Man Arrested on Multiple Counts of Molesting a Child Under 10 and a Child Under 14

This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:

Mark DareOn 01-26-18 Humboldt County District Attorney Investigators assisted the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau with the arrest of 55 year old Mark Allan Dare on the listed charges.

Two counts of oral copulation/penetration of a child ten years old or younger
Two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14 years.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 445-7251.

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Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
Guest
Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
6 years ago

Cue the vigilante…..

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago

Lock up this “Prevert” (he seems like his sexual partners extremely young) & throw away the key!!!!

Kirk Richards
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Kirk Richards
6 years ago
Reply to  Dan Fuller

“pervert” I believe is the spelling. but you already knew that –

Guest
Guest
Guest
6 years ago

What is going on? So many stories like this in the last months. Was there a change in policing or reporting that caused more to be found? Were they ignored until now? Or is it that they are being reported publicly when they weren’t before?

💩
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💩
6 years ago
Reply to  Guest

good question. I was wondering too.

Tom
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Tom
6 years ago
Reply to  Guest

It’s nothing new at all. But it didn’t just pop on your phone until fairly recently.
It is true that these things are reported more because kids get more education about it, and adults don’t dismiss what the kids tell them out of hand so much now.

De cu
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De cu
6 years ago
Reply to  Guest

It’s happening nation wide . Multiple Pedophile rings have been broken up since trumps inauguration. Trump said he was going after the pedophiles .

Google it

Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
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Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
6 years ago
Reply to  De cu

….And the public is going after serial abusers, like Trump!

De cu
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De cu
6 years ago

🙄🙄🙄

B.S.
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B.S.
6 years ago

Documentation to prove it, or STFU!

De cu
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De cu
6 years ago
Reply to  B.S.

You Don’t know how to use google ?

Killapotomus
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Killapotomus
6 years ago

No , just mislead liberals .

💩
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💩
6 years ago
Reply to  De cu

oh course you’d think that 💩had anything to do with it. Lmao!

Wolfganga
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Wolfganga
6 years ago
Reply to  Guest

It’s partially because we have a kick-ass investigator in the DA’s office who has a passion for finding and locking up sex offenders! It’s about time that these people had their day in court; sexual abuse is a rampant and horrific issue in our country, made even more obvious by the more recent metoo movement.

Meme
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Meme
6 years ago
Reply to  Wolfganga

Yes!!! Kick ass describes her perfectly!!

Linda Allen
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Linda Allen
6 years ago

POS…..

Your mom
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Your mom
6 years ago

Wow so original!!!

Helllbilly
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Helllbilly
6 years ago

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. The police, meaning sheriffs and prison guards will protect him from any inmates who wish to do him harm. The Justice system is broken.

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago

According to a posting over in LoCO he’s supposed to be innocent & the girls in the mix are spreading lies about him!!! According to what is posted there at least!!!

Taxpayer
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Taxpayer
6 years ago
Reply to  Dan Fuller

I saw nothing like that on the LOCO post….

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago
Reply to  Taxpayer

Look in Country Club, the user name is Karen Price Ronk!!! It’s at the top of the page in CC!!!

Jacob
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Jacob
6 years ago

The look on his face says guilty! You ever hear the saying about how a guilty party will sleep in jail the first night. He looks like a sleeper. In his situation I would assume a charge like this to be extremely stressful. He doesn’t look to be stressed out at all. That also makes me think that this has happened for longer than what anybody knows so far.

Phyllis
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Phyllis
6 years ago
Reply to  Jacob

Check Megan’s law and see all the clusters of just registered offenders in Eureka. Seems this happens more often than not. ..
But the man deserves a fair trial, innocent before proven guilty. If he is innocent or guilty which is the decision of a trial, this will destroy his life either way..

Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
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Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
6 years ago
Reply to  Jacob

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Tom
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Tom
6 years ago

Yes truly a special talent. A proven method perfected yrs ago in Salem, Massachusetts.

local observer
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local observer
6 years ago
Reply to  Tom

in 1692, a judge in Mass determined that there are no witches, only accusers. the accusers were prominent men of the community and the victims (witches) were young women. “Still Casting Shadows” is a great source of obscure info even for Eureka’s past.

Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
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Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
6 years ago
Reply to  local observer

Was likely a tactic to keep women in fear, so they would shut up about whatever societal or personal abuses they were enduring. ‘Don’t speak out, or else!’ Change the “or else” consequences and apply it to women thru patriarchal history (and, for that matter) to all discriminated groups.

River Rat
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River Rat
6 years ago

Sounds like jacob sells snake oil also.

Kirk Richards
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Kirk Richards
6 years ago
Reply to  Jacob

hope you’re not or ever will be a juror . “the look on his face says guilty”. the mind can be a tricky piece of equipment when operated by a moron.

festes haggins
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festes haggins
6 years ago

One of those Devils Lettuce smokers.

