Friday, October 5

Man in Custody on Rape, Torture Charges Has Previous Arrest Record

On September 17, Raleigh police arrived at WakeMed to find a woman who had been kidnapped and raped repeatedly over a two-day period. She was forcibly taken from her residence on Hillsborough Street near Glenwood Avenue to an unknown location in woods. The next two days, she was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted, and was beaten - the man shattered her teeth, then forced her to perform oral sex.

This week, a man was arrested and charged in the crime.

Forty-nine year old Danny (also Dannie) Thomas Goldston was charged with five counts of first-degree rape, two counts of first-degree sex offense, one count of first-degree kidnapping, one count of assault with a deadly weapon, and one count of assault inflicting serious injury. Goldston apparently knew the victim.

But the woman isn't his only victim. The woman told police she went to visit a friend on Sept. 15, but woke up during the night to find Goldston stabbing her friend. Then he kidnapped her.

Currently in custody, Goldston's bail is set at $3 million.

Goldston is not listed on the NC Sex Offender Registry; at least, not that I can find. He does, however, have a prior arrest record.

In June 2005, Goldston was charged with assault on a female, a misdemeanor. The maximum sentence for this crime was a pathetic three months and 10 days; he didn't even serve two months in prison. In 1994, he was charged with drug possession, schedule two, which applies to serious drugs like cocaine and its ingredients. This was a felony, and he served nearly one year in prison.

I understand assault on a female covers a wide range of circumstances, but I'm frustrated that a potentially physical encounter warrants less punishment than possessing an illegal substance. Sexual offenders are more likely to recommit crimes than any other type of criminal, excepting drug users. Why are they given such a lax punishment?

In addition, sexual assault apparently runs in the Goldston family: his son, Danny Goldston, Jr., was also charged in 2006 for assault on a female. He only got parole.

Now, a man who received more punishment for having drugs than for assaulting a woman, is charged with a two-day kidnapping, rape and torture spree. Thank you, justice system, for doing your job and protecting your citizens.

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August 7, 2018 at 11:10 PM  
Blogger Barbara T. Raminez said...

If there has been any rape cases and the person who has been guilty of that he should be punished in such a way that there have no more such records in the Martin County Arrest Records as it will be an example.

March 12, 2019 at 4:14 AM  

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