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Post by twinkletoes Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:02 am

Virginian sex assault victims blast Catholic Church

Adult victims who suffered sexual abuse as children have faced off
in an increasingly acrimonious fight with the Catholic Church over
whether to extend the time in which a victim can file a lawsuit against
an abuser.

At a press conference Thursday in which victims told wrenching
stories about being abused, Camille Cooper, director of legislative
affairs for National Association to Protect Children (PROTECT), called
on the Catholic Church to back down from efforts to limit Virginia's
statute of limitations. She said the church already helped to cut the
proposed extension to file a suit from 25 years to eight years.

"I've reached a whole new level of cynicism in being lobbied by the
Catholic Church," Cooper said, adding that the church also sought to
write into the bill an exemption for businesses and organizations that
might be sued. She said she hoped that any church members who continued
to oppose the bill would "find God" before the bill goes to the Senate's
Courts of Justice civil affairs subcommittee. Victims
say the longer time frame is warranted because many children repress
memories of the abuse and do not report or acknowledge the experience
until years, or decades, later.

Current law requires a victim of childhood sexual assault to file
suit within two years after the abuse occurred, after reaching
adulthood, or after the abuse came to light. Bills sponsored by Del.
David B. Albo (R-Fairfax) and Sen. Frederick M. Quayle (R-Chesapeake)
would allow victims to sue their abusers up to 25 years later.

But Cooper said that after the Catholic Church spoke up at a House Courts
of Justice subcommittee hearing, Albo's bill, HB1476, was amended to reduce the period to eight years.

Advocates hoped to push through Quayle's bill, SB1145,
on Thursday without changes. The Civil subcommittee of the Senate
Courts of Justice agreed to send the measure to the full committee after
amending the period to 20 years.

Among the advocates pushing the bill was Becky Ianni, 53, director of
the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. She told of being
abused by Monsignor William T. Reinecke when she was a girl in Alexandria.

"All the parents loved and trusted him. I loved and trusted him,"
Ianni told reporters. When the abuse started, she said, she buried the
experience deep in her mind until her memory, triggered by a photograph
of the priest, unearthed it 40 years later. Reinecke, confronted by
another victim, committed suicide in 1992.

The church has been rocked in recent years by disclosures of widespread abuses and cover-ups by clergy.

A call to Jeff Caruso, executive director of the Virginia Catholic Conference, was not immediately returned Friday morning.

Cooper said she would not be satisfied until there is no statute of
limitations at all on bringing suit against an abuser. Placing limits on
the time frame contributes to the repressive tactics used by abusers to
silence their victims, she said.

Cooper and the other advocates of childhood sexual assault victims
also urged the passage of a bill sponsored by Del. William R. Janis
(R-Goochland) that would help judges to set monetary values when
ordering restitution for the victims of child pornography cases. Under
his bill, HB1995, a victim would receive at least $150,000.

A House subcommittee agreed to report the bill with an amendment that
instead would set restitution at $1,000 for each offense. During the
debate, lawmakers and advocates said an offense could be defined by
prosecutors as each pornographic image taken and each time the image was
reproduced and transmitted to others.

Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath) has offered a similar, more loosely defined bill that will also go to the full Senate panel.
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Post by twinkletoes Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:03 am

Court orders restitution to victim in child porn case

The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Friday ruled for the first time
that a man who possesses child pornography must pay restitution to a
child whose illicit image was found in his possession.

A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
unanimously ruled that Ricky Lee McDaniel, 54, must pay $12,700 to a
girl who, at 10 years old, was raped and abused by her father on
videotape. Authorities found images of the assault in McDaniel's child
pornography collection.

At a restitution hearing, federal prosecutors read a statement from
the girl who said she lives "every day with the horrible knowledge that
someone is watching the most terrifying moments of my life and taking
grotesque pleasure in them. ... They're being entertained by my shame
and pain."

Atlanta attorney Amy Weil, a former appellate lawyer for the U.S.
attorney's office, said the ruling sets an important precedent in
finding that a person causes "proximate harm" to a child merely by
possessing images of that child enduring sexual violence. That person --
and not just the person who perpetrated the violence or who videotaped
it and posted it to the Internet -- should pay restitution, the court
agreed.

