Authorities say they matched cold-case forensic evidence with a DNA sample taken from Thomas John Loguidice after his separate 2012 sexual abuse conviction in San Benito County.
SAN JOSE — A man serving a lengthy prison sentence has been charged with tying up and robbing an Oakridge Mall employee in 1994, after authorities say they matched cold-case forensic evidence to DNA he submitted after an unrelated sexual abuse conviction.
Tuesday, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced that a criminal grand jury indicted 65-year-old Thomas John Loguidice on Dec. 14 on one felony count of kidnapping with the intent to commit robbery. The charge was accompanied by allegations that he used a deadly weapon, threatened great bodily harm, and acted with “a high degree of callousness.”
Loguidice is serving a 40-year prison sentence following his 2012 conviction in San Benito County for two counts of sexually abusing a child under 14. Until the recent indictment, he was beingJail records show he was transported to the Santa Clara County Main Jail on Thursday, and he is scheduled to be arraigned on the new charge Wednesday in a San Jose courtroom.
The intruder forced the woman to the ground, bound her wrists and tied her to a pipe, then proceeded to take cash out of the register. Before the man left, authorities say he sexually assaulted the captive woman before running away.
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