tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56364723230014389592024-02-28T15:44:15.907-08:00Vigilant AntisAnti Pedophile News From Around the WorldVigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.comBlogger3050125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-67687006567082622612011-02-10T06:06:00.000-08:002011-02-10T06:23:49.601-08:00David C. Hartshorn - Repeat Sex Offender - “He was just a mild-mannered man”<blockquote>According to a law enforcement official, Mr. Hartshorn was convicted in 1989 on charges of sodomy, promoting sexual performance by a child under 16, and promoting obscene sexual performance by a child under 16. He served three years of probation.</blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglnh7shua3_hYRp_B6bb_p-SAxzP16VN4_o7MFe20MARNYW441bc57MJI3fqRIMdhZpcGLSMKhagradA-UgIZt1o3CoWlk56PV_b0_5RVp-QE1x2qOCUTc5HfnsWVCnCT9KWwaiiuBq_Y/s1600/hartshorn.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572063232704250786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglnh7shua3_hYRp_B6bb_p-SAxzP16VN4_o7MFe20MARNYW441bc57MJI3fqRIMdhZpcGLSMKhagradA-UgIZt1o3CoWlk56PV_b0_5RVp-QE1x2qOCUTc5HfnsWVCnCT9KWwaiiuBq_Y/s400/hartshorn.jpg" /></a><br />A convicted sex offender who had risen up through the ranks at his local Little League was arraigned Wednesday on new sex offense charges, the Queens district attorney, Richard A. Brown, announced.<br /><br />The defendant, David C. Hartshorn, 52, has been accused of using his post with the Rochdale Village Little League — where, according to the league’s Facebook page, he was its commissioner — to sexually assault three boys at his home over a six-month period ending in January 2010.<br /><blockquote>A onetime Little League Coach of the Year, Mr. Hartshorn is charged with showing child pornography to the boys, two of whom were 14 and one 13, and coercing them into performing sex acts, which he filmed. Additionally, according to the charges, Mr. Hartshorn hosted a game of poker for six boys in which the loser was made to perform a sex act on one of the others. Mr. Hartshorn also captured video of that instance of abuse, the authorities said.</blockquote>The allegations surfaced after one of the boys reported the abuse to his mother, who called the police, the district attorney said. Upon searching Mr. Hartshorn’s home, the police discovered a cache of child pornography videos, some featuring children younger than 10, Mr. Brown said.<br /><br />Mr. Hartshorn has been charged with first- and second-degree criminal sexual acts, the use of a child in a sexual performance, second-degree sexual abuse, and endangering the welfare of a child. He would face as much as 25 years in prison if convicted, and is being held without bail.<br /><blockquote>Mr. Hartshorn was convicted in 1989 on charges of sodomy, promoting sexual performance by a child under 16, and promoting obscene sexual performance by a child under 16. He served three years of probation, though no other details were immediately available.</blockquote><p>A message left on Mr. Hartshorn’s voice mail on Wednesday afternoon was not returned. Several calls to the Rochdale Village Little League also went unreturned; the organization’s policy on vetting potential coaches could not be determined.<br /><br />News of Mr. Hartshorn’s arrest, and the revelation of his previous conviction, shocked people in his neighborhood, where residents said he had lived alone in a two-story house since his parents died.<br /><br />“I am totally shocked,” said Wanda Harris, a next-door neighbor. “Because you would never know it. These kids come and they’re fighting to get into the house.”<br /><br />“I’ve never heard or seen anything” bad, Ms. Harris said, adding that during her 11 years on the block, even her grown children had played in the street with Mr. Hartshorn, his nephews and the boys on his baseball teams.<br /><br />Ms. Harris said she saw children at her neighbor’s house every day, especially in the summertime.<br /><br />“You’d never know this was going on,” she said. “He was just a mild-mannered man.”<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-61946407163312263342011-02-07T06:43:00.000-08:002011-02-10T06:52:17.781-08:00Jefferson Benjamin Simmons - Repeat Sex Offender - McDonald's PredatorPrevious convictions <ul><li><strong>1984</strong></li><li><strong>1996</strong></li><li><strong>2005</strong></li></ul><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOC8ZMq_0Dh39OiecvPUAonG0CYPUcSda7Qx8rt_fXlTDWj619qlR0NEVURQfWOjxBvTYrAsxueepxraz_uNIplyIIML-3nyN5UvWWPcpUE7GsjVuyj7-E8BwZdS7xgni-YfPGm_bcvg/s1600/simmons.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 271px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572071732055782274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOC8ZMq_0Dh39OiecvPUAonG0CYPUcSda7Qx8rt_fXlTDWj619qlR0NEVURQfWOjxBvTYrAsxueepxraz_uNIplyIIML-3nyN5UvWWPcpUE7GsjVuyj7-E8BwZdS7xgni-YfPGm_bcvg/s400/simmons.jpg" /></a><br />A convicted sex offender already facing charges that he twice visited a fast-food restaurant playground in Raleigh is now accused of taking indecent liberties with a minor, authorities said.<br /><br />Jefferson Benjamin Simmons, 52, of Raleigh, is charged with one count of indecent liberties with a child involving a Jan. 18 incident, according to arrest warrants filed with in the Wake County Magistrate's Office. The child involved was under the age of 16, the warrants say.<br /><br />Simmons is being held in the Wake County jail on a $250,000 bond on the latest charge. Court documents noted he is "considered a danger."<br /><br />Simmons' other charges relate to visits authorities said he made to the playground at the McDonald's restaurant at 4121 Blue Ridge Road on Jan. 18 and Jan. 19 in violation of conditions placed on him as a convicted sex offender.<br /><br />Simmons, of 3704 Hillcrest Drive, was convicted in 1996 in Guilford County on a charge of indecent liberties with a minor, according to the N.C. Department of Justice Sex Offender Registry. The victim in the case was 14, the registry says.<br /><br />Simmons, who has 17 aliases, was also convicted in 2005 in Wake County of assault on the handicapped and in 1984 in Wake County for taking indecent liberties with a child.<br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><br /><blockquote><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-15323954762674421982010-07-05T11:42:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:29:03.531-07:00Robert Francis Pierce - Repeat Sex Offender - Proves need for Mandatory Sentencing<blockquote style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In June 2003, PIERCE was convicted in Snohomish County Superior Court of Rape of a Child in the First Degree and Child Molestation in the First Degree. PIERCE was sentenced to 131 months in prison, </span>with all but six months suspended. </blockquote>ROBERT FRANCIS PIERCE, 41, of Kirkland, Washington, was sentenced Monday June 21, 2010, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for Receipt of Child Pornography. PIERCE has prior convictions in Snohomish County for Rape of a Child in the First Degree and Child Molestation in the First Degree. U.S. District Judge Marsha J. Pechman imposed the sentence.<br /><br />According to records filed in the case, in late May 2009, federal investigators using Peer to Peer file sharing software traced child pornography to an internet address associated with PIERCE. In August 2009, PIERCE’s apartment was searched by law enforcement, and agents located two computers containing more than 600 images of child pornography. PIERCE admitted downloading the images using Peer to Peer software.<br /><blockquote>In June 2003, PIERCE was convicted in Snohomish County Superior Court of Rape of a Child in the First Degree and Child Molestation in the First Degree. PIERCE was sentenced to 131 months in prison, with all but six months suspended. That suspension will likely be revoked, and the Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney has agreed to recommend that the state sentence be served concurrently with the federal sentence.