"It's a huge decision for child pornography victims because there are so many of these possession cases," Weil said.

U.S. Attorney Sally Yates said the ruling recognizes that children
who are victims of sexual abuse are "re-victimized" every time a person
acquires and views images of that abuse. "Even though money cannot buy
back the innocence that was taken from the victim, the court has made it
clear that secondary abusers like McDaniel are also responsible for the
cost of victims’ recovery -- therapy, treatment and counseling."

The 11th Circuit upheld a ruling by U.S. District Judge Harold Murphy, who also sentenced McDaniel to five years in prison.
When McDaniel was arrested, investigators found more than 1,200
images and four video clips of child pornography at his home in Calhoun.

Authorities sent the images to the non-profit National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria, Va., which since 2003 has
been building a child pornography victim identification program. The
center, which has millions of images in its database, identifies the
child victims whose images are seized by law enforcement.

The center discovered that McDaniel's collection contained the image
of the 10-year-old being sexually assaulted by her father and then
notified her about it, the 11th Circuit's ruling said.

At McDaniel's restitution hearing, prosecutors also presented
testimony from Randall Green, a psychologist who had evaluated the girl.
He compared the girl's pain of knowing her images are being
disseminated over the Internet to an ongoing "slow acid drip."
Green estimated the girl would need up to $188,000 of future
counseling because of the original abuse and her awareness that her
images are being viewed on the Internet.

Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, praised the 11th Circuit's ruling.

"This is an important and sound decision and we hope it's the beginning of a trend," Allen said. "The question has been, ‘Can someone
who simply downloads the image be held at least partly responsible in paying restitution?' We've said they can be. Each time the image is
depicted that child is harmed."
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Post by twinkletoes Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:17 am

Man Gets 3 Years In Prison On Sexual Abuse Case

Keith Henderson, 45, Caught With 4,000 Sexually Explicit Photos Of Kids

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A 45-year-old man is off the streets of Albuquerque and in prison for the next three years, authorities said.

Keith Henderson was sentenced Friday to three years in prison and five years probation, which the Attorney General's Office said is just after he was caught having and sending out nearly 4,000 sexually explicit photos of children.“It's not enough to refer to it as child pornography.

These are children, real children that are being abused sexually by adults,” said Attorney General's Office spokeswoman Lynn Southard.

Southard said they are pleased with the outcome of the trial.

“He will receive treatment. He will be rehabilitated. But when it comes to preventing other Internet crimes as horrible as this, the Attorney General's Office says it's imperative that parents tell their kids (that) you never know who's actually behind the computer screen,” Southard said.

Despite the optimism of the Attorney General's Office, the Department of Justice said nearly 30 percent of convicts who commit sexual crimes against children will commit those crimes again.

Henderson will have to register as a sex offender for life when he's released and won't be able to come in contact with anyone under 18 during his probation, Southard said.
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Post by twinkletoes Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:34 am

Popular Paintball Facility Owner Accused Of Rape

Derek Walls Charged With Sexual Battery Of 12-Year-Old

January 31, 2011

MERRITT ISLAND, FLA. -- A popular Brevard County father posted his $260,000 bail and bonded out of jail on Saturday after he was charged with sexual battery and false imprisonment of a minor.

Brevard County sheriff's deputies told Local 6 they arrested Derek Michael Walls on Friday at the business he owns, Combat Zone Paintball behind the Merritt Square Mall on Merritt Island.

Investigators said Walls invited the 12-year-old victim over to his house for a party, but when she arrived, she was all alone. She later told her parents that he forced himself on her, and her parents told deputies.

Investigators said her parents were good friends with Walls and that the girl was a cadet in the Florida Volunteer Search and Rescue Corps, of which Walls was in charge.

Walls was also heavily involved in the charitable organization Toys for Tots, according to Internet postings.

Lt. Tod Goodyear of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said, "He's much older; he puts himself in positions where he's in a position of authority to teenage kids, boys and girls. Is there a possibility that there could be other victims? We have to take a serious look that there could be."

Goodyear said his detectives have gotten no other complaints of inappropriate behavior, but he urged parents of children who have had close contact with Walls to have a conversation with their children about Walls' arrest.

