(Click here to go back to the Wanted Page) WILLIAM LAMAR WOSLUM UNLAWFUL FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION - LEWD ACTS WITH A CHILD, HARMFUL MATTER SENT WITH INTENT OF SEDUCTION OF A MINOR William Lamar Woslum was being sought for sexual crimes he allegedly committed against a young girl in San Diego, California, in 1989. On March 17, 1993, a state arrest warrant was issued by the San Diego Judicial District, San Diego, California, charging Woslum with lewd acts upon a child and harmful matter sent with intent of seduction of a minor. A federal arrest warrant was issued on February 28, 1998, charging Woslum with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution November 2, 2005 SAN DIEGO — A former San Diego man who prosecutors say was a fugitive since 1993 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for two child molestation cases and a decades-old bank robbery. William Lamar Woslum, 70, pleaded guilty Aug. 1 to molesting a 6-year-old San Diego girl in 1990. He has a prior conviction for molesting a 12-year-old girl in Ventura in 1981 and a bank robbery in 1964. San Diego Superior Court Judge Albert T. Harutunian III sentenced Woslum Wednesday to 10 years for the most recent case and five additional years for each prior offense. Because both of the earlier crimes are considered "serious felonies," Woslum was eligible for the additional prison time under state law. Woslum, who was 55 at the time he molested the 6-year-old, was involved in a business venture with the girl's parents and moved into their home. He persuaded the girl's parents to leave her in his care while they went out, then showed her pornography and touched her inappropriately, a prosecutor told a judge at a previous hearing. Deputy District Attorney Wendy Patrick Mazzarella said the girl told her mother three years later and Woslum was charged, but he fled the country. Records indicate he has lived all over the world, including Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines, and has had numerous aliases, the prosecutor said. Woslum was arrested in Thailand for using a fraudulent passport and extradited to San Diego in June. According to court documents, Woslum told the transporting officers that he voluntarily turned himself in to U.S. authorities because he "wanted to get this over with" and resume his business dealings. He told the officers, "It's hard to handle business matters when you are on the run." credit: Dana Littlefield: San Diego Union-Tribune BACK TO THE TOP