</blockquote>The case was investigated by the FBI and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael Scovill<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-5893731892656791162010-07-05T11:09:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:28:53.305-07:00James Ramos - Repeat Sex Offender - GUILTY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KNQbMr7eB5k7LGmQ_nt0rlGrcFi5GblVInbC_sCn2Mp-snjFUgfDlbdtahfL_rjdLsVX7mEItOpF8eyLxQ42-1KCkYiS2H4ZS60g5I0OCXRmDZHl75sq4OfQ5DL5qTk0QFEbFwMFm6I/s1600/pedofreak.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KNQbMr7eB5k7LGmQ_nt0rlGrcFi5GblVInbC_sCn2Mp-snjFUgfDlbdtahfL_rjdLsVX7mEItOpF8eyLxQ42-1KCkYiS2H4ZS60g5I0OCXRmDZHl75sq4OfQ5DL5qTk0QFEbFwMFm6I/s400/pedofreak.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490486719928669218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />A registered sex offender who is on parole for a variety of sex offenses was convicted in federal court this week of possessing child pornography.<br /><br />James Ramos, 59, of Ballston Spa was found guilty of three felony charges of receiving and possessing child pornography during a jury trial in U.S. District Court in Utica.<br /><br />Authorities determined he possessed child pornography on two computers.<br /><br />The U.S. Attorney's Office said "faces of children that had been digitally cut out and pasted onto the bodies of others engaging in sexual activity" were found on one of the computers.<br /><br />Ramos was on parole at the time for 1990 convictions in Saratoga County Court for child sodomy, sexual abuse and producing child pornography.<br /><br />He served more than 15 years of a 10- to 20-year sentence in state prison in that case.<br /><br />He is being held in federal custody pending sentencing Nov. 12 and could face up to 40 years in state prison.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-12168904967546305482010-07-05T11:00:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:28:41.038-07:00Owen Adams - Repeat Sex Offender - Pedo-RepeaterHis original crime:<br /><blockquote>SEXUAL ASSAULT - MISD B - ADAMS HAD SEXUAL CONTACT WITH AN 8-YR-OLD GIRL WHOS MOTHER DIED, AND THE GIRL CAME TO LIVE WITH ADAMS' FAMILY. THE SEXUAL ACTS CONTINUED UNTIL THE GIRL WAS 13 YEARS OLD.</blockquote><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mQWAd4E3_7X7_ueTnLcLHAJ7sqWIXI2Z4AUiWe2daHaxZ7fOk2voxFbF13YSOxne58GsKVn77zaivkGZFQDvIlUdzHkFBWXhTdDhtzUmUIupy9AG5FOW-kRAE2itrOqJatdBP1TbOtY/s1600/PEDOPHILE.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 397px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mQWAd4E3_7X7_ueTnLcLHAJ7sqWIXI2Z4AUiWe2daHaxZ7fOk2voxFbF13YSOxne58GsKVn77zaivkGZFQDvIlUdzHkFBWXhTdDhtzUmUIupy9AG5FOW-kRAE2itrOqJatdBP1TbOtY/s400/PEDOPHILE.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490484757485719874" border="0" /></a><br />A Wishek man who is a registered sex offender has <span style="font-weight: bold;">pleaded guilty</span> to six felony charges involving the attempted rape of a girl younger than 6 years old, fighting with deputies and pointing a loaded shotgun at three people.<br /><br />Owen Adams, 23, pleaded guilty on Monday in McIntosh County to gross sexual imposition, assault on a peace officer, attempt to disarm a law enforcement officer and three counts of reckless endangerment.<br /><br />Adams remains in custody at the Burleigh County Detention Center in lieu of $500,000 cash bond.<br /><br />Adams was accused in February of attempting to rape a girl younger than 6 years old, then fighting with officers who came to investigate. The reckless endangerment charges stem from allegations Adams pointed a gun at family members and officers.<br /><br />Adams is considered a high-risk sex offender after a prior conviction for Class B misdemeanor sexual assault in McIntosh County. According to court records, he originally was charged in that case with Class AA felony gross sexual imposition.<br /><br />McIntosh County State’s Attorney Terry Elhard said South Central District Judge Tom Schneider ordered a presentence investigation, which has not been scheduled.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-10102272457509494842010-07-05T10:49:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:28:22.490-07:00Robert Alvarez - Repeat Sex Offender - Child Predator<ul><li>Sexual Abuse-1st Degree</li><li>Conviction Date: 6/2/1994</li><li>Age at conviction: 28</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Victim's Age: 8</span><br /></li></ul><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIwh1xXGItNDWOpfJMnIcveYUb5Gb-1ysUasUMvNlqE451sPjEshdzV7CMJKrENpEz89tT_pILa6w2y5OQsU1cWceKLyTggSbX48NyigNKAQ4kJLxbqPJ103isdgsGMB336Y6OK_YNLs/s1600/PREDATOR.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIwh1xXGItNDWOpfJMnIcveYUb5Gb-1ysUasUMvNlqE451sPjEshdzV7CMJKrENpEz89tT_pILa6w2y5OQsU1cWceKLyTggSbX48NyigNKAQ4kJLxbqPJ103isdgsGMB336Y6OK_YNLs/s400/PREDATOR.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490481024531805762" border="0" /></a><br />A 44-year-old New York man is under arrest this morning for a sexual assault on a 12-year-old boy in Philadelphia's Frankford section.<br /><br />Philadelphia Police Special Victims Unit has identified the suspect as 44-year-old Robert Alvarez of New York City. Alvarez was charged with sexual assault and remains in police custody.<br /><br />About 10 Saturday night, police found Alvarez, a registered sex offender, along with the boy inside a van at Hayworth and Rutland streets. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Two people who live in the neighborhood called police after spotting the van with New York license plates and becoming suspicious about it.</span><br /><blockquote>"When I was walking by, I saw the kid in the van, and then he closed up the van, and said get inside, and that's when I realized something was wrong," Luis Colon told Action News.<br /><br />"The cops came, they drug the guy out of the van," said Vanessa Gonzalez. "The little boy came out, he was shaking, he was terrified."</blockquote>Alvarez is a registered sex offender in New York City and was visiting friends in Philadelphia.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-79787799514982466612010-07-04T10:25:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:28:08.813-07:00Tyrone Luster - Repeat Sex Offender - A Repeat Repeater<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKNl5h1z4ibhv8mrEV-Qv8ZveY7OP_2ftQa8L8tUH-Vcnp7XmQ3Wg8HE94DWuRGEJG9pEvhyENonrW_TzlgZrfLAUh4ugc78yCy7P7qr8F3Px3SrO4nD0ZchCBHdusv8AxYX9WJD6_pg/s1600/luster.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKNl5h1z4ibhv8mrEV-Qv8ZveY7OP_2ftQa8L8tUH-Vcnp7XmQ3Wg8HE94DWuRGEJG9pEvhyENonrW_TzlgZrfLAUh4ugc78yCy7P7qr8F3Px3SrO4nD0ZchCBHdusv8AxYX9WJD6_pg/s400/luster.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490475181252997586" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote>Police in Battle Creek say one man is responsible for rape, assault, kidnapping and more over a five hour span.<br /><br />Tyrone Luster, a registered sex offender, is now facing eleven charges, and possibly more, after an alleged rampage through the streets of Battle Creek.</blockquote>Lt. Todd Madsen of the Battle Creek Police says that it took ten to twelve officers and two detectives, essentially the whole of the department's night shift, to bring Tyron Luster in.<br /><br />Luster could be facing charges stemming from a laundry list of incidents that took place across the city. <blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">“He's a one man crime spree,” said Lt. Madsen, “it's clearly evident he doesn't care about anybody or anything, the rules of society do not apply to him.”</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lt. Madsen says Thursday was a night like no other, tracking a man with zero respect for the law.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Luster is now facing accusations of felony assault, rape, kidnapping, weapons charges, and running from police in two different cars and on foot.</span></blockquote>“We're going to do our best,” said Lt. Madsen. “I think we're going to end up with a total of maybe eleven or twelve felony counts against him, plus habitual offender and other things. Hopefully we can make it so this guy doesn't see the light of day.”