No one came to the door when we knocked at Walls' Port St. John home Monday afternoon. Walls' attorney, Daniel Ciener, said he has been retained by Walls and plans to file a not guilty plea on Walls' behalf on Tuesday. He insisted the charges against Walls are completely unfounded and intends to prove Walls' innocence.

PLEASE NOTE:
On 9/22/2011 we were contacted by someone close to this case who requested that we update this story to include the fact that the charges in this case were dropped. Below is the court record and the appropriate link. We always welcome the opportunity to update our posts.

Arst No. Cnt Offense Dt Statute Number Charge Class Degree
1 1 12/30/2010 794.011.8C SEXUAL BATTERY VICTIM UNDER 12 FAM CUST AUTH FELONY CAPITAL
1 2 12/30/2010 787.02.2-A FALSE IMPRISONMENT FELONY THIRD DEGREE

Prosecutor Charge Information
Cnt Pros Filing Dt Statute Number Charge Class Degree Pros Action Pros Act Dt
1 794.011.8C SEXUAL BATTERY VICTIM UNDER 12 FAM CUST AUTH FELONY CAPITAL DROPPED ABANDONED 07/18/2011
2 787.02.2-A FALSE IMPRISONMENT FELONY THIRD DEGREE DROPPED ABANDONED 07/18/2011
Court/Final Charge Information
Cnt Record No. Charge Dt Statute Charge Class Degree Disp Dt Final Disp Citation No.
1 1 12/30/2010 SEXUAL BATTERY VICTIM UNDER 12 FAM CUST AUTH FELONY CAPITAL 07/18/2011 DISPOSED BY PROSECUTOR
2 1 12/30/2010 FALSE IMPRISONMENT FELONY THIRD DEGREE 07/18/2011 DISPOSED BY PROSECUTOR


http://webinfo4.brevardclerk.us/facts/d_charges.cfm?CaseNumber=#SearchCaseNo#
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Post by twinkletoes Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:40 am

Ex-Teacher Sentenced For Receiving Child Porn

55-Year-Old Pleaded Guilty Last Year

January 31, 2011

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A former Jacksonville school teacher was sentenced Monday to 17 1/2 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for receipt of child pornography.

Ripley Ridenour, 55, must also register under federal and state law as a sex offender and forfeit computer media used as part of the crime.

Ridenour pleaded guilty in August.

According to court documents, in early 2009, the FBI began investigating the use of file sharing software to trade child pornography over the Internet.

During the course of the investigation the FBI identified Ridenour's computer as having numerous child pornography images available for downloading over the Internet.

In May, the FBI contacted Ridenour at his home, and he agreed to speak with the FBI and said that he used his computer to obtain child pornography over the Internet, prosecutors said.

The FBI then obtained a search warrant and seized several computer-related items from Ridenour's home, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said a forensic examination of the seized computer media revealed more than 200 images, about 11 videos of child pornography, and various chats discussing Ridenour's sexual interest in young children.

Ridenour was taken into custody by federal agents at a Jacksonville post office in July.

He was facing up to 20 years in prison.
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Post by twinkletoes Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:44 am

YMCA Sued Over Counselor Fondling Girls

Lawsuit Claims Employees Knew Man Poised Threat To Young Girls

January 31, 2011

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The family of a girl inappropriately touched by a counselor has filed suit against the organization, saying his superiors knew he poised a threat to young children in his care.

Daniel Hardie was arrested three years ago and charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor.

The lawsuit alleges that prior to his arrest, YMCA of Florida's First Coast employees reported witnessing several incidents in which girls were on Hardie's lap or standing between his legs, caressing his face -- violations of YMCA policy. Staffers reported they were uncomfortable leaving him alone with girls on the bus.

According to the lawsuit, Hardie wrote in his own job performance review “no girls on lap” as an area for him to improve.

The suit also said that that Hardie should have been reassigned or terminated because of his behavior and violations, but instead was promoted to camp director of the YMCA's duPont branch. The lawsuit, on behalf of a girl who was 7 years old at the time, is seeking damages in excess of $15,000.

