Alabama couple convicted of child sex abuse
across Alabama, Texas and Florida
By Lawrence Specker | lspecker@al.com
A federal jury convicted an Alabama husband and wife this week of a slate of charges involving the sexual exploitation of children for years in Alabama, Texas and Florida.
Mack Junturn Doak, 51 was found guilty on six charges of transportation of a minor with intent to engage criminal sexual activity and three charges of crossing a state line with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a child under 12. His wife and co-defendant Jaycee Luom Doak, 41, was found guilty on six charges of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
According to information released Sunday by the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, the case began in February 2018 when a Monroeville Police Department investigator and a Monroe County Department of Human Resources Caseworker visited three victims, “who disclosed the abuse and indicated that they were unsafe in the defendants’ care.”
State records indicate the Doaks were charged with rape and sexual abuse. It wasn't immediately clear whether they would face state prosecution in the wake of the federal verdict.
During the trial, victims testified that the abuse by Mack Doak had begun in Rosharon, Texas, in 2012. It continued through moves to Butler, Ala., and Pinellas Park, Fla. in 2014; to Thomasville, Ala., in 2016; and finally to Monroeville in 2018. Throughout the six-year period, witnesses testified, Jaycee Doak had been informed of her husband's actions but had discouraged the children from reporting them or otherwise seeking help.
Sentencing is set for Aug. 31. Mack Doak faces a mandatory minimum of 30 years in prison, while Jaycee Doak faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years. Both face the possibility of life in prison.
Investigating agencies included the FBI and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Associate U.S. attorneys Sinan Kalayoglu, Kacey Chappelear and Maria Murphy prosecuted the case.
16 arrested in Ohio undercover child sex sting
By: Gerry RicciuttiYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - More than a dozen people were arrested in the latest sting, investigating child exploitation in Mahoning County.
Investigators have charged 16 suspects, and seven are in custody in what they're calling "Operation Pedo-Cure III."
Not in order of photos:
-- William Ragle, 25, Akron
-- David Kent, 24, Cranberry Twp., Pa.
-- Dennis Dabney II, 47, Salem
-- Ronald Woods III, 23, Austintown
-- Ommar Castro Diaz, 24, Cleveland
-- Steven Sutton, 44, Prospect, Pa.
-- Nicholas Sammartino, 20, Youngstown
-- Andrew Wirth, 30, Ravenna
-- Joel Kurz, 30, Boardman
-- Grant Geib, 24, Orville
-- Darrell Davis, 60, East Liverpool
-- Thomas Yakemovic III, 30, West Middlesex, Pa.
-- Timothy Leverknight, 53, Salem
-- Brian Underwood, 33, Youngstown
-- James McClalin III, 39, Hubbard
-- Charles Stumpf, 23, Akron
The suspects were arrested over a course of three days from Tuesday, May 14 to Thursday, May 16.
The suspects face charges of importuning, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and possession of criminal tools. Investigators say they tried to solicit minor boys and girls for sexual activity.
Those who are not in custody are being placed on electronically-monitored house arrest and have been ordered to avoid any form of internet pornography while they're on bond.
The investigation was conducted by the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office, Ohio Attorney General's Office, Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Other departments and agencies contributing in the sting include the Mahoning County Prosecutor's Office, the Austintown Police Department, Ohio BCI, The Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Adult Parole Authority, the Warren Police Department, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's ICAC Task Force, the Cortland Police Department, and the New Middletown Police Department.
Montgomery Co., MD man arrested on
child sex abuse, child porn charges
By Teta Alim | @teta_alimAn Aspen Hill, Maryland, man was arrested this week after police said he secretly recorded three girls in his home and had child pornography.
The investigation began mid-October 2018, when police said detectives looked into the possible distribution of child porn happening through a computer in Montgomery County. Police found that child porn was being stored and distributed from a computer located in an Aspen Hill home.
