Man wanted on child sex abuse charges suspected of fleeing to Thailand to work as teacher
Tiffeny Owens 
Jackson Hall, left, is seen here in this booking photo following his 2015 arrest in Limestone County. Right, in the picture provided by Darron Beetge of South Africa, the ex-husband of Nittaya Polsripim, a man identifying himself as Tyler Doran Smith, is seen here an English camp in Rayong, Thailand. Beetge believes the man is actually Jackson Hall and is hiding in Thailand with Polsripim, his girlfriend. Limestone County Detention Center, Darron Beetge
An Alabama man wanted on a litany of child sex and physical abuse charges in Cullman and Madison counties is suspected to be evading authorities by hiding in Thailand under an assumed identity.
Jackson Matthew Hall, whose has previously resided in Lacey’s Spring, Madison and Vinemont, was indicted by a Cullman County grand jury in November 2014 on first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy charges for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter. In a separate case, a Madison County grand jury indicted Hall on an aggravated child abuse charge in June 2015 for hitting a child.
He allegedly pulled a pistol and refused to surrender to Limestone County deputies in July 2015 who were attempting to serve him an arrest warrant. Hall eventually walked out of the house and gave himself up without incident, and Limestone County authorities declined to bring additional charges against Hall.
Hall has a lengthy criminal history in the Tennessee Valley, according to court records. In addition to the rape and sodomy charges, he is also accused of exposing himself to a Morgan County delivery woman on April 8, 2015. At the time of that incident, he was out on bond for the rape and sodomy charges, but his bond was revoked after he was arrested on the indecent exposure charge, records show.
According to news reports in Thailand, Hall is suspected of fleeing the U.S. after posting bond, resurfacing as a teacher at a school in Khon Kaen by allegedly using a passport in a friend’s name. He is suspected of evading capture with his girlfriend, a Thai woman who worked at a job finding jobs for foreign teachers. In March, the woman’s family made an appeal to social media for information about Nittaya Polsripim’s whereabouts, fearing for her safety.
27-year-old D.C. man arrested for alleged
sexual child abuse
by ABC7
WASHINGTON
A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a child in D.C. sometime between August 8 and 10, according to D.C. police.
Kevin Jones, Jr. of Northeast, D.C. was arrested on Wednesday and charged with misdemeanor child sexual abuse.
Officials say the assaults took place in the 3800 block of East Capitol Street, NE.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact (202) 727-9099.
D.C.
Va. Beach man pleads guilty to producing
images of child sexual abuse
Staff , WVEC
NORFOLK, Va. -- Larry Anthony Radebaugh, 40, pleaded guilty to several child pornography charges, including enticing minor victims to produce child sexual abuse images online.
Court documents state that Radebaugh posed as a teenage boy on apps such as Kik and TextNow when he started chat-based relationships with multiple children. He then allegedly persuaded them to send him nude pictures and videos of himself.
Investigators believe Radebaughn used Skype to engage in 'phone sex' with one of the victims, all while his own camera was disabled. According to court documents, one victim did this for over a year.
Radebaugh pleaded guilty to production of child pornography and possession of child pornography and faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years and a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison.
At Least 11 Mayors Accused Of Child Sex-Related Crimes Since 2016
Peter Hasson
Associate Editor
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigned on Wednesday after a fifth man, his cousin, publicly accused the Democrat of molesting him as a child.
But Murray isn’t alone. At least 11 then-current and former mayors have been accused of child sex abuse-related crimes since 2016. The allegations range from child porn to physical abuse. The alleged victims were as young as four years old.
Stillwater, New York Mayor Rick Nelson resigned earlier this month after being arrested on child porn charges. Nelson has a decades-long history of alleged sexual misconduct involving teenagers and children. The child porn charges marked the fifth such accusation against Nelson, the Times Union reported, including allegations of rape and sodomy.
Nelson was never convicted for the previous alleged abuses, which allegedly included inappropriate behavior with a five year old in 1982 on the school bus that Nelson was driving at the time.
Nelson is the father of Patrick Nelson, a Democratic 2018 congressional candidate who served as one of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
Just last week, 78-year-old Dale Kenyon, former mayor of Clayton, New York was indicted on charges of sexually abusing a teenager over the course of three years.
Dwayne Schutt, 61-year old mayor of Randolph, Nebraska, was arrested in July (7th story on link) on multiple child sexual assault charges, KTIV reported. Police say Schutt repeatedly sexually abused a minor over a period of four years, beginning when the victim was 13-years-old.
Schutt, whose trial is ongoing, remains Randolph’s mayor today.
Former Ohio mayor Richard Keenan, a Democrat, was handed a life sentence in April 2017 after he pled guilty to repeatedly raping a four-year-old girl, WFMJ reported.