The YMCA's Nikos Westmoreland told Channel 4 that while it cannot comment on pending litigation, he said "safety is and will continue to be our primary concern" and issued the following statement:

    "DanielHardie, like all YMCA employees, was subjected to rigorous local and
    federal background screenings and more than the required number of
    reference checks prior to his hiring in 2000. During his seven-year
    employment with the Y, there were never any complaints from children or
    parents. Upon the first suspicion of inappropriate behavior, more than
    three years ago, his employment was immediately terminated.

    "We reported the allegation to The Department of Children & Families,
    and fully cooperated with a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office investigation.
    And, to make every effort to find out if there were any incidents of
    inappropriate activity, we voluntarily mailed all of the parents of
    children who participated in Y programs he worked with at any point
    during the entire term of his employment."
Hardie, 29, is currently serving a five-year prison sentence.
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Post by twinkletoes Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:20 am

Parents of 6-year-old autistic boy sue city, Department of Education for 'sodomy'

6:13 PM, January 31, 2011

A mute, 6-year-old autistic boy was repeatedly sodomized in a Bronx
school bathroom by an older student after staff failed to keep tabs on
the attacker as required, according to a new lawsuit.


The shocking assaults by the 11-year-old assailant only came to light on
Nov. 2 when another student walked into the boys’ room at PS 168X in
Mott Haven, saw the abuse, "and the victim cried out," said Richard
Sules, the lawyer representing the victim’s mom in the Bronx Supreme
Court suit filed today against the city and Education Department.

The Post is withholding the victimized boy’s name.

"My client’s non-verbal and autistic. His mother was telling me he was
getting on the bus every day with this kid. He cried every day when he
got on the bus, but she didn’t know why," Sules said.

"The other kid was supposed to have a one-on-one paraprofessional [monitor] with him
at all times" because of developmental problem, said the lawyer.

But instead, when the 11-year-old got off the bus and routinely followed
the 6-year-old into the bathroom, that paraprofessional escorted other
kids into the school cafeteria, said Sules, who called the abuse a
"ritual" by the older boy.

The Department of Education had no immediate comment on the suit.
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Post by twinkletoes Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:32 am

Cops: Toys For Tots Coordinator Accused Of Rape

7:35 am EST February 1, 2011

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- The "Toys For Tots" coordinator for Brevard County has been accused of raping a teenager, according to deputies.

Derek Walls has long been involved with teenagers in the community. He was arrested Friday at his Port Saint John home.

In addition to "Toys For Tots," he runs a search and rescue organization
for teens interested in the armed forces and he owns a paintball store
on Merritt Island.

Now he's been ordered to stay away from
anyone under 18 years of age after Brevard County detectives accused him
of raping a 16-year-old girl and holding her against her will.

"As the night went on, he eventually had sexual relations with her that
were not consensual," said Lt. Tod Goodyear of the Brevard County
Sheriff's Office.

The teenager worked as a cadet at Florida Search and Rescue Corps.

The incident happened at the end of December, but was reported just two weeks ago.

"There's a lot of trust involved between the family and he. So the parents felt
comfortable with letting her go over to his house," said Goodyear.

Detectives said the girl thought other teenagers would be at Walls home that
night. She had no way of calling for help because she didn't have a cell
phone, and a land line in the home was turned off, according to
deputies.

Lt. Goodyear said Walls hasn't admitted to the crime, and no other victims have come forward.

"It is concerning to us that he has access to children," said Goodyear.

Investigators are trying to figure out if there are any more victims because he had so much contact with children.

Detectives want to speak with the parents of children who had contact with him.
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Post by twinkletoes Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:36 am

Switzerland man confesses to abusing 114 mentally disabled men, women & children: Swiss police

Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 2:09 PM

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Gabriele Berger, the head of Bern police's special investigations unit, speaks at a press conference in Bern.

A therapist in Switzerland has confessed to sexually abusing more than 110 mentally disabled men, women and children over a 29-year period, authorities said Tuesday.

The 54-year-old was arrested nearly a year ago, but authorities kept the details of the case quiet to avoid media attention on an investigation they described at a news conference as "unprecedented."

"One of the central questions of this investigation is how such levels of abuse could go undetected for so long," said the head of Bern police's special investigations unit, Gabriele Berger.

Authorities believe his sexual abuse of those under his care began in 1982, and included 122 people. The man has confessed to 114, while the remaining 8 are looked at only attempted abuse.

