DATE: July 27, 2023

CASE: Marvin Bell (Case #22FE018077)

PROSECUTOR: Deputy District Attorney Denise Halstead, Adult Sexual Assault Unit

Marvin Bell was convicted by a jury of assault with intent to commit oral copulation, false imprisonment, sexual battery and battery.

October 29, 2022, the victim and her friend were at a movie theater waiting for a movie when a stranger, Marvin Bell, began talking to them. Bell then kissed the victim without her consent. The victim went to the bathroom and Bell followed her in, entered the stall she was in, locked the door and began demanding sexual acts while touching intimate parts of her body. The victim was able to physically push past Bell, stopping the sexual assault, and ran to theater staff for help. Bell fled to another business where he made advances at a young female employee, put his arm around her waist and pulled her body against his. She was able to pull away and seek help. Bell was caught a short time later at a nearby business. DNA helped prove that Bell had sexually assaulted the first victim.

Bell faces a maximum sentence of 4 years in prison.  Sentencing is set for August 18, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. in Department 17 before the Honorable Alexander Pal.