Police arrested Shutt later that day when she reported seeing his car again in town. Then he drove for about 100 yards and made her get out. He drove to a secluded place and raped her repeatedly. Shutt pulled out a knife, put it to her throat and forced her into his front seat. The teen had been headed home from a night out rollerskating. He said he was from out of town and persuaded her to pull into a church parking lot to give him directions. The woman escaped and called the police.Ībout 1:30 a.m., he drove up to an 18-year-old woman stopped at a red light. Shutt grabbed onto the door and was dragged about 100 feet before he let go. The woman put the car in gear and sped off. Shutt asked for directions, then suddenly leaned in, put his left hand over her mouth and shoved a finger into her throat, the woman told police. “I’m lost,” he told her, according to police reports, and made the sign of the cross over his chest.
8, 1981, he pulled his blue Corvette alongside a 24-year-old woman who was warming up her car in ashopping center parking lot. Two of his attacks occurred an hour apart, police reports show.Ībout 12:30 a.m. He was a married Mormon missionary who worked two jobs, as a welder by day and a waiter at night. Shutt, now 57, bald and solidly built, was 25 when he committed his crimes in Bakersfield, California, in 1981. “He’s a friend I no longer have,” McRae said of Ellis. I believe people do change.”īut he glanced out the front window of his store across the street to Haystack Coffee. Mark McRae, owner of the True Value Hardware store, had no qualms about Shutt or his business. … What is the predatory list for if not to caution people?” … I don’t want him in a cab, and I want this town to realize this is a safety issue,” Ellis said. “It’s scary to me that people were defending him. Travis Ellis, who runs the Haystack Coffee and Kiwanda Surf Shop, was outraged when Shutt’s criminal history came to light and even banned a few regulars from his shop who supported Shutt.
To get a sense of the rift Shutt caused, you have only to walk along Pacific Avenue in this town of 1,000 people, better known for its laid-back pace, dory fleet and a brewpub with stunning ocean views. Homelessness awaits many.īut rape victims and their advocates say that’s the price Shutt and other sex offenders must pay, just as the women they attacked must live with the humiliation and the damage caused by the assaults for the rest of their lives. The best they can hope for is often self-employment. Many offenders, especially those with a predator label, face enormous challenges finding a job. The controversy and its outcome aren’t surprising to authorities who work to track registered sex offenders. Shutt’s troubles illuminated the clash of society’s desire to protect itself by holding sex offenders accountable, against the offender’s hope for a second chance long after settling that account. “I was going to prove to them that a person like me who hasn’t reoffended should have the opportunity for life, liberty and the American dream,” he said.
He told a judge that he was “making a last stand” in Pacific City.
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