Tim
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Tim
6 years ago
Reply to  festes haggins

Drinking alcohol is just fine I suppose , hypocrites!

Drone pollinators inc.
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Drone pollinators inc.
6 years ago

That’s true devils lettuce. Leads to all the rest. Please Sessions come in and clean Cali. Col. Wash.& Ore. Up. This community likes to switch blame, alcohol guess what you have a heroin, meth, weed, alcohol epidemic right in front of our face humbolt.

Tim
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Tim
6 years ago

Alcohol is the real gateway drug [edit]

Drone pollinators inc.
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Drone pollinators inc.
6 years ago
Reply to  Tim

Oh the poor me. So much wah wah up here. More cops at Rays foods the better. Let’s clean this new slum put up.

Fruitland
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Fruitland
6 years ago

Alchohol causes brain damage!! In the last year doctors learned NO AMOUNT IS GOOD FOR YOU!! Not even a glass of wine!
Please find me the bottle of alcohol that kills seizures, kills cancer, insomnia, oppiod addiction. PTSD… I will be waiting, you have fun with that!

River Rat
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River Rat
6 years ago
Reply to  Fruitland

Be careful, don’t breathe the air. It can kill you also.. Live Life and enjoy.

local observer
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local observer
6 years ago

except this guy is a registered republican from Ohio. I gathered that he left everything in Ohio and was hiding out in the Lost Coast based on the fact that he didn’t forward his mailing address. he has a criminal record in Ohio and use to work at a high school. but hell feel free to be ignorant while on the internet with all of this information at your fingertips.

homer
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homer
6 years ago

Please don’t assume he’s guilty. 25 years ago I was accused and never arrested because the cops realized my daughter told the truth. Was going thru a custody battle and someone decided to make up the allegations. As far as I am concerned, the worst charge any innocent man could face. Let’s hear the facts and let the jury decide. If these girls made these stories up, maybe a few days in juvenile hall would scare them straight !!!

Antichrist
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Antichrist
6 years ago
Reply to  homer

Very true , there is little to no punishment for false charges such as this, and most of the damage is done by one getting assuced name and face put on blast, and maybe a single line if anything if the claims turn out to be false.
However if true it is serious and will have life long effects on the victims.
I truely hope proper leg work was done prior to arests such as this , but always questioning.

Taxpayer
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Taxpayer
6 years ago
Reply to  homer

I totally agree. I sat on a jury for an accused child molester here in Humboldt. The man spent 8 months in jail & lost everything he owned waiting for trial. After hearing testimony from cops, parents & the victim, the jury found him not guilty very quickly. It was obvious that the child & her mother lied to everyone. The cops who testified, plus their recording of the interrogation were bone chilling. They were horrible and bullied the defendent unmercifully. It was an eye opening experience for all of us on the jury.
I was left with the feeling of having witnessed mortal combat between the DA and the (very fine) public defender, but the DA was not looking for justice; only for a win.

Drone pollinators inc.
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Drone pollinators inc.
6 years ago
Reply to  Taxpayer

Must be a relative.

Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
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Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
6 years ago
Reply to  Taxpayer

Thanks for your story. Hopefully people will READ IT and may it give them pause before they condemn.
Accusations like this, TRUE OR FALSE WILL RUIN A PERSON’S LIFE!!!

Mariahgirl
Guest
6 years ago

Yes, true or false, even if no charges are ever filed after an investigation it can ruin a person’s name. There are a lot of women who accuse the male to get sole custody or a divorce. Not all are guilty.

Drone pollinators inc.
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Drone pollinators inc.
6 years ago

Wow that be seriousness. Happy adventures with that. Dang comments like this really show what our community is about.

Hahahaha
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Hahahaha
6 years ago

He cant fly drones anyhow.

Drone pollinators inc.
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Drone pollinators inc.
6 years ago
Reply to  Hahahaha

Could be true, PG&E will do all the work for us. Oops sessssssssssssssssionssssssssss. Finally the herb don’t come around. One hit wonder Cali buds. Welcome to reality humbolt.

Drone pollinators inc.
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Drone pollinators inc.
6 years ago

yeah sunset and kittens bud. Fantasy land. More wah.

Guest
Guest
Guest
6 years ago

He looks like a fucking white walker

homer
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homer
6 years ago

I have more faith in humanity since this blog has touched others in many ways. There are less judgmental folks on the North Coast than I thought…and yes the sad part for this gentleman is his life has been changed forever, guilty or not. My name remains in a police file for the rest of my life for an unfounded accusation. This is a tragedy for the good men in society who protect their own !!! Women who coax their children into making false statements should be tried and if found guilty, jailed…

Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
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Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
6 years ago
Reply to  homer

Have you checked the Federal ‘file’, database for accused child abusers? (If a person is investigated, DAs are supposed to supply the info to the Feds). You can write them to ask if you are in it. A friend of mine did that after he was accused. Turned out he wasn’t in the file. While his life and reputation are forever changed, he was at least relived that people would not be able to use that database to cause him more harm in the future.

