It must be an embarrassing day for
Darin L. Bolar, the convicted sex offender who found his face plastered across newspaper stands this morning after being arrested on suspicion of
serial groping. But then, he's probably got more to worry about at this point than his reputation:
Bolar, who was also charged with second-degree robbery in the theft of the cell phone of man who reported the Saturday attack, has an arraignment set for June 4 in King County Superior Court. Bail was set at $500,000 - an amount that prosecutors sought because of his criminal history, which includes a "strike" offense under the state's two-strikes law for repeat sex offenders.
Bolar, who has a criminal history stretching back to
1984, seems to be in a bit of a pickle: a string of sexual assaults on his record - including two felony convictions for child rape -
won't help things when he's brought to trial. Police still believe there's at least
one more suspect out there...a second arrest could take some of the weight off his shoulders. But even if Bolar somehow gets off the hook, when the entire Puget Sound has seen your face prominently displayed next to an above-the-fold story titled
"Groping suspect arrested," much of the damage has already been done.
