"On April 2nd, 2002, around 3:30 a.m. I was parked near a trail opening in Oakley, California. Around that time I saw (the girl) walking on a trail alone. I took advantage of the fact that it was dark. She was alone, and we were complete strangers, Ferguson said at the July court hearing, using the pseudonym Jane Doe to refer to the victim."
"When Jane Doe got closer, I approached her and threatened her to get into the back seat of my car. After describing an act of forcible oral copulation in detail, Ferguson concluded, for 23 years I had evaded responsibility for my actions, but today I take accountability for the emotional and physical pain I caused Jane Doe by pleading guilty."
"Ferguson was subsequently released from jail, and prosecutors dropped much more severe charges of kidnapping, forcible rape and forcible oral copulation. Ferguson pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse and false imprisonment, records show. He was formally sentenced to two years in prison, but since he spent more than 400 days behind bars doubled for good behavior he was set free after court."
Eric Ferguson confessed in court that in April 2002 he saw a teenage girl walking alone on a trail near Oakley, California, approached her, threatened her, and forced her into his car. He described committing forcible oral copulation and said he had evaded responsibility for 23 years before pleading guilty. Prosecutors dropped more severe charges including kidnapping, forcible rape and forcible oral copulation after Ferguson accepted a plea to unlawful sexual intercourse and false imprisonment. He was formally sentenced to two years, but released after serving more than 400 days, doubled for good behavior. Ferguson was not required to register as a sex offender.
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