Man In Police Standoff Knows Prison Recent Trouble Began Shortly After September ‘94 Parole
The Washington Department of Corrections kept Mark N. Kelley locked up as long as possible over the last 10 years.
During the short period the 31-year-old convict was free in Spokane last year, he racked up criminal charges accusing him of robbing an old woman and raping a 13-year-old girl.
Now he’s facing a possible life sentence in the kidnapping and raping of a 16-year-old girl.
“I don’t think we’ll see him back (in Spokane) for a long time now,” said Glen Shaw, a Corrections supervisor.
Kelley was booked into the Spokane County Jail after holding a teenage girl captive at gunpoint for six hours Sunday.
Kelley forced his way into a house at 2929 N. Altamont early Sunday, police said. He had some previous connection with the home or its residents, detectives said.
Investigators are still trying to sort out details of the case.
Once inside the house, Kelley threatened several residents. Everyone except the 16-year-old girl was allowed to leave, police said.
Detectives will most likely recommend Kelley be charged with rape as well as kidnapping, said Spokane Police spokesman Dick Cottam.
Kelley’s adult criminal record begins at age 19 in 1983. He was convicted of second-degree burglary in Whatcom County.
The next year, Snohomish County authorities charged him with extortion and Mason County authorities charged him with arson.
He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for all of the crimes.
Kelley was paroled in September 1994, records show.
He was out of prison less than three months before getting arrested in Spokane, for allegedly attacking an elderly woman. The victim said Kelley pointed a gun at her head and demanded her purse.
Police found Kelley and an accomplice in a nearby garage shortly after the attack.
In January, prosecutors charged Kelley with raping a 13-year-old girl shortly after his prison release.
Kelley was not immediately arrested because he had become a police informant. He went to detectives claiming to have information in a murder case, Shaw said.
In October, a judge issued arrest warrants for Kelley in the rape and the robbery cases because he failed to show up for court and keep appointments with his attorney.
, DataTimes