<br /><br />Police say Luster's night of mayhem started at the intersection of Wabash and Emmett, when he was pulled over.<br /><br />Police say Luster threw away a gun, struggled with an officer, and then got back in his car and tried to run the officer down.<br /><br />That led to a high-speed chase that ended in a crash at Emmett and East Avenue. Police say Luster crashed into a retaining wall just after midnight.<br /><br />“They had a chase with him, then an accident,” said Lt. Madsen, “but he was able to cut through several fences and get away at that time.”<br /><br />Then, around 5:40 am, police came to a home on East Willard Avenue to investigate a home invasion. There a female victim said someone got into her home, sexually assaulted her before stealing her car, and forcing her to come along.<br /><br />The victim there was able to get away. Police allege that Tyrone Luster was behind that attack as well.<br /><br />“It wasn't a matter of him just needing to get away, this guy is just opportunistic, he found an easy way to get into this house and you know he's going to do what he wants to do,” said Lt. Madsen. “He is very savvy, in police techniques and evidence and things like that, it's almost scary the thought process this guy has.”<br /><br />Police say the female victim was able to jump from her car while Luster drove down the street, and he continued without her.<br /><br />A short time later, officers spotted him and attempted to pull him over. That led to a second high-speed chase that ended when Luster crashed into a fence at the corner of Elm and Cliff. That crash woke up James Dickerson Jr. around 6:15 am.<br /><br />“It was just so noisy,” said Dickerson, “someone putting on brakes, immediately, high-speed, you hear noise, skidding, after you hear the skid you hear the crash, after hearing the crash, that's what caused me to get up and come out the door.”<br /><br />“It was a bad situation,” said Lt. Madsen, “luckily it was early enough when there wasn't much traffic, because the guy was driving with reckless abandon.”<br /><br />Luster, who was released from parole in April, could be facing eleven charges, and maybe more.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lt. Madsen did question why a twice-convicted sex offender could be allowed on the streets without supervision.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">“It's very disheartening,” said Lt. Madsen, “this guy's a violent offender. He's been in prison for years, and then now he's out and we're dealing with him again.”</span></blockquote>After his second crash Luster took off on foot, but was caught by a number of officers.<br /><br />Luster is being held in the Calhoun County Jail.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-7558303811073483482010-07-04T09:44:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:27:57.651-07:00Claudio Gonzalez - Repeat Sex Offender - Reoffends during Family Day visitAn inmate inappropriately touched a 9-year-old girl during a family event at a specialized prison for sex offenders in Avenel last month, internal documents show, and the Department of Corrections says it has launched an examination into the incident and all family programs.<br /><br />Corrections has held an annual "family day" for inmates at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center for the past two decades, allowing relatives — including children — to visit incarcerated sex offenders.<br /><br />Documents obtained by <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/07/alleged_family_day_incident_at.html">The Star-Ledger</a> show authorities filed disciplinary charges against convicted sex offender Claudio Gonzalez for allegedly touching the niece of another inmate at this year’s event June 16.<br /><blockquote>The alleged victim was one of 116 children who attended family day along with 418 adult relatives, a department spokeswoman said. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Thirty officers </span>and other civilian staff members supervised the event while 210 inmates mingled with visitors outdoors in the prison yard, according to the department.</blockquote>"The whole process has to be investigated. Was there a staff failure?" Corrections Commissioner Gary Lanigan asked. "The question is now being addressed."<br /><br />Leaders of prison officers unions criticized the department for allowing family days at the center, which provides treatment to sex offenders — including pedophiles — determined to be "repetitive and compulsive."<br /><br />Trent Norman, president of Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 105, which represents prison officers, said Corrections should prevent children from attending.<br /><br />"You’re dealing with impulsive inmates," he said. "It’s dangerous to have children around impulsive individuals."<br /><br />The prison is the state’s only one specifically designated for sex offenders. It holds about 680 inmates, some with mental illnesses. Two special treatment units for civilly committed sex offenders — those deemed too dangerous to be released once their prison terms end — are also nearby in Avenel.<br /><br />Corrections officials said family days, which are held at three other prisons, help inmates stay connected with relatives, increasing their chance of success once they’re released.<br /><br />"Since 95 percent of offenders will be released following the expiration of their sentences, maintaining familial bonds is a critical issue," spokeswoman Deirdre Fedkenheuer said.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lanigan said the department will review the programs to make sure officials strike the right balance between promoting family ties and protecting the public.</span></blockquote>"The practice of scheduling family day events within the prison facilities is being reviewed for operational effectiveness and efficiencies," he said. "Alternative incentive-based programs that will support familial relationships also are under review."<br /><br />Martin Horn, a lecturer at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice who previously ran New York City’s prison system, said holding family day at a sex offender prison is too risky.<br /><br />"You have to be doubly cautious," he said. "For a facility to take that on is to assume an enormous liability."<br /><blockquote>Gonzalez, a former Lacey Township resident, was 17 when he was arrested for having sex with a 12-year-old girl in 2004, according to Laura Pierro, a senior assistant prosecutor in Ocean County. He pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault in 2006, she said. Pierro said Gonzalez, now 23, was determined to be "repetitive and compulsive" and sent to the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center for therapy.</blockquote>During family day, no one came to visit Gonzalez so he joined a fellow inmate and his relatives, according to a disciplinary report. Fedkenheuer would not say whether inmates without visitors were allowed to attend family day events.<br /><br />At one point, while the second inmate talked with his mother, Gonzalez brought the man’s two nieces to get Italian ices, according to a written statement the second inmate gave investigators. They were gone for about 20 minutes.<br /><br />The following day the second inmate told authorities Gonzalez touched one of the girls, the report said. The inmate’s name is being withheld by The Star-Ledger to protect the identity of the alleged victim.<br /><br />Gonzalez later told investigators he put his hand on the girl’s shoulder to "guide" her back to her family, according to the report. He said he only "accidentally brushed" her breast while walking.<br /><br />The disciplinary charges against Gonzalez are unauthorized physical contact and assault, documents show. Middlesex County prosecutor spokesman Jim O’Neill would not say if there is an ongoing criminal investigation, but said no criminal charges have been filed against Gonzalez.<br /><br />Fedkenheur said no officers are facing disciplinary charges in connection with family day. She said records from the past three years reveal no problems at previous events, adding that officials could not recall any issues in the years before that.