Accused in child rape consents to extradition

Accused in child rape consents to extradition

By Scott Smith

Record Staff Writer

July 07, 2007 6:00 AM

MANTECA - A man arrested at the Ripon Motel this week agreed in a court hearing Friday to be extradited to Delaware, where he is accused of repeatedly raping a girl he adopted from Ukraine.

Ripon police arrested Vladimir Karpov, 50, on Tuesday after a check of his car's North Carolina license plate revealed the plate was reported stolen. Police also discovered a warrant for his arrest in Delaware on 50 counts of rape and a count of continual sexual abuse of a child.

During a 1996 trip to Ukraine, Karpov adopted a 7-year-old girl and began sexually abusing her shortly after bringing her to his Delaware home, police said.

Karpov, who wore handcuffs and a jail-issued jumpsuit Friday, politely stood each time San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge José L. Alva addressed him in the court's Manteca branch. Alva asked Karpov to remain seated.

Karpov said it was his first time in court.

Karpov pleaded no contest to charges of possessing an unregistered firearm and the stolen license plate from his arrest in Ripon. San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Brian Short reduced both counts to misdemeanors because of the extradition, and Alva levied three years of informal probation and a $130 fine.

Alva also set Karpov's bail at $2 million pending his transportation to Delaware.

Contact reporter Scott Smith at (209) 546-8296 or ssmith@recordnet.com.