Keenan, who was first indicted in August 2016, will be eligible for parole after serving 10 years. He claimed during the trial that the four-year-old was a “willing participant.”
Anthony Silva, then-mayor of Stockton, California, was arrested last August on charges that he provided teens with alcohol at a camp for underprivileged youth that he ran before recording them playing strip poker, the AP reported.
Silva, who claimed he accidentally recorded the strip poker game after interrupting it, pled no contest to the lesser charge of providing alcohol to a minor. He was sentenced to 40 hours of community service. Silva, a Republican, was later accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the camp in a case that is ongoing.
Kenneth Lewis Barrett, then-mayor of Winston, Oregon, was one of four men arrested on March 19 as part of a sex sting, KPIC reported. Authorities say the four men believed they were meeting a 14-year-old girl for sex. Barrett was carrying a concealed handgun when he showed up to the meet, police say.
The trial of a Georgia man last year convicted of molesting and raping an 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl took a dark twist when the girl said that Christopher Wright, then a Georgia mayor, had also raped her and forced her to perform oral sex on him, KTOC reported.
Wright, who was first elected mayor of Dawson, GA, as a Democrat in 2012 at the age of 22, was indicted in June 2016, WALB reported. Wright pled no contest to child sex abuse and rape in January 2017 but was let off without a prison sentence. He was sentenced to 20 years probation — during which time he can’t seek public office — and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
Former Rockdale, Texas mayor Darral Gene Walker was indicted in June 2016 on charges of sexual misconduct. “A copy of the indictment said Walker engaged in sexual contact with a child younger than 17 years of age by touching the boy’s genitals,” TDTNews reported. “Walker admitted that the events happened at his home in Rockdale, but said it was for purely educational reasons, not for sexual gratification.”
Walker pled guilty to a lesser assault charge in August 2016 after striking a deal with prosecutors that will allow him to avoid registering as a sex offender.
Former Millbrook, New York mayor Donald H. Briggs was indicted on felony charges in December 2016, in relation to “alleged inappropriate sexual contact with a person younger than 17,” according to local news reports.
Santa Fe Archdiocese releases list of clergy
accused of child sexual abuse
Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester speaks during a Good Friday service held at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Wester Tuesday released a list of clergy who served in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and are accused of sexually molesting children.
Photo by Clyde Mueller/The New Mexican
By Staci Matlock
Archbishop John C. Wester of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe released a list Tuesday (Sept. 12) of clergy accused of sexually abusing children.
The list of more than 70 priests, deacons and religious included at least three clergy who served in parishes in Taos County at some point: Vincent Lipinski, Roger Martinez and Michael O'Brien.
In 1992, Lipinski, a beloved priest at St. Anthony's in Questa, was accused of sexually molesting a 14-year-old boy. He pleaded guilty in 1993 and was sentenced to five years probation.
In 2013, Michael O'Brien, also a priest in Questa, was accused by ten men in different lawsuits of molesting them when they were boys years prior. O'Brien was deceased by the time the lawsuits were filed.
O'Brien was known for starting the 100 mile Pilgrimage for Vocations while he was a pastor in Estancia in 1973. He served at the San Francisco de Asis Catholic Church in Ranchos de Taos from 1980 to 1981, at St. Gertrude the Great in Mora, 1982-84, Our Lady of Sorrows in Las Vegas, N.M., 1985-86, and St. Anthony in Questa, 1987-89.
No information was immediately available regarding Roger Martinez, who was a priest at San Francisco de Asis Catholic Church in Ranchos de Taos in the 1980s.
Wester's announcement comes as the Roman Catholic Church and victims continue to wrestle with the painful extent and breadth of allegations against priests all over the world accused of sexually abusing children.
"My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ," begins the letter from Wester.
"Nothing can be more important than the safety and well-being of our children. For over 25 years, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe has been working to prevent sexual abuse of children."
"While we have put good programs in place, we must continue to be vigilant - not only to prevent child sexual abuse but also to help victims of past abuse heal and recover from this tragedy," Wester continued. "To the survivors of childhood clergy and religious sexual abuse, their families and loved ones, I am so deeply sorry for the pain and suffering you have endured."
Wester said it was important to "publicly acknowledge and identify those clergy and religious who have been accused of perpetrating child sexual abuse within our archdiocese."
Included in the list are those who worked within the Archdiocese and were found guily of sexually abusing a child; those who worked within the foundaries and had their priestly authority removed after having been accused of sexually abusing a minor; those publicly accused, laicized and no longer in active ministry; and those who were publicly accused but who died before criminal proceedings were completed.
Not included in the list are the names of clergy accused of pedophilia, but where the Archdiocese received no further information or evidence substantiating the claims.
Those who have been victims of childhood sexual abuse in the Archdiocese should call local law enforcement and the Archdiocese Victims' Assistance Coordinator, Annette Klimka at (505) 831-8144 or aklimka.com.
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