The age of his victims varied, but Swiss authorities said 42 were over 18, while the youngest was just a year old. The abuse took place in nine different care homes.

"Several cases involve children, among them children of nursing home employees," police said.

Berger said during the press conference that the man would choose his victims carefully, often finding ones who could not speak. In more than a dozen cases, police said, the self-described pedophile took pictures and recorded video during his assaults.

The case came to light in March, after two male residents of a care home informed their parents of sexual contact with the therapist. The man was subsequently arrested at his home in the Bernese Oberland, in central Switzerland.

Because of the statue of limitations, not all the crimes can be prosecuted. Of the 122 victims, only 33 cases can be prosecuted, authorities said.

The man was investigated in a case of sexual abuse of a severely mentally disabled 13-year-old girl in 2003, but the inquiry was dropped after experts had doubts about the girl's reports.
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Post by twinkletoes Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:42 am

This horrendous topic should be under the main blog listings and not a sub topic under Child Advocacy News.
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Post by twinkletoes Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:23 am


Melbourne man jailed for abusing children


February 23, 2011

AAP


A Melbourne man who "felt a thrill" during a 10-year sexual abuse of his friend's children has been jailed for six years.

Neale Martin Ross, 48, molested four girls, including one who was aged four years, on numerous occasions including visits they made to his home in Melbourne's east, the Victorian County Court heard on Wednesday.

Ross, himself a father of two, pleaded guilty to six counts of sexually penetrating a child under 16 and 15 counts of
committing an indecent act with a child under 16.

He told police he "felt a thrill" when he abused the children, who were aged between four and 15 years, and had a "fatal attraction" to them.

Judge Christopher O'Neill said such offending was "abhorrent" and led to long term damage to children and their families.

He said the victim impact statements made "chilling reading" and highlighted the emotional damage caused.

"It is a serious aggravating feature that the victims were all children and aged between four and 15," Judge O'Neill said.

He ordered Ross serve a non-parole period of four years.

Ross, who will be a registered sex offender for life, has already spent 317 days in custody.
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Post by twinkletoes Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:33 am

Sexual Predator Sentenced To 30 Years

POSTED: Thursday, February 24, 2011

TAMPA, Fla. -- A Tampa man who prosecutors said molested two girls to produce child pornography has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

State Circuit Judge Chet Tharpe sentenced 59-year-old Michael Kelley Wednesday after Kelley pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and molesting the girls, who were then 7 and 10 years old.

Sheriff's deputies who raided Kelley's home in January found hundreds of photos and videos of children engaging in sex, some as young as age 2.

The girls Kelley victimized were identified. Authorities said they are teenagers now and are recovering. Kelley was one of 29 people arrested in a recent child pornography sweep in the Tampa area.

Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
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Post by twinkletoes Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:38 pm

Sex offender arrested at Carrboro school
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Stephen Ross Pickard

Carrboro, N.C. — Carrboro police said Monday that a Chapel Hill man violated his sex offender status restrictions after he was seen at McDougle Middle School twice in one week.

A school resource officer received a report on Feb. 23 that Stephen Ross Pickard, of 2119 Clover Garden CH Road in Chapel Hill, was spotted on school property, police said.

While that investigation was ongoing, Pickard was found at the school Monday and arrested.

Pickard was convicted of indecent liberties with a minor in 2000. He was charged with two counts of being on school property in violation of his sex offender status restrictions.

He was taken to the Orange County jail, where bond was set at $100,000.
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Post by twinkletoes Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:57 pm

Melbourne Beach man admits abusing girls

Former principal called 'danger to community'

Feb. 26, 2011 |

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James Wright-Roberts admitted to performing oral sex on two sisters, both younger than 10.

What's next

Wright-Roberts is due back in court May 5 for a docket sounding.

VIERA— During a recorded interview with police, former public school principal and Brevard Community College employee James Wright-Roberts admitted to performing oral sex on two sisters, both younger than 10.

The tape was played during a bond hearing Friday afternoon at the Moore Justice Center. Wright-Roberts also acknowledged forcing one of the girls to perform oral sex on him numerous times during the course of three years.

"It got out of hand," the 63-year-old Melbourne Beach man can be heard saying on the audio tape where he also told police he had "no control" and inquired about getting help.

