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Article: From Buster's Law to sex case: Figure in event that led to animal cruelty act now accused of attacking girl.
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- Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- October 2, 2007
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Byline: Jordan Carleo-Evangelist
Oct. 2--SCHENECTADY -- The man who set fire to a tabby cat named Buster and ignited the push to make animal cruelty a felony in New York was held without bail Monday, accused of trying to rape a 12-year-old girl in Vale Park.
In the decade since his arrest that led to Buster's Law, Chester L. Williamson has racked up more than half a dozen stays at the county jail and spent time in state prison for two felony convictions, officials said. Records show that was for possession of stolen property and attempted burglary. But on Friday, according to police, his criminal path took a dark and, some contend, predictable turn.
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