On May 1, police executed a search warrant at the address and learned that Guevara-Chicas was a resident of the home. During an interview, police said he acknowledged that there was child porn on his computer. He also made statements connected to the existence of secretly recorded videos of three girls that he made while the girls were in his home, police said.
Police later found a micro SD card with images of the young girls after officers executed a second search warrant of Guevara-Chicas’ home.
Stillwater, OK Man Jailed On $50,000 Bail On
Child Sex Abuse Charge Due In Court
By: Patti Weaver, KYSH(Stillwater, Okla.) — A 47-year-old Stillwater man jailed on $50,000 bail has been ordered to appear before a judge Monday on a charge of sexually abusing a young girl in the neighborhood when he took care of her while her mother was running errands.
When Abbott was interviewed by Stillwater Police Detective Sherae LeJeune, “He advised he was a victim of sexual assault as a child and he would not do the same to a child,” an affidavit alleged.
“Richard did admit that he brought (the girl) into his bedroom and closed the door where they were alone. He said he only brought her in his bedroom to ask if his two sons were playing well with her,” the affidavit alleged.
“He did admit that it was inappropriate to seclude (the girl) in his room and close the door, but insisted he did not sexually assault her. He also admitted to wiping (the girl) after she used the restroom because she refused to wipe herself due to sensory issues,” the affidavit alleged.
The alleged sexual abuse of the girl was reported by her mother after she found the then 8-year-old touching herself on Oct. 24, 2018, before going to sleep, the affidavit alleged.
Asked by her mother why she was doing that and if anyone had done that to her, the girl “replied that she was not supposed to talk about it,” the affidavit alleged.
When her mother told her she could tell her anything, the girl “then disclosed that Richard had touched her vagina,” the affidavit alleged.
During a forensic interview at the Saville Center in Stillwater, the girl said, “Richard tells her to come with him into his bedroom where they do ‘stuff,'” the affidavit alleged.
“On one of the occasions he offered her chocolate to get her to go into his bedroom with him. She said he closes the bedroom door. They lie on the bed and talk and he touches her privates,” the affidavit alleged.
“She drew a picture of what she identified as a penis and advised that was what Richard touched her with…Next to her drawing, she drew a frowning face and stated, ‘I should never have let him do that,'” the affidavit alleged.
“She said Richard touched her buttocks on top of her clothes with his penis and told her not to tell anyone because it was a secret. She said the incidents she recalls happened when she was six or seven years old,” during the daytime, the affidavit alleged.
She said “she was unable to tell her mother what happened because she was scared someone would do something and Richard was present when her mother was there,” the affidavit alleged.
Winona High, Winona State soccer coach arrested on
child sexual assault charges in Minnesota
Winona Daily News A former Winona High and Winona State soccer coach was arrested this week on suspicion of criminal sexual activity with two 14-year-old girls.
Beckman, a Winona native, coached the girls soccer team at Winona Senior High School from 2013-2017, then served as the interim head coach of Winona State in the 2017 season. He also spent several years coaching in the Rochester youth soccer program, and most recently the head girls soccer coach at Dover-Eyota and an assistant for the Rochester Community and Technical College women’s program. His bio on the RCTC website was removed Thursday.
According to a release from Capt. Scott Behrns of the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office, on March 7, the department’s investigations division looked into allegations of inappropriate touching by Beckman against a 14-year-old female during an offseason soccer training session at Dover-Eyota. The alleged offense occurred in December 2018.
As the investigation progressed, the release said, the sheriff’s office learned of another case in which Beckman is alleged to have had forced sexual contact with another 14-year-old girl from July 2016 through December 2017 — while Beckman was coaching in Winona — at his residence in Rochester. The release said Beckman knew the girl “from soccer related activities.”
Beckman was also coaching with the Rochester youth soccer program at the time.
Behrns told the Rochester Post Bulletin it is “quite possible” there are other victims and he made a public request for them to come forward.
“We are very concerned with the things we found,” he told the Post Bulletin.
