Area men sentenced in child rape cases

Nicholas Lippert of Port Angeles was sentenced Thursday, May 14, on charges of rape of a child in the first degree following a guilty plea last October.

Nicholas Lippert of Port Angeles was sentenced Thursday, May 14, on charges of rape of a child in the first degree following a guilty plea last October.

Lippert, 19, admitted having intercourse with an 8-year-old child in July 2014, according to court records and the Clallam County Prosecutor’s Office.

Clallam County Superior Court Judge Erik Rohrer sentenced Lippert to 93 months in prison, with all but 12 months suspended, on the condition that he complete a Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative.

Rohrer also ordered a Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative (SOSSA) program because of Lippert’s age and lack of prior felony convictions, according to documents filed in Court.

Lippert will have to register as a sex offender for life, Chief Criminal Deputy Michele Devlin said.


Port Angeles man sentenced

Walter Mozingo, a Port Angeles resident, was sentenced May 19 to 200 months in prison on three counts of rape of a child in the first degree following a guilty plea on April 7, according to court records.

Mozingo, 52, admitted having sex on multiple occasions with three minor females over a span of many years.

Superior Court Judge George Wood stated that this was one of the most awful cases of abuse he had ever seen. One of the victims and family spoke at sentencing about the effects of his sexual abuse.

Mozingo will be subject to lifetime supervision and registration as a sex offender, Devlin said.