A former employee at Yosemite National Park was sentenced on Friday for sexually assaulting a sleeping co-worker. Charles Porter, 32, is set to spend 12 years and four months in prison. Federal prosecutors in Fresno, California, wanted him behind bars for 17 years and six months. The defense requested a 10-year sentence.
Authorities say witnesses intervened after Porter bit, punched, and choked the sleeping man in that man’s employee cabin, according to a sentencing memorandum. The defendant worked for Aramark Management Services, the concessions provider for Yosemite.
“According to evidence presented at trial, on April 14, 2020, in Yosemite National Park, Porter, an Aramark employee working and residing in Yosemite Valley, entered the victim’s cabin in employee housing at night while the victim was asleep and began to sexually assault the victim, biting and punching him during the attack,” the U.S. Department of Justice wrote in a press statement. “The victim fought back, and during the struggle, Porter attempted to penetrate the victim. The victim was able to reach the door of his one-room cabin to call for help. Nearby neighbors heard his call for help, and they responded and physically removed Porter.”
Authorities said that the victim, a man identified in documents as T.D., still lives with physical and psychological challenges because of this incident.
“This assault was so severe that T.D. felt he was going to die,” authorities wrote.
Prosecutors said that Porter...
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