<br /><br />Gonzalez and the alleged victim’s uncle are still at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Fedkenheur said.<br /><br />In his statement to investigators, the uncle sought to reassure authorities he wouldn’t take matters into his own hands.<br /><br />"I know what Claudio did to my niece and I know it is true, but he don’t have to worry about me because my family and niece need me," he wrote. "I’ll just leave it to you and it will be taken care of."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-84672851242003717632010-07-03T10:19:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:27:45.464-07:00Harold Rubin Ayton - Repeat Sex Offender - Saved Proof of his crime on his phone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZwFWRUeqv4F5ysCvGRRK-qkI2RTwTvKtW6g1U3nQosMvpNLKgJgjh4-ImUFQQzpuTR8t3lC1hIVlfJwDgv6PYlbUG9mSBDnxlHbnm4ts_fXtjy-8LgfiWV0Az9xC9nq_DmvmokHAUCM/s1600/harold-ayton.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZwFWRUeqv4F5ysCvGRRK-qkI2RTwTvKtW6g1U3nQosMvpNLKgJgjh4-ImUFQQzpuTR8t3lC1hIVlfJwDgv6PYlbUG9mSBDnxlHbnm4ts_fXtjy-8LgfiWV0Az9xC9nq_DmvmokHAUCM/s400/harold-ayton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490472978603045170" border="0" /></a><br />Police arrested a homeless 30-year-old registered sex offender they say had saved images of child pornography on his cell phone.<br /><br />Officers with the City of Columbia Police Department arrested Harold Rubin Ayton on Monday and charged him with sexual exploitation of a minor in the third degree, two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.<br /><br />Ayton was featured on News19 and wltx.com recently after Richland County deputies say he failed to register as a sex offender, something that South Carolina state law requires him to do.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Police say Ayton had pictures that showed him having sex with children. Officers say that phone was given to the Attorney General's Office for forensic examination, and they determined that pornographic images were saved on the phone.</span></blockquote>Ayton is being detained at the Richland County jail on a $200,000 bond. Newberry police helped in the investigation.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-20636332008394372222010-07-02T11:17:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:27:34.726-07:00John Michael Fleehart - Repeat Sex Offender - Pedophile<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xxpnL5k8Jvh746qtRIjGEprpmN-NsFyWrDf8gmfJETECdi6RADkL0Lv-bwgEiZWdWr7uaFwP7LTIwUPYsdfP-iQFT_8UhABIlt54MiJTVkC9fXzrHDT6NI9j4YR0u_aXU7x94C_g0LE/s1600/fleehart.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xxpnL5k8Jvh746qtRIjGEprpmN-NsFyWrDf8gmfJETECdi6RADkL0Lv-bwgEiZWdWr7uaFwP7LTIwUPYsdfP-iQFT_8UhABIlt54MiJTVkC9fXzrHDT6NI9j4YR0u_aXU7x94C_g0LE/s400/fleehart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490489051533693618" border="0" /></a><br />A 39-year-old Jacksonville sex offender was arrested Thursday on a charge of possession of child pornography, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and prison and court records.<br /><br />John Michael Fleehart of the 5700 block of Brannon Avenue on the Westside was jailed on $50,000 bail.<br /><br />FDLE Computer Crime Center and Jacksonville authorities began the investigation in May after they saw videos of child pornography being shared over the Internet. The investigation revealed the child pornography was downloaded from a computer at Fleehart’s home, the FDLE said.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fleehart served several years for two attempted sexual batteries of a victim younger than 12 in 1992.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Then he failed to comply with the sex offender registry in 2004, and in 2005 he was arrested after a woman reported a man peeping into her bedroom window. Police sneaked up on him and caught him masturbating trying to look into the window.</span></blockquote>Fleehart did about two more years for those offenses, according to court and prison records.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-22204256005915613542010-07-02T10:11:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:27:23.470-07:00Jeffery J. Klinghagen - Repeat Sex Offender - Internet Predator<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEIy30xsmDaZ6aAeZIDbeCLwed4XsoCH4gM8f8wa8l3dYzZ0FH8B5AD8QWFH3MfW8BQxZaJZ76I4rMWXHJW10funVY_OsVeo3l3dPaUH7_7IzhrJNPehqbH9Vj-KG9UCWb58tCo95SX4/s1600/pervert.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEIy30xsmDaZ6aAeZIDbeCLwed4XsoCH4gM8f8wa8l3dYzZ0FH8B5AD8QWFH3MfW8BQxZaJZ76I4rMWXHJW10funVY_OsVeo3l3dPaUH7_7IzhrJNPehqbH9Vj-KG9UCWb58tCo95SX4/s400/pervert.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490471981738281010" border="0" /></a><br />A convicted sex offender on parole who reportedly used the Internet to set up a sexual rendezvous with a 15-year-old girl pleaded guilty to fourth-degree rape today. <blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jeffery J. Klinghagen, 25, allegedly fed the girl a pill for her headache during a meeting at his apartment in Sioux Falls sometime between Dec. 25, 2009 and Jan. 7, 2010. She fell asleep, then realized they'd had sex when she woke up, police spokesman Sam Clemens said.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Klinghagen is a registered sex offender who was convicted of third-degree rape in 2006 for having sex with a different 15-year-old girl. He was barred from using the Internet as a condition of his parole.</span></blockquote>He pleaded guilty today to the new charge on the condition that Judge Larry Long not consider the previous conviction during sentencing. That reduces his maximum prison sentence from 25 to 15 years.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-48935682296543628962010-07-01T10:32:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:27:09.074-07:00Jeffrey Prahl - Repeat Sex Offender - Enabled by "friend"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TiOOCN0ui7Uamiz_WxzdgZAbTxirTDmfYlpnWKLQG9DGwUQGLu925bCba5q5wakkypqLEodcvF-RbtNo8yWZ0OOtf18OfJzphrbWgHBW3Y7NTyq3hJ98o3h-irjfkH0X6uIOmEcZnKA/s1600/babyraper.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TiOOCN0ui7Uamiz_WxzdgZAbTxirTDmfYlpnWKLQG9DGwUQGLu925bCba5q5wakkypqLEodcvF-RbtNo8yWZ0OOtf18OfJzphrbWgHBW3Y7NTyq3hJ98o3h-irjfkH0X6uIOmEcZnKA/s400/babyraper.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490478229838707602" border="0" /></a><blockquote> A 25-year-old Manitowoc County woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child and first-degree sexual assault of a child.<br /><br />The woman also waived her preliminary hearing and her lawyers say they are working on a plea deal.<blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Police say the woman admitted to taking pornographic photos of 2-, 5- and 7-year-old girls. She also admitted having sexual contact with the 2-year-old.</span></blockquote>According to court documents, the woman said she sent the images to 28-year-old Jeffrey Prahl. He is currently in the Manitowoc County Jail on a probation hold with no bond. He has not been charged in the case.<br /><br />The woman is not being identified to protect the identity of the alleged victims. </blockquote>Police and prosecutors expect within a week to file charges against a 28-year-old Whitelaw man involved in a child-porn operation, according to Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department Inspector Gregg Schetter.<br /><br />A Wisconsin Department of Corrections officer found pornographic images of three girls — ages 2, 5 and 7 — on Jeffrey Prahl's phone after he was taken into custody for a parole violation, according to the criminal complaint.<br /><br />Prahl, a registered sex offender, was convicted in Calumet County of second- and fourth-degree sexual assault of a child in 2000, according to court records. Schetter said he remains in custody.