techniques in Orange County, a Sheriff's Department spokesman said Friday.
Scott Edwin Razor, 22, who was living in Santa Ana, was arrested Thursday shortly before his 7:30 p.m. martial arts class at the Rossmoor Athletic Club. Razor was scheduled to conduct a rape-prevention clinic March 28 at the club that would have been run with help from the Seal Beach Police Department, club owner Stephen Ellis said Friday.
Describing himself as "stunned" by the news of Razor's background and arrest, Ellis said: "I basically feel we have tried to do something for the community, but apparently he duped us."
Razor was convicted of aggravated sexual assault in Texas in 1984 and was wanted on a warrant from that state charging him with violating probation, said Lt. Richard J. Olson, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Olson said detectives began investigating Razor on March 3, two weeks before a fugitive warrant was issued in Texas. The local investigation began when a "concerned citizen" called the Sheriff's Department to inquire whether Razor worked there, as he had claimed in a newspaper article that appeared in the Orange County Register.
Olson said records show that Razor had never worked for the department.
"This makes us look bad because he was teaching martial arts and saying he worked for the Sheriff's Department," Olson said. "We're concerned because we don't know how many people he said that to."
He was arrested as soon as the Texas warrant turned up, Olson said.
"We had an investigation going, but we were not about to let him walk on the street once the warrant was released," he said.
At the time of his arrest, Razor had a pair of handcuffs taped to his lower leg and was carrying a security badge, Olson said. Razor told authorities he worked as a security manager in Orange County for a large department store chain, Olson said, but that proved to be untrue.
Razor is scheduled to appear in court Monday and has said he will waive extradition proceedings, Olson said. He will be returned to San Antonio, Tex., to face charges.
Craig Spence, Razor's attorney in the San Antonio sexual assault case, said he pleaded guilty to a first-degree felony involving an assault on a 11-year-old boy and served six months in a Texas prison before being released in 1985. He had been placed on 10 years' probation, and after his release from prison he asked for a probation transfer to Virginia, where he listed a permanent address, Olson said.
"It appears he never went to Virginia and came to the West Coast," Olson said.
Spence said Razor had served time in prison under a "shock program" intended to scare young felons away from a life in prison. He added that Razor now faces up to 10 years in prison on the probation violation charge.
"Except for (the sexual assault) incident, he had led a clean life," Spence said.
Razor had taught judo at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, he said.
It is not known how long Razor had been teaching rape-prevention techniques, but he put on at least one seminar last year at the Knowledge Bank, an adult education center in Garden Grove
Sex Offender--a Fugitive--Taught a Rape Crisis Class
March 21, 1987 | LEONEL SANCHEZ and LANIE JONES | Times Staff Writers
A Texas fugitive and convicted sex offender arrested at a Seal Beach athletic club had been teaching martial arts and rape-prevention techniques in Orange County, a Sheriff's Department spokesman said Friday.
Scott Edwin Razor, 22, who was living in Santa Ana, was arrested Thursday shortly before his 7:30 p.m. martial arts class at the Rossmoor Athletic Club. Razor was scheduled to conduct a rape-prevention clinic March 28 at the club that would have been run with help from the Seal Beach Police Department, club owner Stephen Ellis said Friday.
Describing himself as "stunned" by the news of Razor's background and arrest, Ellis said: "I basically feel we have tried to do something for the community, but apparently he duped us."
Razor was convicted of aggravated sexual assault in Texas in 1984 and was wanted on a warrant from that state charging him with violating probation, said Lt. Richard J. Olson, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Olson said detectives began investigating Razor on March 3, two weeks before a fugitive warrant was issued in Texas. The local investigation began when a "concerned citizen" called the Sheriff's Department to inquire whether Razor worked there, as he had claimed in a newspaper article that appeared in the Orange County Register.
Olson said records show that Razor had never worked for the department.
"This makes us look bad because he was teaching martial arts and saying he worked for the Sheriff's Department," Olson said. "We're concerned because we don't know how many people he said that to."
He was arrested as soon as the Texas warrant turned up, Olson said.
"We had an investigation going, but we were not about to let him walk on the street once the warrant was released," he said.