There were no complaints filed against Beckman while he was coaching at Winona High or Winona State, according to the schools.
In an email, WAPS superintendent Rich Dahman said the school takes seriously all complaints by students, employees, parents or other persons.
"In any situation, anyone who may have knowledge of alleged misconduct should refer the information for further investigation," Dahman said. "These reports could go to any staff member, who would then refer the report to the school principal or superintendent. Any reports involving possible illegal activities would be referred to law enforcement."
3 family members in Oregon arrested for sexual abuse of multiple children over 15-years
Police say they "strongly believe" there are additional victims in this case.
Author: Jared Cowley, KGW
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore — Three Washington County relatives are accused of years of child sex abuse within their family, and police say they "strongly believe" there are additional victims.
The abuse started 15 years ago, police say, in Beaverton and Aloha, and continued until it was reported to police in 2019.
The three suspects, 39-year-old Benito Juarez-Hernandez, his brother, 33-year-old Cupertino Juarez-Hernandez, and Cupertino's ex-wife, 36-year-old Diana Rodriguez, were arrested between April 13 and May 28. Two Washington County grand juries returned indictments on all three suspects.
From left to right, Diana Rodriguez; Cupertino Juarez-Hernandez; and Benito Juarez-Hernandez.
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Cupertino is being held on $5.5 million bail at the Washington County Jail. He faces the following charges: 18 counts of first-degree sodomy, four counts of second-degree sodomy, four counts of first-degree sex abuse, and four counts of second-degree sex abuse.
Diana is being held on $4.75 million bail at the Washington County Jail. She faces the following charges: seven counts of first-degree sodomy, six counts of first-degree rape, four counts of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse.
If you have information about this case, or know about any additional victims, please call the Washington County Sheriff's Office at 503-846-2700.
Man wanted in Randall County, TX for
continuous sexual abuse of child under 14
by Matthew Watkins
AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — Amarillo Police are asking for the public's help locating a man wanted in Randall County for sexually abusing a child under 14-years-old.
He is described as 6' tall, weighs 185 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information on Esche's whereabouts is asked to contact Amarillo Crime Stoppers at (806) 374-4400, submit a tip online at amapolice.org or through the P3 Tips app. An anonymous tip leading to an arrest could earn a reward of up to $300.
Randall Co., TX
Former Arlington, TX Music Teacher
Charged with Child Sex Abuse
Sounds Good School of Music
A man who taught music lessons in Arlington for 25 years has been arrested and charged with continual sex abuse of a child. 66-year-old Charles Reid Rogers Jr. was arrested on February 13 and Arlington Police publicized the case in April to encourage other victims to come forward.
Rogers was teaching guitar lessons at Sounds Good School of Music on the 5700 block of Forest Bend Drive at the time of the alleged abuse. According to court records, an adult customer was dropping off an instrument to be repaired and walked in on Rogers inappropriately touching a 9-year-old girl.
Rogers denied any inappropriate contact in an interview with police. He was arrested and released on $35,000 bond.
Upon publicizing the case, Arlington Police announced that they would like to speak with former students to determine if there are any other victims. Anyone with information related to this case has been asked to contact Arlington Police detective Trisha Walker at (817) 795-9992 ext. 141.
North Carolina man pleads guilty to sex abuse charges
spanning 23 years and 6 children
by Associated PressBURGAW, N.C. — A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to charges by police that he sexually abused six children over 23 years.
According to the news release, Garner sexually assaulted five children between 1993 and 2006. The Pender County Sheriff's Office investigated reports of the assaults, but investigators weren't able to gather enough evidence to pursue charges.
In 2016, authorities identified a sixth child victim. An investigator was able to connect the assaults and find similarities between the victims.
Many of Garner's victims, now in their 30s, attended his sentencing and gave impact statements in court.
I'm confused! Did he have his sentencing hearing? Is sentenced to by imposed at a later date? If he has been sentenced, what was his sentence? Good grief!
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