Mark T. Robinson faces Judge Richard Brosey in Lewis County Superior Court.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A 45-year-old man released after a 12-year prison term for a violent rape found himself in the Lewis County Jail as lawyers attempt to keep him locked up even after he’s served his full sentence.
Mark T. Robinson was a truck driver who picked up an 18-year-old girl at a Spokane truck stop who wanted a ride to Toledo, according to court documents.
Along the way, he pulled over, held a knife to her neck and told her she would pay for her ride whether she liked it or not, court papers state.
Afterward, when they made a bathroom stop, Robinson dragged her across a road, held her by her neck over the edge of a cliff and made her promise on the lives of her family not to report it, according to the documents.
The teen, who was left with bruises, swelling and bites, jumped out of the big rig at an exit on Interstate 5 near Toledo when she saw her boyfriend’s mother driving by and asked to go to the hospital, the documents state.
Robinson was convicted three months later in September 2000 in Lewis County Superior Court of first-degree rape and second-degree kidnapping.
He reportedly confessed to raping dozens of prostitutes in Pierce and King counties during the previous four to five years.
Robinson is among a small number of individuals convicted of sex crimes in Washington state where after their criminal sentence is completed, authorities attempt to retain them in custody for treatment until they are no longer dangerous, according to Senior Counsel Malcom Ross, at the Office of the Attorney General of Washington.
The process comes from the Community Protection Act of 1990, the first of its kind in the nation, according to Ross.
Ross filed the sexually violent predator petition for Robinson’s civil commitment in Lewis County Superior Court on May 10.
When Robinson appeared last week before Judge Richard Brosey, shackled and wearing red and white striped jail garb, the judge order him to be held at the McNeil Island Special Commitment Center, pending a trial in December to determine if the former Olympia area man qualifies for the detention.
Robinson was represented by Centralia attorney J.O. Enbody.
Documents in his court file describe an evaluation conducted a year ago at the request of the state Department of Corrections End of Sentence Review Committee.
A psychologist concluded Robinson suffers from sexual sadism and anti-social personality disorder.
Robinson told C. Mark Patterson Ph.D.. he was born and raised in a farming area near Olympia, and moved out of the family home at age 27.
He said he was bullied for being in special education classes and dropped out of school in the 12th grade.
He said in an interview with a detective, according to court papers, he got a thrill out of raping, but he confessed because he “wanted it over” and wanted help.
One of the incidents was corroborated by prostitute who said he raped her at knife point in a truck near the Tacoma Tide flats, according to the documents.
Robinson was also convicted of patronizing a prostitute in 1998.
The psychologist’s opinion was Robinson is likely to commit acts of sexual violence if not confined.
The planned December trial is civil, not criminal, according to Ross.
The state Attorney General’s Office typically handles these types of cases, in the county where the criminal conviction occurred.
The attorney, who has been handling such cases for the past decade, said such a petition is filed for approximately 1 percent of offenders who are released from prison in Washington.
He estimated the facility at McNeil Island houses about 300 individuals, about two hundred of which are actually committed and the others awaiting the outcome of their case.
In order for Robinson to be civilly committed, Ross will have to prove he suffers from a mental or personality disorder which makes him likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence if not locked up.
Among the next steps, is finding the victim, he said. He wasn’t sure where she is from, but said she was on her way to visit the father of her child in Winlock when she was raped.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
This monster needs to be dead so he wont be able to hurt another person.he is a sick,evil.monster.
Emothug – YOU and I are paying for this crap already. I just don’t want to have to worry about this guy getting out on good behavior and getting his jollies off in the park, or getting violent again. It’s not a risk that I want with my family. The price that we taxpayers already pay to go to trial and then house these monsters would be more than a decent apartment where they can’t hurt anyone – so I would think of it as a tax break to send them far, far away.