At the time of his arrest, Razor had a pair of handcuffs taped to his lower leg and was carrying a security badge, Olson said. Razor told authorities he worked as a security manager in Orange County for a large department store chain, Olson said, but that proved to be untrue.
Razor is scheduled to appear in court Monday and has said he will waive extradition proceedings, Olson said. He will be returned to San Antonio, Tex., to face charges.
Craig Spence, Razor's attorney in the San Antonio sexual assault case, said he pleaded guilty to a first-degree felony involving an assault on a 11-year-old boy and served six months in a Texas prison before being released in 1985. He had been placed on 10 years' probation, and after his release from prison he asked for a probation transfer to Virginia, where he listed a permanent address, Olson said.
"It appears he never went to Virginia and came to the West Coast," Olson said.
Spence said Razor had served time in prison under a "shock program" intended to scare young felons away from a life in prison. He added that Razor now faces up to 10 years in prison on the probation violation charge.
"Except for (the sexual assault) incident, he had led a clean life," Spence said.
Razor had taught judo at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, he said.
It is not known how long Razor had been teaching rape-prevention techniques, but he put on at least one seminar last year at the Knowledge Bank, an adult education center in Garden Grove
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The Stafford Township karate instructor who pleaded guilty to molesting his students was sentenced Friday to 30 years in a maximum-security prison. Scott E.
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Author: HEATHER HARLAN Staff Writer
The Stafford Township karate instructor who pleaded guilty to molesting his students was sentenced Friday to 30 years in a maximum-security prison.
Scott E. Razor, 31, a New Gretna, Bass River Township, resident who formerly operated the American Karate Centers on Bay Avenue in Stafford Township's Manahawkin section, will be eligible for parole after 15 years.
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The Stafford Township karate instructor who pleaded guilty to molesting his students was sentenced Friday to 30 years in a maximum-security prison. Scott E.
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1 STAFFORD KARATE TEACHER GETS 30 YEARS IN SEX ASSAULTS
Author: HEATHER HARLAN Staff Writer
The Stafford Township karate instructor who pleaded guilty to molesting his students was sentenced Friday to 30 years in a maximum-security prison.
Scott E. Razor, 31, a New Gretna, Bass River Township, resident who formerly operated the American Karate Centers on Bay Avenue in Stafford Township's Manahawkin section, will be eligible for parole after 15 years.
In September, the repeat offender pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault and two counts of aggravated...
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STAFFORD KARATE TEACHER GETS 30 YEARS IN SEX ASSAULTS
The Stafford Township karate instructor who pleaded guilty to molesting his students was sentenced Friday to 30 years in a maximum-security prison. Scott E. Razor, 31, a New Gretna, Bass River Township, resident who formerly operated the American Karate Centers on Bay Avenue in Stafford Township's Manahawkin section, will be eligible for parole after 15 years. In September, the repeat offender pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault and two counts of aggravated...
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STAFFORD KARATE TEACHER GETS 30 YEARS IN SEX ASSAULTS
The Stafford Township karate instructor who pleaded guilty to molesting his students was sentenced Friday to 30 years in a maximum-security prison. Scott E. Razor, 31, a New Gretna, Bass River Township, resident who formerly operated the American Karate Centers on Bay Avenue in Stafford Township's Manahawkin section, will be eligible for parole after 15 years. In September, the repeat offender pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault and two counts of aggravated...
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Molester gets 30 years
TOMS RIVER (AP) _ Bitter parents and victims of a former karate instructor who molested his students lashed out at him in court Friday, and a judge sentenced him to 30 years in prison.'' He does not need help,'' the father of an 11-year-old boy said. ''He needs to be shot, or to see hard time. My family will probably be going through therapy the rest of our lives. He has destroyed us....
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Molester gets 30 years
TOMS RIVER (AP) _ Bitter parents and victims of a former karate instructor who molested his students lashed out at him in court Friday, and a judge sentenced him to 30 years in prison.'' He does not need help,'' the father of an 11-year-old boy said. ''He needs to be shot, or to see hard time. My family will probably be going through therapy the rest of our lives. He has destroyed us....
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