Rolla man receives 3 life sentences in
'horrible' child sex abuse case
Staff , KSDK
ROLLA, MO. - A Rolla man will serve three consecutive life sentences plus 22 years for what prosecutors are calling one of the most horrible sex abuse cases they've ever prosecuted.
Lawrence Mullen was sentenced Monday after being found guilty on statutory sodomy and child pornography charges.
Prosecutors say he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old child and recorded it. He also had many images of child pornography on his computer.
Scouting volunteer charged with sex abuse of child at
Trussville church indicted
From Trussville Tribune staff
A cub scout volunteer accused of sexually abusing a child in June was indicted Friday on six felony charges related to the June 10 incident that reportedly took place at a Trussville church.
The alleged incident involving a 10-year-old boy, took place during an annual scouting event held at Clearbranch United Methodist Church in Trussville.
The church was merely providing space for the event and was otherwise not involved in the event.
Justin Aaron Conn, 22, of Morris is charged with four counts of 1st degree sodomy, one count of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old and one count of first degree sexual abuse, according to court records filed today.
Police said neither the victim or suspect are from Trussville or connected to the church.
Conn is being represented by attorney Marcus Bernard Polson, court records indicate. Circuit Court Judge Laura Petro has been appointed to the case.
Man arrested, accused of multiple counts of
sexual abuse with children aged 5 & 7
by WRGB STAFF
WATERVLIET, NY - State Police have arrested a Brunswick man, accused of multiple counts of sexual abuse involving children.
State Police say 58 year old Kelley Tremblay was arrested by Watervliet Police. He's accused of having sexual contact with a 5 and 7 year old child at the Watervliet McDonalds, back on August 26.
He was charged with Predatory Sexual Assault, a Class A-II Felony, and 2 counts of Sex Abuse in the First degree, Class D Felonies. He was remanded to Albany County Jail and is being held in lieu of bail, say police.
State Police have charged also charged Tremblay with Sex Abuse and Endangering the Welfare of a Child, accused of having sexual contact with a 7 year old child.
The cases are being handled by the Albany County District Attorney's office and the Rensselaer County District Attorney's Office. Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Brunswick State Police at 518-279-4427 or the Watervliet Police Department at 518-270-3891.
Watervleit, NY
Accused child rapist tried to overdose to avoid arrest
By Joshua Rhett Miller
A man accused of raping two young female relatives tried to overdose on painkillers because he would “rather die than go to jail,” the victims’ mother told deputies in Texas.
Steven Lyn Deaton, 39, of San Antonio, remains in custody in the Bexar County Jail after being charged with continuous sexual abuse of a young child, a first-degree felony, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
One of the alleged victims called Bexar County deputies on Sept. 18 to report a suicide attempt. The girl, a 15-year-old sophomore in high school, and her mom told deputies that Deaton tried to kill himself because he feared doing time for allegedly sexually assaulting the teen since she was in first grade.
The officers found Deaton highly intoxicated and took him to a hospital on an emergency detention hold after he was unable to respond to questions about the allegations.
Deaton had indicated before the apparent suicide attempt that he would “rather die than go to jail,” the mother told deputies. He then ingested an unknown amount of a powerful painkiller called Tramadol, according to an affidavit obtained by the newspaper.
The victim’s sister also told deputies that Deaton had sexually abused her as well, claiming he told each of them that they would allow him to perform sex acts on them “if she loved him,” according to the affidavit.
Deaton was arrested on Monday following his release from the hospital. He’s currently facing one count of continuous sexual abuse of a young child, according to Bexar County Central Magistrate records, although he may face additional charges connected to the alleged abuse of the second female relative.
3 charged as teens with sex abuse of
young girls in Iowa
JEFF REINITZ
RANDALIA – Three people have been charged in a sex abuse investigation in Fayette County.
Authorities said the three abused two girls who were as young as ages 6 and 10 at different times.
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Charged with second-degree sexual abuse are James William Hanson, 19, of Fayette, and Philip Jess Zupke, 22 and Joel D. Zupke, 18, both of Randalia. All are charged as adults, although the alleged crimes took place when they were juveniles, according to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office.
The incidents took place as far back as 2005, according to sheriff’s deputies.
Bremer County Attorney Kasey Wading has been assigned through a special order to prosecute Hanson’s case because Hanson is related to an attorney practicing in Fayette County, court records indicate.