Cabin in the woods
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Cabin in the woods
6 years ago

Hello Kym,
I apologize for any comments I’ve made that suggested harm toward the subject of the article written.
I haven’t commented on this particular perp, but I’ve certainly commented outside the lines on others.

I appreciate your site, your reporting & your time. I don’t mean to waste it w/ unnecessary filtering & editing on your part. I know it’s more than a full time job for you as it is…..

It wasn’t so long ago that you could write a letter to someone & you had time to think about it’s content before mailing it. Maybe the letter would sit on the table for a day or even a week.
Now all you have to do is push the enter key. Sometimes it gets the best of me.
I’ll keep it cool, so I don’t play the fool.

Thanks for your time.

Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
Guest
Compassion Does Not Preclude Penalties
6 years ago

If you are sincere, like you sound, admitting your weakness is to be commended. Now, the challenge is for you to actualize that more aware and controlled self….. That can be the more difficult part of change!
May it go smoothly for you!

Brent
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Brent
6 years ago

I did fed time for the devils lettuce seen over 500 convicted child molesters he’s guilty as hell look at him he did it

River Rat
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River Rat
6 years ago
Reply to  Brent

I agree.

Guest
Guest
Guest
6 years ago

For everyone on here who doesn’t know this guy. This is false and wrong. This man has been a family friend of my family for years and has been a deacon in a church for years. He recently Lost his job and him and his wife were planning to relocate. The kids he apparently “sexually molested” were mad that they were up and leaving there place of residence for the past 10 years. They made this up. Keep in mind I have known the two kids involved in this case with this case and I will be the first to tell you they are brats and horrible children we have been praying for for years now. They are also his step children. This wrong and the truth will come out eventually.

Counselor
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Counselor
6 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Many predators and horrible people attend church. It’s not a morality indicator. Kids who accuse adults of sexual abuse have to endure a traumatic, humiliating, and scary process to see a case through the judicial system. Consider the possibility that your friend is not who you think he is, behind closed doors. He was not arrested and charged solely based on a disgruntled former partner’s accusation.

Pedophiles can be your unassuming or awesome neighbor, friend, or family member. They go to great lengths to ensure that no one would ever suspect them, and would even publicly defend them. Coming to terms with the possibility that someone you respect may be quietly destroying children’s lives is very difficult. If you think this experience is rough for him, imagine how awful it would be for the victim to read a public defense of their abuser.

Bobby Flay
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Bobby Flay
4 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Counselor what about a family that lived with him for 6 years? me and my sister both lived with him. Guess what my sister is on his side and DONT BELIEVE this for a second. Also if u wanna jump on sides learn something about the case. Those two girls have already lied to CPS more then once from what ive been told. This is nothing new. And when u let 2 brats get away with lies that ruin others lives with no consequences they will do it again. IF mark is guilty hit him with the harshest sentence i have no remorse for CHIMOS! If these 2 brats and ill call them brats cause unless u know them u dunno the shit they put this family thru. I hope they get taught a lesson about lieing and ruining a mans career hes worked almost 30 years to build. Imagine having to prove you havent beat 2 girls? then bieng called a Rapist. . .Then figuring out how u are going to prove its not true. . .U must have fallen and bumped your head this morning. What evidence do they have? lol thats my question i cannot wait to see how this unfolds and i hope in the end to laugh in your face. Personally if i could.

Unprotected
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Unprotected
6 years ago

Child molesters and rapist may have to register but they don’t do hard time. If he is found guilty he might get 5 years then he will be back out to do it again!

heather
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heather
6 years ago

He is horrendous, makes me so sickened!! I had complained to the gym that he was recording girls and people in the hot tub, his boy was out of control and had fits of anger man times. He was around all of the kids playing in the pool and hot tub with his phone out.

I am not the only person that had a problem with him, he is evil, creepy and vile!!!!!!

I complained a few weeks ago, I had been uncomfortable around him for many months at the gym. I confronted him after he kept looking at me turning around when I could get out of the hot tub, he came up to me and was slimy and acted like he didnt hear me.

Bobby Flay
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Bobby Flay
4 years ago
Reply to  heather

^ Actually u must be the only person to have complained hes been at that gym longer then youve lived in eureka id guess. How do i know i used to workout there with him lived with him. And all those years i never once heard anyone complain about him in the gym. . .Maybe your one of those [edit] that thinks if a man looks at them they are abusing them. . .Also Dads play with theyre kids around other kids. . .Pretty normal. and if he was recording kids im sure the staff would have reviewed tapes and acted accordingly.

Carol Wilson
Guest
4 years ago

Any update on this case?