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prahl told police he intended to sell online the sexually explicit images that a 25-year-old Newton woman had taken. He and the woman exchanged 1,000 images during a two-month period, according to the complaint. Schetter said they had known each other for several years but were not involved romantically.</span></blockquote>The complaint says the woman admitted taking the photographs and sexually assaulting the 2-year-old girl for the purpose of selling the images. Her name is withheld to protect the identity of the victims.<br /><br />Schetter declined to comment on the woman's relationship to the girls. However, the criminal complaint indicates at least one of the girls is the woman's daughter.<br /><br />The woman appeared Monday in Manitowoc County Circuit Court where Judge Jerome Fox specified the woman have no contact with children, including her own, unless she is at work where she is supervised. Court records indicate she posted $1,000 cash bail June 21.<br /><br />The woman, due in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing, is charged with six felony counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child and six felony counts of child sexploitation.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-1129285584583092982010-07-01T09:51:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:26:56.911-07:00Steward Steckley Jr. - Repeat Sex Offender - Pedophile in Denial Gets 25 to 50<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIdZ5sVIltUxg79BBaFYvgWIwimtWhSzRRbwl82B-M9yZD3UZ2p4gJSyVZ_hjxl9CPqwhA8DxIz1JsU9tvo_C9vXBOLzMF77CwDyBtr6BsIigOtvF6a0D7n9GhFWiwucfIbakcCRamV4/s1600/2994519146.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIdZ5sVIltUxg79BBaFYvgWIwimtWhSzRRbwl82B-M9yZD3UZ2p4gJSyVZ_hjxl9CPqwhA8DxIz1JsU9tvo_C9vXBOLzMF77CwDyBtr6BsIigOtvF6a0D7n9GhFWiwucfIbakcCRamV4/s400/2994519146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490466345025753202" border="0" /></a><br />Repeat sex offender Steward Steckley Jr. will spend at least 25 years behind state prison bars after being sentenced Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court for twice possessing child pornography.<br /><br />Steckley, 40, of Pottsville, bowed his head as Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin sentenced him to serve 25 to 50 years in a state correctional institution.<br /><br />Dolbin also ruled Steckley is a sexually violent predator, meaning that if he ever leaves prison, he will be required to register under Megan's Law for the rest of his life.<br /><br />"The Legislature has commanded me to impose this sentence, but even if it had not, I would have imposed it anyway," Dolbin said.<br /><br />Steckley, who unsuccessfully asked Dolbin for mercy, must serve 25 to 50 years because he had pleaded guilty in 1995 to indecent assault, which resulted in the imposition of Megan's Law sanctions.<br /><br />Dolbin rejected Steckley's claims that he had not received sufficient notice that prosecutors wanted the mandatory sentence and that it should not apply in his case.<br /><br />"We are pleased that the judge agreed with our analysis of this case," First Assistant District Attorney Karen Noon said after Wednesday's two-hour hearing.<br /><br />In a two-day trial, a Schuylkill County jury convicted Steckley of two charges of sexual abuse of children-possession of child pornography, while finding him not guilty of possession of prohibited offensive weapon.<br /><br />Pottsville police had charged Steckley with possessing pornography twice on May 19, 2009, at his home.<br /><br />Prosecutors showed to jurors eight movies with boys performing various sexual acts. Carbondale pediatrician Dr. Andrea Taroli testified at the trial that the boys in all the movies were no older than 13.<br /><br />At Wednesday's hearing, psychotherapist Dean Dickson, Newtown, Bucks County, testified that Steckley clearly fits the definition of a sexually violent predator and poses a permanent risk of committing more crimes.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">"He had failed treatment. He was a well-entrenched deviant sexual offender," testified Dickson, who also is a member of the state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board. "What we're looking at here is a period of decades."</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Steckley has both pedophilia, a sexual attraction to children 13 and younger, and paraphilia, a sexual attraction to adolescents 14 and older, but will not admit anything is wrong with him, Dickson said.</span></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"Pedophilia is incurable," Dickson testified. "He said, 'I am not at risk to reoffend.' Mr. Steckley has been in denial for so many years that it has become entrenched."</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Deputy Clerk of Courts Diane Baddick produced records showing Steckley pleaded guilty on May 24, 1995, to indecent assault. Prosecutors said that case involved an attack on a 13-year-old child.</span><br /><br />Steckley read from three letters people had written on his behalf and asked for leniency.<br /><br />"I just ask that the court have mercy on me in the sentencing," Steckley said. "It wouldn't be mercy if you deserved it."<br /><br />Assistant Public Defender Andrea L. Thompson, Steckley's lawyer, unsuccessfully argued that prosecutors had not provided sufficient notice of their intention to seek the mandatory 25-year minimum sentence. Dolbin ruled the notice, provided on June 22, was sufficient under the law.<br /><br />"We're not playing games here. We're trying to get to the right result," Dolbin said in rejecting Thompson's claim.<br /><br />After the hearing, Thompson said she would file an appeal on her client's behalf but otherwise declined to comment on the case.<br /><br />In his sentence, Dolbin also ordered Steckley to submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities and pay costs and $100 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account.Defendant: Steward Steckley Jr.<br /><br />Age: 40<br /><br />Hometown: Pottsville<br /><br />Crimes committed: Two charges of sexual abuse of children-possession of child pornography<br /><br />Prison sentence: 25 to 50 years in a state correctional institution<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-20079814403270940582010-07-01T07:02:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:26:45.319-07:00Robert Thomas Crowe - Repeat Sex Offender - Was still on probationA registered sex offender from Cole Harbour stands accused of attacking a young woman in Dartmouth on Sunday.<br /><br />Robert Thomas Crowe, 22, is still on probation for sexually assaulting two teenagers on a Cole Harbour path in 2007.<br /><br />He was arrested Tuesday in connection with the weekend incident and appeared in Dartmouth provincial court this afternoon on charges of sexual assault, anal intercourse and breaching probation.<br /><br />The Crown is opposed to Crowe's release so the case was adjourned until Monday for a bail hearing.<br /><br />Judge Flora Buchan remanded Crowe to the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth.<br /><br />Const. Brian Palmeter, spokesman for Halifax Regional Police, said the assault happened early Sunday morning at a Pleasant Street address and wasn't random.<br /><br />The 18-year-old victim gave officers a statement at police headquarters later that day, Palmeter said.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Crowe was 19 when he attacked a 14-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy in woods near Sir Robert Borden Junior High School in Cole Harbour on Aug. 24, 2007.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">He forced the teens to remove their clothes by threatening them with a rock. He made the girl perform oral sex on him and then on the boy while he watched.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Crowe also grabbed the boy’s genitals at one point.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Police arrested Crowe six months later, in February 2008, after semen on the girl’s clothing matched a sample of his DNA in a federal databank.