Circuit Judge David Dugan ordered Wright-Roberts to be held at the county jail with no bond until his trial. "The state has met its burden," Dugan said. "Clearly, no bond is appropriate."

During the 75-minute hearing, Melbourne Beach Detective Melanie Griswold told the court that two other potential victims have come forward. Both said they were sexually abused by Wright-Roberts while they were young girls in Michigan.

According to the local victims' mother, a Palm Bay woman, Wright-Roberts befriended the family several years ago and came to be a grandfather figure to the two young children. The woman, whose name is being withheld by FLORIDA TODAY to protect the identity of the underage victims, said they had grown so close that she allowed Wright-Roberts to baby-sit the girls at his condominium every other weekend.

During the hearing, the victim's mother described how her daughters confessed what he had done to them.

"They said he tried to penetrate them," the mother said. "He showed them porno movies. They told me about the videos they had seen in Jim's house. They started crying and told me they were scared."

After contacting police, the girl's mother was instructed to call Wright-Roberts on the telephone while they recorded the conversation.

Part of that tape was played in court Friday as well.

"I went too far," he said on the tape. "I never intended to hurt those girls."

Prosecutor Julia Lynch, of the sex crimes division, called Wright-Roberts a "danger to the community."

"In his own words, he cannot control himself," she said.

Wright-Roberts was suspended without pay from his post at a computer lab for BCC shortly after his arrest in December.
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Post by twinkletoes Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:15 am

German man admits fathering stepdaughter's children

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A 48-year-old German man admitted being the father of his stepdaughter's eight children Tuesday, but denied he had sexually abused her, a German court official said.

The man, identified only as Detlef S., is on trial in Koblenz, Germany, charged with the sexual abuse of dependents and facilitating the sexual abuse of minors.

He is accused of hundreds of incidents of sexual abuse of his daughter, his stepdaughter and his stepson between autumn 1987 and summer 2010.
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Post by twinkletoes Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:21 am

As always I ask, where was this girl's mother? She must have known what was happening to her daughter, her son and her step daughter.
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Post by twinkletoes Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:24 am

KITSAP COUNTY

Kingston man gets more than 5 years in prison for molestation

A Kingston man was sentenced to more than five years in prison Monday for sexual abusing three children.

PORT ORCHARD — A Kingston man was sentenced to more than five years in prison Monday for sexual abusing three children.

Mark J. Bethea, 36, had pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree child molestation before Kitsap County Superior Court Judge M. Karlynn Haberlysentenced him to five years, eight months in prison. That was the top of the sentencing range available.

Bethea will serve at least 68 months in prison. After that time, a sentencing review board will decide if he should be released.

Haberly noted that he’ll be under the eye of the state Department of Corrections for the rest of his life: "We’ll know where he is and what he’s doing."

One of the victims told Haberly that her self-worth has been obliterated and she doesn’t believe any amount of counseling will help her recover.

"My innocence is something I’ll never get back," she said.

The first victim to accuse Bethea told authorities that he abused her for two or three years until she was in the fourth grade.

Two more victims came forward after Bethea was arrested in September 2010.

All three described Bethea as close to their families. Bethea’s victims included two girls and a boy.

One said Bethea had supplied him with alcohol and drugs.

Before sentencing, a parent of one of the victims said her child had suffered breakdowns and will endure years of counseling to cope with the abuse.

Another parent said he had trusted Bethea as a "man who would protect my child." "These poor children have suffered enough," the man told Haberly. "This monster needs to go away."

Bethea’s sister also addressed the judge. She told Bethea that although he was sexually abused as a child, "you went down that path" and chose to victimize others.

Defense attorney Tina Robinson said her client took responsibility soon after being charged and "he welcomes getting help."

Bethea chose not to speak at sentencing.

"I think he should spend the rest of his life in jail," added one friend of the family, "Because that’s how long the kids are going to suffer."

Read more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/02/15/1546036/kingston-man-gets-more-than-5.html#ixzz1FJoJc3sd
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Post by twinkletoes Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:34 am

I cannot believe this monster only received 5 years for his raping children and ruining them for life.

