Arthur Edward Lindsey

An Acton man who’s a registered sex offender and convicted murderer was charged with four counts of rape Friday at Antelope Valley Municipal Court in Lancaster.

Arthur Edward Lindsey, 73, of Acton, was arraigned on four counts —  two counts of rape, and two other counts related to a sexual assault, said Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami, who is overseeing the prosecution.Arthur Lindsey

“The victim was a 29-year-old woman, a Santa Clarita resident,” Hatami said. The crime occurred about 10 miles north of Shadow Pines, and the victim did not know Lindsey.

The crime occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday, Hatami said.

“We filed two counts (Friday) of rape of an unconscious person, one count of oral copulation of an unconscious person and one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object,” said Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the District Attorney’s Office.

“We are asking bail be set at $1.4 million,” she said.

Lindsey has a record of violent sex crimes.

“He’s a three-striker,” Hatami said, adding that he planned to seek a life sentence in the case.

Lindsey was convicted of a rape-murder in Indiana in 1968.

“He pleaded no contest to not being registered as a sex offender (on May 18, 2005),” Robison said. “He was sentenced to four years in state prison.”

Lindsey moved to Southern California in 1998, after he was released on parole for his murder sentence.

Lindsey’s most recent registered address is 10645 Soledad Canyon Road, Apartment A, in Acton, according to California’s Megan’s Law website.

Lindsey was deemed a “low-to-moderate risk,” according to a Feb. 1, 2011, scoring on the Megan’s Law website.

The defendant is due back in courtroom A2 in Lancaster for a preliminary hearing June 19, when the evidence will be presented against Lindsey.

The case is being investigated by the Special Victims Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

No additional information is being released at this time, officials said.