WATCHED STATION, THIS IS WCCO 4
NEWS.
GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR
JOINING US EVERYONE.
IT TURNS OUT THE MAN ACCUSED OF
ATTACKING A YOUNG GIRL IN ST.
PAUL FACED SIMILAR CHARGES IN
THE PAST.
IT HAPPENED FIVE YEARS AGO.
LAST WEEK 47-YEAR-OLD MARK WHO
WAS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING A
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL, HE'S
ACCUSED OF TAKING HER TO HIS
APARTMENT IN THE CATHEDRAL HILL
NEIGHBORHOOD OF ST. PAUL AND
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER.
ANGELA DAVIS JOINS US NOW WITH
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAST
CASE.
REPORTER: TODAY WE OBTAINED
AN AUDIO RECORDING FROM 2011.
IN IT, YOU CAN HEAR A DEPUTY
INTERVIEWING MARK IN A SQUAD
CAR.
HE HAD JUST BEEN ARRESTED AFTER
HE WAS ACCUSED OF ASKING A 13-
YEAR-OLD GIRL TO HAVE SEX WITH
HIM.
MARK, HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT?
JUST FINE, HOW ARE YOU?
VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
THE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES
STARTS BY READING HIM HIS
RIGHTS.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN
SILENT.
HE INITIALLY DENIES TALKING
TO ANYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WHERE HE PARKED HIS CAR BUT
THEN OPENS UP ABOUT A
CONVERSATION WITH A GIRL.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL
GIVE YOU $10,000 CASH IF YOU'LL
HAVE SEX WITH ME.
SHE SAYS, SHE DIDN'T SAY YES,
SHE DIDN'T SAY NO, SHE SMILED
AND, YOU KNOW, WALKED AWAY, I
SAID FINE.
I ASKED HER NICE.
MARK REVEALS HE HEARD GOD
TALKING TO HIM.
I WAS WAITING FOR A PHONE CALL
AND GOD TOLD ME TO SIT HERE AND
WAIT.
THAT'S WHAT HE DID.
HE TOLD ME TO SIT HERE.
WERE YOU HOPING THAT SHE'D
COME BACK.
YEAH HE TOLD ME TO WAIT SHE
MIGHT CHANGE HER MIND.
SO I WAITED.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD SEX WITH
CHILDREN.
NO.
APPARENTLY YOU THINK ABOUT
HAVING SEX WITH CHILDREN.
TRUE.
OKAY.
HE LATER DEFENDS HIS
CHARACTER.
I'M A GOOD PERSON.
I'VE GOT GOOD JUDGMENT.
I'M NOT GOING TO HARM ANYBODY.
FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT ARREST
HE'S CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING
AND ASSAULT AFTER TAKING A
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN ST.
PAUL.
THE TRUTH IS GOD WROTE ABOUT
ME 2,000 YEARS AGO.
HE SAYS I CAN DO WHATEVER I
WANT.
NOW THAT CASE WAS DISMISSED
IN CRIMINAL COURT BECAUSE HE
WAS FOUND INCOMPETENT TO STAND
TRIAL DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS.
HE WAS CIVILLY COMMITTED AND AS
A RESULT HAS NO CRIMINAL
HISTORY.
WITH THIS NEW CASE IN ST. PAUL,
