People v. Porter CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

In May 2020, Kelly K. was 12 weeks pregnant and working as a program attendant at the Salvation Army in Sacramento. Defendant, a homeless veteran, was a client. Defendant often challenged Kelly when she asked to check his bags before allowing him into the building. On May 17, 2020, Kelly was in her office, behind a window and a locked door, talking on the telephone. Defendant approached her and asked to be let into the building. Kelly told defendant he would have to wait. Defendant “got mad and yelled” at Kelly to “get off the phone, that he’s more important.” Kelly again told him he would have to wait. Defendant called Kelly a “stupid white bitch” and told her that if it was not her “fucking boss on the phone,” she needed to “hang up and deal with him.” He said, “if he could he would grab [her] through the glass by [her] hair . . . and beat [her] . . . ” Kelly told defendant he was being inappropriate; defendant said he “didn’t fucking care.” Kelly told defendant if he did not calm down, he would not be allowed back inside the building that day. Kelly called her supervisor, Christina K., and put her on speakerphone. Christina heard defendant…