Hanson is currently on probation for misdemeanor charges of indecent contact with a child. In that case, he was accused of twice putting his hand down the pants of a 9-year-old girl while at West Central School in Maynard in March 2016. He pleaded and in August 2017 was granted a deferred judgment with two years probation.
Man likely to get 25 years for child sex crimes
Thomas Gene Duncan, Jr. awaiting sentencing child porn charges
By Brent Weisberg and KOIN 6 News staff
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 42-year-old man will likely be sentenced to 25 years in prison in connection with a child sex crimes investigation.
Thomas Gene Duncan, Jr. remains lodged in the Multnomah County Detention Center. He is facing criminal charges in Multnomah County Court and U.S. District Court.
On Tuesday, Duncan will enter into a plea agreement with the district attorney’s office on his local charges. Records show that Duncan will plead guilty to charges of unlawful sexual penetration, first-degree rape, and second-degree sodomy.
Duncan has already pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to charges of production of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
He will be sentenced in U.S. District Court later this year.
According to federal court documents, if Duncan agrees to all of the conditions in the plea agreements, he should get a 25 year prison sentence. It will be up to the judges in his case, however, to decide his actual sentence.
In 2015, the FBI determined someone in the 200 block of Northeast 28th Circle in Gresham was looking at child pornography. The FBI launched an investigation and executed a search warrant at Duncan’s residence.
Duncan was interviewed by the FBI at his home during the search warrant, according to court documents. “He said he downloaded so much pornography, bestiality, and child pornography that there would be a collage of it on his computer,” according to court documents.
FBI agents found evidence on Duncan’s computer that showed he took nude more than a dozen photos of a known minor, according to court documents.
Janet Lynn Porter, who was living with Duncan in Gresham when the alleged downloading and abuse occurred, has been convicted of criminal mistreatment. Investigators say she knew about the photos that Duncan was taking and didn’t do anything to stop him.
She was sentenced supervised probation. If she violates her probation, she could be sentenced to 36 months in prison.
Clermont man charged in sex abuse case
A 23-year-old faces felony sex abuse charges after State Police arrested him Saturday.
Keith E. Pierson, of Clermont, NY, was charged with first degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. State Police say he abused a child under the age of 13.
Pierson was arraigned in Germantown court and was remanded to the Columbia County Jail in lieu of $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 property bond.
Pierson is next scheduled to appear in court at 5 p.m. on Sept. 28.
Child Sex Abuse Charges Dismissed Due to Elderly Suspect’s Failing Health
But nothing in place to ensure he doesn't do it again
By Jordan Cuddemi
Valley News Staff Writer
White River Junction, VT — Prosecutors have dismissed three felony lewd and lascivious conduct charges leveled against an elderly Bethel man whose wife operated an unlicensed day care because the 82-year-old defendant has been found not competent to stand trial.
Joel Picard, who was accused of inappropriately touching three young girls between 2012 and 2016 at the day care during nap or play time, has been diagnosed with dementia and his mental and physical health are both declining, according to a defense motion filed in his now-closed case in Windsor Superior Court.
The resolution didn’t sit well with Deputy Windsor County State’s Attorney Heidi Remick, who prosecuted the case. “This is an unsatisfactory and deeply disappointing result for the state and, more importantly, for the children and families directly impacted by these cases,” Remick wrote in the document she filed in court called a “notice of (reluctant) dismissal.”
Meanwhile, an investigation into the day care found that Mary Picard was operating it without a required permit, state officials said on Monday.
“The investigation did show that the day care in question was providing care for more than the statutorily allowed number of families and was sent a cease and desist letter from the Child Development Division of the Department for Children and Families,” said Luciana DiRuocco, the public records officer for DCF, the division that oversees day care licensing.
The letter meant Mary Picard could “no longer provide care to the amount of children they were caring for without being registered or licensed,” DiRuocco said. As of Monday, the day care wasn’t registered or licensed with the state.
Remick, the prosecutor, fears for the safety of other children who may come in contact with Joel Picard. “I can’t say with confidence that if this person is around children that he might (not) engage in these behaviors,” she said in a telephone interview on Monday.
I can say with confidence that he almost certainly will.
Remick said it’s upsetting that she can’t give everyone that reassurance, as well as give the alleged victims and their families closure.
If Picard’s competency ruling had been tied to his mental health and not a medical condition, Remick said, she would have more confidence because he would be under the supervision of the state Department of Mental Health.
