Richard Allen Minsky
Richard Allen Minsky (born March 15, 1944), also known as Richard Alan Minsky, is an American former used car salesman who was convicted of multiple charges of rape, assault, battery, extortion, grand theft, larceny, lewd and lascivious behavior, oral copulation, sexual assault, sexual battery, sodomy, and escape. He was charged over 80 times and convicted in more than a dozen trials over a series of scams committed in the states of California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
Richard Allen Minsky | |
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| Born | March 15, 1944 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | The Con Artist Rapist, Dennis, Paul Davidson, Kenneth Miller, Robert Miller, Richard Alan Minsky |
| Occupation | Used car salesman |
| Criminal status | Serving life sentence at California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, California |
| Conviction(s) | Rape, assault, battery, extortion, grand theft, indecent assault, larceny, lewd and lascivious behavior, oral copulation, sexual assault, sexual battery, sodomy, escape |
| Criminal penalty | 146 years to life imprisonment |
A registered sex offender, Minsky was featured on the television shows America's Most Wanted and Fox Files several times in 1999 and arrested in Tampa, Florida on September 15 of that year. After extradition to California, Minsky was sentenced to 146 years to life in prison by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on November 30, 2001.