So, yesterday afternoon, the Yuba County Sheriff's Department reported that they have arrested a Marysville man on suspicion of homicide in the case of Scott Malmstrom. If you saw/read my previous posts about the dead man, you'll know that he was a registered sex offender. His body was found in a Linda, CA apartment complex after neighbors reported a foul odor coming from Malmstrom's apartment. Anyway, the fellow they arrested is Todd Allen Cole, a 25 year old man who was already in custody at the Yuba County Jail on an unrelated parole hold.
The Appeal Democrat did a little research and found out that this guy, Cole, was arrested by the Yuba City Police Department back in April on suspicion of violating parole, possessing false identification and vandalism, and was booked into Sutter County Jail. He was listed as a Yuba City resident in that arrest. I haven't seen any mention by the paper nor anyone else that states what the original crime was that he was on parole for. The guy is supposed to be arraigned either sometime today or on Monday. Whenever it is, I hope the paper sends a reporter so they can put more info in their story about the crime and about Cole's history.
What I would like answered is;
- What was the original crime he was on parole for?
- What was the parole violation he was picked up for in April?
- When was he released from the Sutter County Jail?
- When was he re-arrested for parole violations by the Yuba County law enforcement agencies?
- What was the parole violation he was picked up for by Yuba County law enforcement agencies?
Malmstrom's sister, Jennifer, has posted comments here a couple times on the story I did on July 29th. The first time, she was asking for anyone with information to come forward and give the info to the investigators. The second time was to tell me and my readers that Cole had been arrested. Jennifer, you may not believe it, but I had just read the story in the paper and copy/pasted it off to a separate document so I could use the information in it to write this post. I apologize to you for not getting this written yesterday. I also saw your comment at the bottom of the Appeal Democrat article. I wasn't aware until reading your comments how many times Cole allegedly stabbed your brother. 17 stab wounds equals a lot of anger in my opinion. It will be interesting to see how this case proceeds and to find out what kind of evidence they have against Cole.
I have to admit that I don't have much sympathy for the victim in this case. He was a sex offender and had his own victims. I do have sympathy for his family, though. The trial is going to be hard on them and I hope they have the strength to make it through the ordeal.
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Thank you Anakerie ..."I have to admit that I don't have much sympathy for the victim in this case. He was a sex offender and had his own victims."
I am the sister of scoot's victim and the hell he has put my sister and family through dose not justify homicide, although I have to admit we have found some sort of peace knowing he can no longer harm my family. I can understand the Malmstrom family being upset with some of the posts in regards to this but, there is no need to attack his victim again "my sister". I will not let my sister be victimized AGAIN by the Malmstrom family!!!! and once again I will be in court for the trial
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