</span> </blockquote>The Ancaster Court resident pleaded guilty in Dartmouth provincial court that May to two counts of sexual assault with a weapon and single counts of unlawful confinement and robbery.<br /><br />Associate Chief Judge Brian Gibson accepted a joint recommendation from the Crown and the defence and sentenced Crowe to 18 months in jail, followed by 16 months of probation.<br /><br />The judge also ordered that Crowe be listed on the province's sex offender registry for 20 years and prohibited him from possessing weapons or explosives for the rest of his life.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-80152654313340244612010-07-01T03:53:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:26:32.350-07:00Shannon Harkins - Repeat Sex Offender - Sexting Repeater<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQAHlViDSi0fJ1VyE0k_ksaxPiBisZADX4zUKAOQ1bdvIzG9D9BYJKMeB255LPwS6igYUEAp57-aE7lSsaO6Fom2O7VLKNM5Fpkunoj4sfaxC6L_DGtz38HFoqzNG8nAqZynNMe_CU1c/s1600/harkins.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQAHlViDSi0fJ1VyE0k_ksaxPiBisZADX4zUKAOQ1bdvIzG9D9BYJKMeB255LPwS6igYUEAp57-aE7lSsaO6Fom2O7VLKNM5Fpkunoj4sfaxC6L_DGtz38HFoqzNG8nAqZynNMe_CU1c/s400/harkins.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490498597883509506" border="0" /></a><br />Springfield police said a registered Tier Two sex offender is back in jail after he allegedly sent child porn from his cell phone.<br /><br />Authorities said one of the people Shannon Harkins sent the sexually explicit images to, reported him to the police. Now Harkins is facing new felony charges.<br /><br />Harkins, 33, was already on parole for unlawful sexual contact with a minor, when police said they received information that he was committing sex crimes involving children once again.<br /><br />Police said Harkins pressed the "send" button over and over again.<br /><br />Noel Lopez said, "This individual was transmitting sexually oriented material involving a minor from his cell phone."<br /><br />Authorities said Harkins sent pictures of child porn to several other people and he wasn't trying to hid behind the technology. "He sent a photo with material depicting his face," said Lopez.<br /><br />When one of the recipients opened the sexually-explicit content, it was easy for them to show police who was committing the crime.<br /><br />As it turned out, it was a person that police were already familiar with. Harkins had already served time for raping a child in Champaign County.<br /><br />Police said they do not believe the child victims in the photos are local children.<br /><br />Harkins was indicted on charges of pandering obscenity and sexually oriented material involving a minor.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-4764764295773442662010-07-01T00:02:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:26:19.192-07:00Thomas Ramirez - Repeat Sex Offender - Restroom PredatorA registered sex offender tried to rape a woman in a San Bernardino park bathroom Monday, but the woman fought back, scaring off the man.<br /><br />San Bernardino police said Thomas Ramirez, 35, who had recently been released from prison, was captured and arrested. Police booked him into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.<br /><br />Ramirez approached the woman in one of the restrooms at Perris Hill Park at 1001 E. Highland Ave. and tried to rape her, police said. She fought back, causing the man to flee.<br /><br />Police came to the park at 3:15 p.m. and found Ramirez nearby.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-10973532742337643112010-06-30T11:08:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:38:17.035-07:00Jermel Manns - Repeat Sex Offender - Even His Own Family didn't know he was a Registered Sex Offender<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg172HiLKEeQzXI5fGoalcWZNG6JGNEmwOAdOzAsN6fpqAFvkM7MaNsMShAGfJ4CTpmfugzWEAF7UOUtIgSq3qW0ZdKadOxwjTOEe6mF6PV-1Nvdjc-FfQhVjbCEzdDUNAFiBTJUU6yh4Y/s1600/Jermel_Manns.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg172HiLKEeQzXI5fGoalcWZNG6JGNEmwOAdOzAsN6fpqAFvkM7MaNsMShAGfJ4CTpmfugzWEAF7UOUtIgSq3qW0ZdKadOxwjTOEe6mF6PV-1Nvdjc-FfQhVjbCEzdDUNAFiBTJUU6yh4Y/s400/Jermel_Manns.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488630737459673218" border="0" /></a><br />A Cocoa youth pastor was supposed to be a role model, but he's been arrested for sexting a teenager instead. <a href="http://www.wftv.com/countybycounty/24046369/detail.html">WFTV</a> learned Friday that there's more to Jermel Manns than that one sex crime.<br /><br />Manns is a convicted sex offender from Illinois who never registered locally, and he got a youth pastor job from his uncle.<br /><br />If you look up Jermel Manns in the Illinois sex registry database, he comes up with a Jacksonville, Illinois address, and the Illinois sex offender registry lists him as compliant.<br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">But for the past two years he was actually living in Brevard County under the name Jermel Beckford, or as his youth group at church called him, Pastor J.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jermel Manns is no stranger to the criminal justice system. The 36-year-old was convicted of molesting a teenage boy in Illinois nearly a decade ago.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In 2008 he moved to Florida, took up a job as youth pastor at the Celebration Tabernacle Church in Cocoa and assumed the name Jermel Beckford.</span></blockquote>Dressed in a suicide prevention gown, he appeared in Brevard County’s jail to answer to a new sex charge.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">The senior pastor at the church, and Jermel's uncle, Errol Beckford, said he knew nothing of his past and was stunned to hear of his arrest.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">“I says, what? Are you kidding me? He was a good pastor. He had 75 kids here. He built it up and they loved him," Beckford said.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">MOST OFFENDERS KNOW THEIR VICTIM</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">SOMETIMES IT IS YOUR OWN NEPHEW</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">WHO HAPPENS TO BE A RSO<br />AND FAILED TO INFORM YOU</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">OR IT IS YOUR NEW BOYFRIEND</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">OR UNCLE</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">OR BROTHER</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">OR COUSIN</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">OR NEIGHBOR</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">OR CO-WORKER</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">OR FRIEND</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">OR PASTOR</span></span><br /></div><br />Rockledge police say he developed a close relationship with a 16-year-old boy and started sending sexually explicit text messages. One message asked the teen to perform a sexual act.<br /><br />A friend of the victim saw it and word got to police.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">"At this point we do not know if there are any more victims, but we're pleading to the community if you think you've been victimized please come forward we need that information," said Cpl. Alice DiBiase-Deakins, Rockledge Police Department.</span></blockquote>Errol Beckford said the church did not run a nationwide background check, but he says they will for Manns’ replacement.<br /><br />"Whoever that person is we learn from this incident, doesn't matter who it is. It could be the Pope, we're going to run a national and pay for it," Beckford said.<br /><br />Manns is being held on one count of soliciting a sexual act with a minor, but authorities say he could face more charges for failing to register as a sex offender in Florida and for not notifying authorities in Illinois.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-7977026041934174612010-06-30T10:43:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:38:01.236-07:00Richard R. Gallatin - Repeat Sex Offender - Released Only 3 Months Before<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZlqv-1-JhmrCmSOI3AdMjL08fR5nYkQG8wQHdLecE44btIbLvsPF_S9wnvIUp4gblnucOlWFqVtgplb46tPsKyaIbTObIngipEyPb_FmI-HJ5KTWDtHKoESbnJLp4XxheRjFnWpx-mE/s1600/psychopath.