Clavin P. Brockman waits in the courtroom to be escorted back down to the Lewis County Jail this afternoon.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A 38-year-old Toledo man brought before a judge today to face two charges of first-degree child molestation, is facing – if convicted – a mandatory sentence of life without parole.
Clavin P. Brockman was arrested at his home on Christmas Eve day by a detective with the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
He was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court, where prosecutors asked that he be held on $500,000 bail.
Judge James Lawler agreed, and also ordered that Brockman could have no contact with any minors.
Brockman was convicted at age 21 of first-degree child molestation, according to authorities.
Another conviction for a serious sex offense would count under the state’s two strikes law for serious sex crimes.
According to charging documents, the mother of two 9-year-old girls called police in August stating the girls told her they didn’t like Brockman because he touched them in “bad places.”
Sheriff’s detective Tom Callas interviewed the alleged victims in September, in November and he was present for a medical interview on Dec. 2.
The incidents are alleged to have occurred between May 1 and Sept. 1.
When Callas contacted Brockman at his home on Thursday, he asked him if he knew why he was there, and Brockman said he did, according to the allegations.
Before Brockman was placed in the patrol vehicle, he asked if he could place something in his barn, and Callas agreed; as they walked toward the barn, Brockman stated, ‘I’m going to prison for life’, the documents allege.
According to Lewis County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher, Brockman was also convicted in 2008 of failing to register as a sex offender.
He is currently unemployed and qualified for a court-appointed lawyer. Brockman’s arraignment is scheduled for Thursday morning.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
BobbyinLc,
Happy new year!!! I always enjoy chatting with you. You at least carry on intelligent conversation and debate unlike most of these idiots. I hope all is well.
Whatever hsppens, a dog always makes it better.
I got to see “Oak” which is the Lewis County dog in court with a young lady who was being grilled by an attorney in a stock case. That dog really was a stress reliever for her, and helped her keep it together.
I’m all for less stress and a higher conviction rate. Good Doggie!
I don’t mean to be a nudge Bo but all of those cases may have involved witnesses who have been severely traumatized and the use of the comfort dogs is a new innovation that has been shown to reduce the stress of witnesses, especially kids in sexual assault cases.
In the end we can agree to disagree like adults. Happy new year.
BobbyinLC,
As I stated before, The Thurston County Prosecuting Attorneys Office has successfully prosecuted thousands of cases since 1889. Children have testified too many times to count since then and in thousands of cases and they have managed to do it without a the aid of a comfort dog. For almost 140 years they didn’t need a dog until now. I agree pin a pedophile to the wall. But the Thurston County Prosecuting Attorneys Office’s comfort dog was stupid and unnecessary.
– Bo Rupert
How many more lives will this man be allowed to ruin??? Oh he needs more treatment… what a waste of resources. Simply neuter him, if he continues this behavior, kill him….
Yes hang him from his………………….
So what was the mother thinking, leaving her young girls alone with a convicted child molester?
If this man truly did sexually assault these young girls, they need to rain hell on his head. No amount of misery or suffering is enough for a person who targets young children. If convicted I hope they hang him.
Life without parole is what is needed here. The Supreme Court ruled in GA v. Coker that the death penalty was unconstitutional in cases that did not result in a death. It is too bad that sex offenders get two times to offend, destroying lives of innocent children, before they go for life.
No matter what he said to the detective by the time it gets to court he will plead not guilty (well within his rights) and it will mean two little innocent girls will have to testify in open court.
You are caught. Plead guilty and save these kids from further pain but if he was capable of feeling for others it never would have happened. Of course he is innocent until proven guilty.
This is a prime case for our prosecutor comfort dog to help these little ones get through testifying even though Bo Rupert considers the dog a complete waste of tax payer money (his response to different article about Thurston County getting a comfort dog). Whatever helps little ones be able to testify in such cases is worth it.
Just substantiates the premise that pedophiles cannot be “cured” or treated and will reoffend. Thanks for letting me rant.