In Florida rape is called "molestation". Sounds like that is true in this state also. Damned disgusting, call it what it is.
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Post by twinkletoes Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:29 am

Charges: Man abused cousins after their mother's death

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MINNEAPOLIS -- A 29-year-old man from Minneapolis is accused of sexually abusing two of his cousins after their mother's death in 2003, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Hennepin County District Court.

Valenzeo Delrentus Brent was charged with 10 counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct. Police arrested him Wednesdaynight and is being held in Hennepin County Jail on a $500,000 bail.

The complaint states Minneapolis Police and Hennepin County Child Protection received report that two children, a sister and brother, had been sexually abused by their maternal cousin for several years.

The female victim kept the sexual assaults hidden until she was so distraught by them over the years that she was having troubles in school, the complaint states.

The siblings told authorities they moved to Minneapolis with Brent's mother after their mother died in 2003. Brent lived with the two siblings in a home on the 3500 block of Dupont Ave. in Minneapolis.

The female victim told authorities the abuse happened almost daily from 2003 until Brent left the home in 2008. She also reported that she witnessed her brother getting sexually assaulted. The male victim told police Brent would take off his clothes, touch him inappropriately and give him candy if he complied.
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Post by twinkletoes Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:04 pm

In jail on child porn charges, St. Petersburg man now accused of sexually battering two boys

Mar 07, 2011 12:36 PM

ST. PETERSBURG — A 45-year-old St. Petersburg man arrested in February on child porn charges is now accused of sexually battering two young boys over a period of several years, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

William McArthur Myers faces two charges of capital sexual battery. He has been in the Pinellas County Jail since Feb. 8 after the FBI arrested him on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography.

Deputies said Myers abused the two unidentified boys between 2003 and 2009. One of the victims, now 13, was abused multiple times from age 5 to 11; the other victim, now 12, was abused once at age 8, authorities said.

Deputies said Myers knew both of the boys, who knew each other.

The Sheriff's Office Crimes Against Children Unit began investigating allegations raised against Myers on Feb. 23 after the 13-year-old boy told a friend about the incidents. The friend told an adult, who then told authorities.

During the investigation, detectives learned that the suspect had been arrested by the FBI on child porn charges.

Investigators ask that anyone with information regarding potential victims contact Detective Peter Doyle of the Crimes Against Children Unit at (727) 582-6200.
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Post by twinkletoes Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:47 am

Pervert who abused girl jailed for seven years

Monday 14th March 2011

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By Bruce Unwin

A GRANDFATHER who regularly sexually abused a girl causing long-standing psychological harm has been jailed for seven years.

Alan Harrison, 65, made immediate admissions after the allegations emerged last October, since when he has remained in custody.

"I just get the devil in me. I've been ashamed all my life," he told police, Durham Crown Court heard.

Harrison, formerly of Hawthorn Close, Kimblesworth, near Chester-le-Street, admitted five specimen counts of indecent assault.

A further three similar matters were left to 'lie on the file'.

Paul Abrahams, prosecuting, said it appeared the victim was given money by Harrison, but that no physical harm was caused.

Jamie Adams, for Harrison, told the court: "He fully accepts the wrong of what he has done, and the psychological harm caused.

"He is a man who stands here in complete ignominy and utter shame in admitting fully to this kind of thing. "His future is a bleak one. He's 65 and not in good health, having uffered cancer of the throat, high blood pressure, a heart and an asthmatic condition."

Mr Adams said Harrison, a grandfather married for 36 years, is now shunned by his family.

"He is completely alone, with nothing to look forward to and no visits from anyone. It's a situation which is unlikely to change."

Jailing Harrison, Recorder Eric Elliott told him: "It's always sad to see someone at the age of 65 with, other than these matters, hitherto good character in a situation you find yourself in.

"As we have heard there was no physical pain inflicted but the psychological pain has been inexorable.

"It's said you now have nothing, well some would say you deserve that."

Harrison must sign the Sex Offenders' Register for life, and was disqualified from ever working with children.

An unlimited Sexual Offences' Prevention Order was also imposed limiting future contact with children.