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZlqv-1-JhmrCmSOI3AdMjL08fR5nYkQG8wQHdLecE44btIbLvsPF_S9wnvIUp4gblnucOlWFqVtgplb46tPsKyaIbTObIngipEyPb_FmI-HJ5KTWDtHKoESbnJLp4XxheRjFnWpx-mE/s400/psychopath.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488624270289616898" border="0" /></a><br />A sex offender on parole is the suspect in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a teenage employee at the Gurnee Mills Outlet Mall earlier this month.<br /><br />Richard R. Gallatin, 37, is charged in a warrant with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, once count of aggravated kidnapping and one count of armed robbery, according to Gurnee Police Commander Jay Patrick. <blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Patrick says Gallatin was released on parole from a Wisconsin prison just three months ago. He was serving time for a previous sexual assault in that state.</span></blockquote>Gallatin's last known address is 5402 75th Street in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin but he is known to frequent Kenosha, Wisconsin. Police say he also has contacts in the Chicago area, Indiana and Arizona.<br /><br />The U.S. Marshals Service is working with Gurnee police to locate Gallatin. Police say he should be considered armed and dangerous and anyone who knows where he is should call police immediately.<br /><br />The 19-year-old victim was kidnapped as she walked to her car in parking lot F at Gurnee Mills at 9:30 p.m. on June 6. She was forced to drive to an ATM machine and withdraw cash. She was then taken to a church parking lot in Kane County where she was sexually assaulted. Police say Gallatin then forced her to drive him to a 7-Eleven store in Forest Park where he got out of the car and let her go.<br /><br />Gurnee police issued several surveillance photos of a suspect early on in the investigation in hopes someone could identify him and that's apparently what has happened.<br /><br />As for the photos to the upper right, police say the one showing Gallatin with a shaved head was taken in 2009. The one in which he has had a full head of hair was taken in 2003. The surveillance photos show him with his hair growing out.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-86980358619683177182010-06-30T10:31:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:37:45.796-07:00Charles Childress - Repeat Sex Offender - Gets Only 12 YearsA man who was on probation for a sex crime when he molested another child has been sentenced to 12 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections.<br /><br />On Jan. 7, Charles Childress was charged with molestation of a child under 12 and dangerous crime against children charges. At the time Childress was on probation for a 2005 conviction for sexual abuse, court officials said.<br /><br />Victims of both crimes were in the courtroom on June 17 and gave testimony to Navajo County Judge Thomas Wing. The latest victim’s mother had to have her statement read by another person because she was too emotional to read it herself, officials said.<br /><br />Wing said Childress’ sentence was due in part to his prior felonies and sex offenses.<br /><br />After his 12-year term, Childress will remain on intensive probation for a lifetime term and will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, Wing said.<br /><br />“Out of all the cases we prosecute, prosecution of homicides and crimes against children are our No. 1 priority,” Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting said in a news release. “I am happy with the sentence of 12 years, but wish it was 13. If we could have asked for more prison time we would have, but the law does not allow it.”<br /><br />The victims declined to comment on the case.<br /><br />Childress had waived his preliminary trial and accepted a plea. Apache County Attorneys Office Chief Deputy Martin Brannan said under state law Childress had been facing between a minimum of 7.5 and a maximum of 13 years in prison.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-52932512525934325962010-06-30T09:50:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:37:27.907-07:00Leslie Johnson - Repeat Sex Offender - PedophileA convicted sex offender whose daughter discovered child pornography on his computers in 2008 was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leslie Johnson, 59, was sitting in the Minnehaha County Jail in August 2008, on a federal charge of failure to register as a sex offender when his daughter found two laptop computers in his Chevy Suburban.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">When she turned on the computers, she saw photos and videos of boys and girls - in some cases as young as 3 - engaged in sexual acts.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">She turned her father in, and he was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography.</span></blockquote>He returned to Lincoln County to face those charges after serving his 14-month federal sentence for failure to register.<br /><br />In April, Lincoln County State's Attorney Tom Wollman dropped seven charges in exchange for guilty pleas on three.<br /><br />At sentencing, defense lawyer Cynthia Berreau said her client was sexually abused, starting at age 3. A court-appointed psychologist noted that Johnson is aroused by children, but Berreau said Johnson never had acted on those urges.<br /><br />"Statistically, we know that is a cyclical problem, but there are no allegations anywhere that Mr. Johnson has had contact with any children," Berreau said.<br /><br />Berreau also talked about Johnson's medical conditions, saying that the maximum sentence would amount to a life sentence for her client.<br /><br />Such a sentence is appropriate, however, Wollman said.<br /><br />"These victims spend a lifetime wondering who's seen those images and videos," Wollman said.<br /><br />Johnson's computer contained chat room conversations wherein he'd fantasized about raping young boys and girls, Wollman said. Johnson got the videos through chat rooms from other Internet users.<br /><br />"Without individuals like Leslie Johnson asking for these images, I don't think anyone would be out there making them," he said.<br /><br />Judge Stuart Tiede pointed to the psychologist's findings, saying that Johnson is "chronically antisocial," as well as prone to violence and impulsiveness.<br /><br />"When one looks at all of the factors, I don't think you're very far from doing - as opposed to just watching," Tiede said.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-66088108263149522182010-06-30T09:44:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:37:09.461-07:00Danny Fisher Jr. - Repeat Sex Offender - Gets 5 years instead of 50 for abuse of 5 year oldA convicted sex offender has pleaded guilty to two charges of sexual assault involving a 5-year-old girl.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Danny Fisher Jr., 46, of North Platte, faces up to 5 years in prison for each count when he is sentenced in July. He originally faced a Class 1 felony that carried up to 50 years in prison.</span></blockquote>Fisher was arrested Nov. 26 after the victim's father reportedly observed Fisher pulling up the victim's overalls. The father became suspicious and contacted law enforcement who interviewed the victim and learned that Fisher had "touched her private parts" more than once, according to the initial report and confirmed by Fisher in open court on Monday.<br /><br />Fisher was convicted in 1989 of first-degree sexual assault of a child and served a year.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-44230270169324872472010-06-29T10:16:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:36:48.774-07:00Gerald Ignatowski - Repeat Sex Offender - Violent Predator<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbfLviaaavar9Nd59S_Q9pEhk9wggpCVb83OXumV8E31KUnnC2rzwl3wPV2051KBs6P5hnuSslKczlvrFMXnrbbixtenMIPPltUp0ZuVQL7BHuGyZjq3f1jrFXwEBSi1IcKzLVWVveZA/s1600/predator.