Pervert plea deals for stat-sodomy instead of rape - Missouri
25 y/o pervert gets 102 days total for 3 CSA cases - Utah
19 y/o facing 5 charges of CSA of <16 y/o - Pennsylvania
Man & wife, senior educators, arrested for CSA - Ohio
24 y/o fugitive arrested for CSA of <12 y/o - Alabama
Powell man gets 15 years for sexual abuse of minor
Jeff Lehr
PINEVILLE, Mo. — A Powell man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a child sexual abuse case and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
James C. Hunter, 42, pleaded guilty in McDonald County Circuit Court to first-degree statutory sodomy in a plea deal dismissing a second count of statutory rape and calling for a 15-year term, according to Prosecutor Bill Dobbs.
Circuit Judge Tim Perigo accepted the plea bargain and assessed the defendant the agreed-upon prison term.
A probable-cause affidavit alleged that Hunter had sexual intercourse with the 13-year-old victim on Dec. 24, 2015, and other sexual relations with the girl in January 2016.
The charges were brought against him in January 2016 after an investigation by the McDonald County Sheriff's Department.
Ex-BYU student gets jail, probation for
child sex abuse
By McKenzie Romero
PROVO — A former BYU student accused of sexually abusing young girls and attempting to solicit sex from a teen online has been sentenced to jail time and probation.
Nicholas Randy Lewis, 25, was sentenced to concurrent sentences in three separate cases Friday, putting him in jail for 102 days once credit is applied for time served, according to court records.
102 days. Wow! That's liable to ruin his whole summer!
Upon his release, Lewis must complete four years of probation, which includes registering as a sex offender, completing any ordered treatment, and submitting to random searches of his "communication devices."
A petition circulating on Change.org called the sentence an example of "Utah judges taking sexual violence lightly," calling for the sentencing judge, 4th District Judge Darold McDade, to be removed from the bench. The author of the petition, who claims to be a former college roommate of Lewis, declined to comment Tuesday.
McDade's 4th District colleague, Judge Thomas Low, made national headlines when he called a former LDS bishop convicted of rape "an extraordinarily good man" at sentencing.
Lewis, of Provo, was arrested in December after police say he spent more than six months chatting online with an undercover officer who he believed was a 13-year-old girl, including sending explicit photos and asking for sex. He later asked the online contact for information about other young girls he could chat with, according to police.
According to a police affidavit, Lewis told the fictional teen during those conversations that he "has just always liked young girls." Police said Lewis "bragged" about previous sexual encounters with children.
After his arrest in December, Lewis told police that for 10 to 15 years he had "continually sexually abused and fantasized about sexually abusing young female girls," including family members, according to a probable cause statement.
Lewis told police he had sexually abused numerous children and young female relatives younger than 6 years old.
"(Lewis) liked this age because he thought if they were younger than 5 or 6, then they would not remember what was happening," according to the probable cause statement.
In addition to seven felony charges filed in December — one second-degree felony and six third-degree felonies — in connection to the online chats, Lewis was charged in January with aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony carrying a potential prison sentence of 15 years to life.
In that case, Lewis was accused of sexually abusing a 6- or 7-year-old relative during a sleepover in December 2016.
Lewis was charged in a third case in April with aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony, and sexual abuse of a child, a second-degree felony. In that case, Lewis was accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl sleeping over at his house between April and June 2008.
Lewis accepted a plea deal in May, admitting in the first case to enticing a minor over the internet, a second-degree felony, and dealing in materials harmful to a minor, a third-degree felony; admitting in the second case to attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony; and admitting in the third case to attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony, while the second-degree felony charge was dismissed.
In exchange for Lewis' plea, prosecutors agreed that sentences in the three cases would run concurrently.
Good grief!
Man arrested following investigation into report of child sexual abuse
BY SEAN NAYLOR
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa.– A Steelton man was arrested today following an investigation into a June 17 report of child sexual abuse.
An investigation by Upper Allen Police revealed that Isaiah Rodrigues, 19, had sexual contact with a female acquaintance under the age of 16, according to the release.
Rodrigues is charged with aggravated indecent assault, unlawful contact with minor, corruption of minors, indecent exposure and indecent assault.
Steelton, PA
Man & wife educators charged in child sex abuse case
by THE BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER STAFF
An embattled Indian Lake superintendent has been indicted for 14 child sex offenses including rape, while his wife, herself the superintendent of the Midwest Regional Educational Service Center, has been charged with two counts of child endangering.
Patrick O’Donnell, 52, has been indicted on four counts of first-degree felony rape, four second-degree felony counts of sexual battery and six counts of gross sexual imposition, five of which are third-degree felonies and one of which is a fourth-degree felony.
Heather M. O’Donnell, 46, faces two counts of child endangering, third-degree felonies.
The 13-year-old victim, who is not an Indian Lake student, allegedly told Heather O’Donnell twice of the alleged sexual abuse involving her husband.
Authorities believe Heather O’Donnell was in a position to protect the victim from further abuse and did not report the allegations involving a three-year span.
Patrick O’Donnell has been placed on unpaid leave by the Indian Lake Board of Education pending his termination.
He was arrested June 19 by Washington Township Police Chief Rick Core after investigating a Logan County Children’s Services referral.
In Chief Core’s arrest affidavit filed with the Bellefontaine Municipal Court, the chief reports that when confronted by Heather O’Donnell about the allegations, Patrick O’Donnell downplayed the nature of the contact, referring to the incidents as "accidents that may have happened while wrestling."
He denied the allegations, but reportedly told Chief Core he would rather plead guilty to a charge than go to trial.
"I spoke with Patrick O'Donnell," the affidavit reads. "I confronted him with the allegations. Mr. O'Donnell would not admit the allegations, but would not call the minor child a liar. Eventually, he said if he touched her he never intended to. When told these allegations would eventually have to be tried in court, he stated that he would just admit the charge to avoid a trial."
Both Patrick and Heather O’Donnell were taken into custody today and lodged in the Logan County Jail.
Indian Lake, Ohio
Man wanted for child sex abuse arrested
By Blake Deshazo
A Marengo County man wanted since 2015 for the alleged sexual abuse of a child has been arrested.
According to Captain Johnny King with the Selma Police Department, 24-year-old Terrance Johnta Sanders was arrested on June 22. King said the department has had a warrant out for Sanders’ arrest since May 2015.
He was charged with sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old and was booked into the Dallas County Jail. He has since been released on a $30,000 bond.
King said Sanders was captured in Greensboro, where he was detained for unrelated charges to the alleged sexual abuse. He was then transported to Selma.
According to Sgt. Evelyn Ghant, Sanders is accused of a molesting an 8-year-old girl.
“The victim’s mother reported he molested her daughter,” Ghant said.
I did an interview with him, and he denied it. We had evidence that it happened, so I [issued] a warrant for his arrest in 2015.”
Ghant said the alleged incident happened on Martin Luther King Street near George Washington Carver Homes.
“It was a one-time incident,” Ghant said. “The victim’s mother was dating someone related to him, and he [Sanders] came to the house.”
Sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old is a class B felony in Alabama and is punishable with no less than two years in prison and no more than 20 years in prison, as well as fines up to $30,000.
“Mothers have to be mindful of who they bring in their house,” Ghant said. “You put that trust into people, but you never know when it comes down to it when you have little kids. You have to be extra, extra cautious and pay attention.”
According to King, a person commits the crime if someone 16 years old or older subjects another person who is less than 12 to sexual contact.
According to court records, an arraignment hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 14, 2017.
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