Speaking afterwatds, PC Rachael Austin, of Durham Police, said: "Alan Harrison has carried out systematic child abuse over an extended period of time, with no thought given to the impact of his actions."
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Post by twinkletoes Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:10 pm

Sex offender re-classified after claims he abused more children

March 11, 2011 3:05 am

AUBURN — A registered sex offender originally considered to pose a low risk of re-offending was re-classified a level-three sex offender after a Cayuga County judge said new evidence warranted elevating the defendant’s classification.

Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann asked for the elevation Thursday after Chester Morabito was kicked out of sex offender therapy — a violation of his probation — and reportedly told therapists that he had sexually abused as many as six children.

“This issue is about warning the community of his risk to re-offend,” Budelmann sad. “The risk is clear.”

Morabito was originally designated a level-one sex offender and sentenced to probation in 2009 for illegally touching a 9-year-old boy in a doctor’s office while the two were in foster care.

Level-one offenders are considered to pose a low risk of re-offending while level-three offenders are considered to pose ahigh risk.

Level-three sex offenders must register with the state’s sex offender database for life.

Morabito was sentenced to two years in prison in December for violating that probation by getting kicked out of treatment by lying to therapists.

Defense attorney Douglas Bates said Morabito’s therapists should be called into to court to discuss why his client was kicked out of treatment, but Budelmann said that issue was already addressed when Morabito pleaded guilty in December to a violation of probation.

Judge Leone agreed that Morabito’s violation of probation, the fact that he was kicked out of treatment and that he admitted to therapists that he sexually abused more than one child warranted classifying him as a level-three sex offender.

Leone said he has seen Morabito in family court throughout his career as a judge, and knew Morabito was sexually abused as a foster care child himself, but added he had to re-classify Morabito to protect the community.

“I think you are a threat to the community,” Leone said. “It is what it is – I don’t want to sound cold, but you are a threat.”
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Post by twinkletoes Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:19 am

Michigan man Steven Demink conned moms to sexually abuse their own children: authorities

BY MICHAEL SHERIDAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

A sicko who admitted to sexually exploiting children somehow managed to persuade the kids' own mothers to carry out his twisted fantasies, authorities in Detroit said Monday.

Prosecutors said one-time car salesman Steven Demink targeted vulnerable single moms through online dating websites, then through Web chats and emails, claiming he was a psychologist and promising his sex therapy would help their troubled children.

His therapeutic suggestions allegedly included having the women be nude with their children as well as perform sexual acts with them.

In one case, Demink -- who used the alias Dalton St. Clair -- started online chats with an Oregon woman about the sexual
development of her 8-year-old autistic son, The Associated Press reported.

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The 41-year-old told the unidentified woman to engage in sexually explicit conduct with her son as a way to teach him about sex, according to the plea agreement. She did as instructed while he watched on a Web camera.

In other cases, the mothers would send Demink photos showing them abusing their children, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Several of those mothers since have been arrested and all of the children -- who ranged in age from 3 to 15 -- were taken into protective custody.

Demink is accused of having communicated with women in several states, including New Hampshire, Florida, Illinois, Florida, Oregon and Georgia.

Demink's alleged scam went on for nearly a year, until a mother of one of the women in Idaho reported their conversations to authorities in December 2009.

"I don't know how he wrangled her in," Eileen Schwab said, according to The AP. "She could have turned off the computer and gone the other way. He must have had a power over her."

Her daughter pleaded guilty last May to lewd conduct with a child under 16 and is currently in prison.

Demink told prosecutors he convinced the women that he was a single parent, just like them and had one 14-year-old girl, court documents said. He met the females through websites such as singleparentmeet.com and used head shots of male models in place of his actual picture.

In truth, Demink worked as a car salesman for several months before spending five years working at a bank, prosecutors said. He later worked for the Immigration and Naturalization Service and spent only two years in college.

Demink pleaded guilty Monday to six charges related to the sexual exploitation of children. He faces 15 years to life in jail.

Seven other charges were dropped as part of his plea deal.
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Post by twinkletoes Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:01 am

Riley Man Sentenced for Molesting Child


A Valley man is off to prison after pleading guilty to molesting a young girl.


Warren Large pleaded guilty to the charges last month.


He was sentenced per the plea agreement.. 3 years in prison then one year probation.


Large was arrested last September for the allegations that he molested the girl in his home in Riley.


He was scheduled to stand trial this month, but avoided trial by pleading guilty.
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