The only problem is that grocery prices in Alaska are terrible! But that’s okay, cuz rice and beans can last a looong time. 🙂
I said “A” Kodiak Island – I guess that I should have said “An island in the Kodiak Archipelago”. One way or another he will have to learn to either get along with his neighbors or suffer the consequences, obviously something that he didn’t learn here. Then again, I don’t think that the bears will allow him to re-offend them.
Capital punishment is the answer! Our prison system is completely filling up with these kind f criminals. The only way to stop violent crime is with severe punishment ie…… Capital Punishment! It’s pretty simple!
This guy seems to fit the profile of a future if not already serial killer. Serial rapists eventually will graduate to murder, and there is not a few examples of long haul truck drivers being serial killers. It is the perfect occupation for that type of deviance.
@ “CantImagine”, when I mention “feel-gooders”, I’m talking about people who feel that this “animal” deserves to be released upon society, because he has spent his time in prison, and therefore has repaid that debt, right?
Never once did I call the psychologists “feel-gooders”… I reserve that for liberal people who insist on giving criminals 7 or 8 “second chances”, who refuse to hold people accountable for their actions (you can always blame something else, right?), or who thinks that everything is caused by a lack of mental development.
In this case, the psychologists have already said that he will re-offend. If that is the case, then just keep him in his little cage, and call it good. Except don’t put that cage on Kodiak Island… put it further out… one of the remote outlying islands would be better. And it wouldn’t harm the bears.
I think all rapists and child molesters should be executed. Period. They can not be rehabilitated.
And while I don’t think they deserve a quick or easy death, we will never see anything like what you described. I am willing to accept this because it is the sign of a civilized society. However, if I had my way, they would die the way they lived and be vicitmized in the same way they victimized others before they were killed. Particularly people that sexually vicitmize small children. I do not consider them human beings, therefore, torturing them to death doesn’t seem wrong to me. Having being a victim myself of someone just like this man when I was 15 years old, I feel justified in my opinions on this subject and will make no apologies for expressing them.
We will never see these monsters die a slow, painful death, but I can dare to dream. 😉
I believe I agreed with Huh as far as incarceration for life… what am I missing here? That you want the death penalty for this guy… or for all felons?
I really have trouble sorting out what sort of ‘across the board’ punishment fits what you want…. is death enough, or should we go back to torture and public hangings? Folks used to bring their kids to watch as prisoners were disemboweled and force-fed their own entrails… does that sound like the society you want to live in? It was quite a violent time… if history books are to be believed.
I dunno GuiltyBystander . . . as a taxpayer myself, I prefer a nice, quick lethal injection for guys like this. Now THAT is what I would call a wise use of my tax dollars. 🙂
Nice ponytail on this guy. Sort of a compensation thing for that dome on top? Kind of like ripping the roof off a ’72 Gremlin and calling it a “convertible.”
And I agree with CantImagine and huh?: This guy, not the girl, is the real victim here…taxpayers SHOULD pay his way through life.
He deserves nothing less than the death penalty. That should be accomplished by hogtying him and locking him in a room with any number of weapons and allowing his viticms to end him so he never does this to another person again.
Uhhh the residents of Kodiak Island may object.
Huh and cantimagine,
YOU PAY FOR IT!!! I’ve got my own mouths to feed!
@ George – I agree with “huh” on this one.
Sexual sadism in a developmentally delayed person is not akin to other mental illness. His cognitive delays will likely impede any treatment and if you consider all psychologists to be ‘feelgooders”, you will note the prison psychologist noted he would be likely to reoffend.
What I think you are saying, though, George, is that all criminals are exactly the same and all deserve life in prison (or better yet, the death penalty).
I would like to know what’s wrong with building these guys a modest home (or apartments) on a Kodiak Island, air dropping them supplies every 6 months, and basically leave them be. The “feelgooders” can visit when they want to take a summer swim. End of problem – no more expensive jail rooms, “state of the art” facility, etc. No threat to the public – ‘cuz ya know the bears won’t put up with ’em twice.
So, the prosecution is going to have to prove what psychologists have already said: that this animal would most likely commit more sex crimes if he is released into the public. I wonder where all the “feel-gooders” are, now?