San Martin
– A convicted sex offender who was stalking real state agents,
loitering near homes for sale and approaching Nordstrom Elementary
School was sentenced to five months in Santa Clara County Jail
Thursday.
San Martin – A convicted sex offender who was stalking real state agents, loitering near homes for sale and approaching Nordstrom Elementary School was sentenced to five months in Santa Clara County Jail Thursday.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Teresa Guerrero-Daley said San Jose resident Daniel Duran, 41, would serve 30 days of probation after his five months in jail.
Duran entered a plea of “no contest,” which is the same as a guilty plea in a criminal case, to a misdemeanor charge of going onto a school campus without legitimate business. As a convicted sex offender who is required to register, it is illegal for him to be on a school campus unless he has written permission from a school administrator, because of legislation that went into affect Jan. 1.
After a Nordstrom Elementary School custodian saw Duran’s picture in the Morgan Hill Times, he called to say Duran had been on the Nordstrom campus the evening of March 21.
Morgan Hill Police Department Detective Kevin Beilmann and officer David Ray, accompanied by San Jose police officers, arrested Duran at his San Jose home April 4.
“This is the first time to my knowledge we’ve had a case of this kind in this county, possibly in the state,” Beilmann said.
Duran has been in custody in county jail since April 4. His original bail of $6,000 was raised to $20,000, an unusually high amount for a misdemeanor, because of his history.
Duran was spotted in numerous locations around Morgan Hill during the week of March 21.
Realtors reported he was loitering outside their offices and at homes for sale, saying God had “guided” him to purchase a home, and asking people to pray with him.
He was convicted of forcible rape in 1988 and assault with intent to commit rape in 1999.
