Former Monterey batting cage owner found dead pending charges on suspicion of sexually assaulting boys
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION) The Monterey County District Attorney's Office announced, David Stamm was found dead on Oct. 30 in Red Bluff, CA from an apparent suicide.
Stamm faced charges that he alleged he molested another child victim in the year 2000, among other charges in 2005 and 1998 through 1999. There were two jury trials conducted, one in 2008 and another in 2009, but the jury couldn't reach an agreement and the charges were dismissed before the third jury trial. According to the DA's office, they anticipated presenting evidence from these prior trials in the current prosecution.
He faced a maximum indeterminant sentence of 90 years to life in prison.
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The Monterey County District Attorney's Office has filed charges against a former Monterey batting cage owner for allegedly committing lewd acts on a child under the age of 14.
The suspect is identified as 58-year-old David Stamm, a Monterey resident.
According to the DA's Office, the incidents that he is charged for happened in 1998 through 1999 and the summer of 2005. The victims were twelve and thirteen years old at the time.
Stamm was arrested and is booked into the Monterey County Jail.
