Prosecutors this morning are trying to show Samuel Kase White had a pattern of behavior they hope will help prove he sexually assaulted five women in fall 2007.
Fort Collins police Officer Jake Schneider testified he arrested White on Sept. 8, 2007, after a couple reported a prowler at a residence on East Plum Street. Schneider said he initially stopped White, who was on foot, because he was a black man in his 30s, which matched the description of the prowler provided to a police dispatcher.
The arrest was made at about 4:40 a.m. and Schneider said there was no one else walking in the area at the time.
White is not facing charges for the Sept. 8 case, but prosecutors are trying to show White had a pattern of behavior related to the assaults. The jury has been instructed by Larimer District Court Judge Terence Gilmore to consider the testimony and presentation of evidence solely for that purpose.
A Fort Collins police computer forensics analyst is also testifying this morning that he found Internet searches on White’s CSU work computer using Yahoo maps for directions from White’s home to addresses near the campus.
White is accused of sexually assaulting four women at their homes near the CSU campus and another woman in Loveland. Three of the women were CSU students at the time and said they did not know White. Two of the women said they knew White through a friend or relative.
All five women have testified against White. Prosecutors Emily Humphrey and Michelle Brinegar say they expect to wrap up their case by Thursday, while public defenders Erin Richmond and Norm Townsend say they expect to rest their case by Monday.
White is charged with five counts of felony sexual assault, five counts of burglary, one count of trespassing, one count of harassment and one count of unlawful contact.
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