But there is no agency to provide a supervision-type service based on a medical condition, she said. It falls to Picard’s family.
“I would like to hope that his family understands the situation better than they did before and he is not going to be left alone with children,” she said. “I have representation from his family that they will supervise him, but that is not the same as having probation conditions …”
Picard’s case isn’t the first of its kind, Remick said. A couple of years ago, the Legislature attempted to address similar cases that “fall through the cracks,” but fell short of doing so, she said.
In her notice of dismissal, she made another plea to lawmakers. “Given the collective failure of government to address the risk posed not only by (Picard) but many similarly-situated defendants, the state urges the legislative branch to take up the task of finding a solution that better protects victims of sexual and domestic violence and the community at large,” she wrote.
Messages left for Mary Picard and Joel Picard’s attorney, Sandra Nelson, weren’t returned.
The case came to light in March 2016, when a young girl at the day care repeatedly told her parents she didn’t want to go to the Picard house. The girl told investigators Joel Picard would “tickle” her “all over” during nap time, according to affidavits written by Vermont State Police Detective Trooper Daniel Hall.
Police charged Picard with one count of lewd and lascivious conduct in March and issued a news release soon after. Parents of other children at the day care then questioned their children and two other girls came forward, resulting in a total of three charges against Picard.
He pleaded not guilty to those accusations, and a judge released him on conditions. Picard had no recent criminal history.
He has dementia and the judge thinks he's going to adhere to 'conditions'? I hope either social services or the police make it a priority to check on that home to ensure that it is not being used as a daycare. Children should never be left in a daycare where there is liable to be a man present.
Lauderdale County Man accused of
sexually torturing teen since infancy
BY CARTER WATKINS
FLORENCE, Ala. – It’s a disturbing case of sexual abuse involving a child out of Lauderdale County. A grand jury has handed down multiple felony charges against a man during their most recent session.
There are details so chilling in the indictment it will turn your stomach. 46-year-old Billy Wayne Holder is accused of sexually abusing a teen girl for more than a dozen years.
It’s taken law enforcement almost a month to track Holder down since his indictment.
A Lauderdale County Grand Jury hit him with four felony counts which include rape, sexual abuse, sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12, and sexual torture.
According to the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, they had to enlist the help of the U.S. Marshal’s to track Holder down. He was taken into custody in Giles County, Tennessee.
Investigators working the case said Holder began abusing the girl when she was an infant. The same investigator said the abuse continued into the girl’s teenage years.
To protect her identity investigators are not releasing how Holder knew the victim. We were told the victim recently entrusted a friend with what was going on, and they sought help.
Billy Holder is being held at the Lauderdale County Detention Center on bail totaling $126,000. He is set for arraignment on October 30, in circuit court. If he does make bond, Holder can’t have any contact with the victim either directly or indirectly.
Investigators don’t believe at this point there are any other victims in the sexual abuse case involving Billy Holder.
Lauderdale Co., AL
Fairbanks man indicted on sexual abuse of
2 y/o child charge
Dorothy Chomicz
FAIRBANKS — A 54-year-old Fairbanks man has been indicted for reportedly sexually abusing a 2-year-old child he was acquainted with and had authority over, according to court documents.
Russell Raymond Svendsen initially was charged with felony first-degree sexual abuse of a minor and felony second-degree abuse of a minor Aug. 25. He was indicted on the charges Sept. 8.
Svendsen turned himself in at the Alaska State Trooper post in Fairbanks on Monday morning and is being held without bail at Fairbanks Correctional Center.
Svendsen was arraigned in Fairbanks District Court on Tuesday. He will be arraigned in Fairbanks Superior Court at 2 p.m. Sept. 27.
The abuse occurred at or near Fairbanks on or about June 25, 2017, according to the indictment.
Atmore, Alabama teen arrested on
child sex abuse charges.
Ricky Terrell Pratt, age 19 of Liberty Street, was charged with enticing a child and sexual abuse of a child under 12. He was booked into the Escambia County (AL) Detention Center with bond set at $250,000.
The Escambia County (AL) Sheriff’s Office said Pratt lured a child under the age of 12 into a room “for the purpose of lewd and lascivious behavior” and subjected the child to sexual abuse.
Investigators said the child later disclosed the sexual abuse.
The Child Advocacy Center and the Department of Human Resources assisted the Sheriff’s Office with their investigation.
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