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbfLviaaavar9Nd59S_Q9pEhk9wggpCVb83OXumV8E31KUnnC2rzwl3wPV2051KBs6P5hnuSslKczlvrFMXnrbbixtenMIPPltUp0ZuVQL7BHuGyZjq3f1jrFXwEBSi1IcKzLVWVveZA/s400/predator.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488617485212495090" border="0" /></a><br />A man accused of holding a woman hostage at a Guilford home was taken into police custody after engaging officers in a standoff Tuesday morning, police said.<br /><br />Police said an officer on patrol was approached by a distraught woman in North Guilford at about 2:30 a.m. The woman told the officer she had been threatened and held against her will by Gerald Ignatowski, 57. The woman said Ignatowski had been drinking heavily, threatened suicide and had a handgun.<br /><br />The woman said Ignatowski eventually passed out and she was able to escape.<br /><br />Officers went to the home where the woman said she had been held hostage, which they said was in a heavily populated condo complex. Members of the Branford Police Department as well as SWAT Team members from the Regional Emergency Response Team were also called to the area.<br /><br />When officers entered the home, they said Ignatowski was not inside. He was later found on a wooded, rocky hillside near the home armed with a .32-caliber pistol.<br /><br />Police said Ignatowski refused to drop his gun, and made a sudden motion, causing one of the officers to shoot him with a sponge ball. Ignatowski dropped the pistol and was taken into police custody. He was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital for treatment of minor injuries and a psychological evaluation.<br /><br />Guilford police said Ignatowski will be charged with unlawful restraint, reckless endangerment, criminal attempt to commit aggravated sexual assault, criminal possession of a pistol, disorderly conduct, breach of peace and threatening. When released from the hospital, police said Ignatowski's bond will be set at $100,000.<br /><br />Police said Ignatowski is a convicted felon and registered sex offender.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-14237017321424575772010-06-29T10:09:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:36:38.013-07:00Brian Morris - Repeat Sex Offender - Church Chaperone?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddvbgC-aX-UXHMK7coWz6_FDDoph9ZEfJClLoLkM28adnUxsqMKCFwsp3A6ggzRBMn8kUzfjC2bou3sXifhS_7TypO1KScdNEIYsviTFaBj_oSltOoHiz6jEwsti_2GTP6BMmnUturso/s1600/sexoffender.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddvbgC-aX-UXHMK7coWz6_FDDoph9ZEfJClLoLkM28adnUxsqMKCFwsp3A6ggzRBMn8kUzfjC2bou3sXifhS_7TypO1KScdNEIYsviTFaBj_oSltOoHiz6jEwsti_2GTP6BMmnUturso/s400/sexoffender.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488616077720539442" border="0" /></a><br />A registered child sex offender is back in jail and accused of trying to have sex with a 14-year-old girl he met as a church chaperone.<br /><br />Sheriff’s deputies in Washington County, Indiana arrested 30-year-old Brian Morris of Pekin, Indiana on Monday afternoon.<br /><br />Morris is charged with attempted child solicitation.<br /><br />Police say they got involved after Morris allegedly texted the girl inappropriately.<br /><br />They say Morris then tried to set up a sexual encounter with the girl at a Washington County High School where he was arrested.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-63278441718604714052010-06-28T10:31:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:36:23.661-07:00Charles Childress - Repeat Sex Offender - Gets Only 12 Years<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWHrwwu-QUrLFr9AntSCWeOhOWJht-w61iZhbV-vTAyruFaMf0IdeQZV4XkMGW5WGYyGWDpuRu8ipTD_OQ5jXdamSGmVszhKLJ3CRlFuS9fk5WFkF_jtGQpZWSTQvi-8JLRbL0rUBIJg/s1600/pedophile.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWHrwwu-QUrLFr9AntSCWeOhOWJht-w61iZhbV-vTAyruFaMf0IdeQZV4XkMGW5WGYyGWDpuRu8ipTD_OQ5jXdamSGmVszhKLJ3CRlFuS9fk5WFkF_jtGQpZWSTQvi-8JLRbL0rUBIJg/s400/pedophile.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488622252671706722" border="0" /></a><br />A man who was on probation for a sex crime when he molested another child has been sentenced to 12 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections.<br /><br />On Jan. 7, Charles Childress was charged with molestation of a child under 12 and dangerous crime against children charges. At the time Childress was on probation for a 2005 conviction for sexual abuse, court officials said.<br /><br />Victims of both crimes were in the courtroom on June 17 and gave testimony to Navajo County Judge Thomas Wing. The latest victim’s mother had to have her statement read by another person because she was too emotional to read it herself, officials said.<br /><br />Wing said Childress’ sentence was due in part to his prior felonies and sex offenses.<br /><br />After his 12-year term, Childress will remain on intensive probation for a lifetime term and will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, Wing said.<br /><br />“Out of all the cases we prosecute, prosecution of homicides and crimes against children are our No. 1 priority,” Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting said in a news release. “I am happy with the sentence of 12 years, but wish it was 13. If we could have asked for more prison time we would have, but the law does not allow it.”<br /><br />The victims declined to comment on the case.<br /><br />Childress had waived his preliminary trial and accepted a plea. Apache County Attorneys Office Chief Deputy Martin Brannan said under state law Childress had been facing between a minimum of 7.5 and a maximum of 13 years in prison.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636472323001438959.post-5748766780066849482010-06-28T09:55:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:36:13.356-07:00Calvin Marks - Repeat Sex Offender - Charged with raping girlfriend's child<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Most offenders know their victim<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJvkZ4aPwP737sutwKkkwd9IQVEE7pWe19QUhhnpktwkLuJkkp2BrNyOkhVMieZPxrYWGijXwpD1Op7JBLIOJqAD4MDLZJvkx3Kj90ud3oe9sqivOoLn1vVCbTrllXjl181txM2qcOYI/s1600/babyraper.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJvkZ4aPwP737sutwKkkwd9IQVEE7pWe19QUhhnpktwkLuJkkp2BrNyOkhVMieZPxrYWGijXwpD1Op7JBLIOJqAD4MDLZJvkx3Kj90ud3oe9sqivOoLn1vVCbTrllXjl181txM2qcOYI/s400/babyraper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488612005706084386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />A 44-year-old convicted sex offender was jailed in lieu of $1 million cash bail on charges he raped his live-in girlfriend’s child.<br /><br />Calvin Marks was booked June 22 into the Washoe County Jail on four counts of sexual assault of a child under 14, assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence. His bail as set at $1 million cash only.<br /><br />Reno police Sgt. Gerald Rhodes said sex crimes detectives alleged that Marks abused the girl in a home in the 300 block of Taylor Street during the first three weeks of June.<br /><br />Rhodes said that Marks is a Tier-2 convicted sex offender, which means he was assessed by authorities as having a “moderate” risk to commit more sex offenses. Records show that in 2001 he was convicted in Las Vegas for attempted sexual assault with a deadly weapon.<br /><br />Marks also goes by the aliases Calvin Colums and Mark Collins.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.........Sarah Tofte</span></div><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"On average most sex offenders are never caught again for a new sex offense, after five years, between 10 and 15 percent of sex offenders are detected, often convicted, of committing a new sex offense. If you follow them for ten years the rates go up somewhat, if you follow them as long as we’ve been able to follow them, which is about 20 years, the rates go up to somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the total sample will eventually be caught for a new sex offense."</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. R. Karl Hansen</span></div></blockquote>Vigilant Antishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02252276482666213722noreply@blogger.com0