Clear Lake, IO, man convicted of child sex abuse of 9 y/o
wants new trial
MARY PIEPER mary.pieper@globegazette.com
A Clear Lake man is requesting a new trial on a child sexual abuse charge after being found guilty by a jury last month.
Amando Montealvo Martinez, 61, was to be sentenced Friday on one felony count of second-degree sexual abuse, which is punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
That hearing has been postponed to give the state time to do research and consider whether to file a written response to the defense motion for a new trial.
Montealvo Martinez's attorney, Benjamin Bergmann, of Des Moines, claims the testimony given by the woman who said his client sexually abused her when she was 9 was inconsistent, according to court documents.
The state called an expert witness, clinical social worker and therapist Tammera Bibbins, to testify about child sexual abuse.
However, Bergmann says Bibbins' testimony that delayed reporting occurs in more than half of all sexual abuse cases was inadmissible because it was based on statistics.
Really? What else could it be based on? Why are statistics not allowed in a courtroom?
"The inadmissibility of statistics in Iowa sex abuse cases is well-established," Bergmann stated in court documents.
Bergmann claims the the prosecutor, Assistant Cerro Gordo County Attorney Andrew Olson, repeatedly misstated the evidence, particularly during his closing arguments.
Bergmann also said Olson encouraged the jurors to disregard their duty to base their verdict only about the evidence and the jury instructions by telling them they were "responsible for protecting children."
Making that statement in a case involving "emotional and visceral testimony regarding the hurting of children was almost guaranteed to get a verdict not based on evidence, but on the passions of the jury," Bergmann stated in court documents.
The jury found Montealvo Martinez not guilty on an additional count of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse involving another child.
A hearing on whether the new trial should be granted is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Sept. 4 at the Cerro Gordo County Courthouse. If the judge denies the motion for a new trial, Montealvo Martinez will be sentenced that day.
Montealvo Martinez previously lived in Mexico but has been a resident of the United States for almost 40 years. He is in the country legally but is not a U.S. citizen, according to court documents.
If he doesn't get a new trial and the case proceeds to sentencing, he is to be deported.
Kentucky man receives life sentence for
sex abuse of <5 y/o child
How many lives are ruined by drugs - the stupid, insane things people do on drugs, and, of course, it is so often children who suffer the consequences
By Nita Johnson, Times-Tribune
LAUREL COUNTY — A Laurel County man was sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sodomy during a trial on Tuesday.
Joshua Aiden Towe, 24, of Keavy, was found guilty on two counts of first-degree sex abuse and two counts of first-degree sodomy.
The incidents took place between May and October 2017, according to the indictment which was originally a nine count indictment. The victim in the case was under the age of 5 years old when the incidents occurred.
The jury, comprised of nine women and three men, took just 30 minutes to deliberate and return a verdict to those four counts and even less time to determine the penalty for those offenses. They recommended that Towe serve five years each on the sex abuse charges, which was the minimum sentence.
But they handed Towe the maximum penalty of a life sentence on one of the sodomy charges, followed with a 20-year sentence for the second sodomy charge.
The sentences will run concurrently, or at the same time, meaning that Towe must serve at least 20 years in prison before being eligible for parole.
Laurel Circuit Judge Greg Lay explained the meaning of the penalties for the jurors, stating that the jury could recommend a sentence for the sex abuse charges between one to five years but that the range of penalty for first-degree sodomy of a child under age 12 put the penalties ranging between 20 to 50 years, or a life sentence.
The jury decided on the minimum sentence on the sex abuse charges and one count of the sodomy charges, but the life sentence overrides the others.
Which means, none of the others count except to keep him in prison for the full term of the life sentence.
Towe will be subjected to a sex offender evaluation and must register as a lifetime offender, meaning he must remain under the regulations of sex offender restrictions for the rest of his life. Even if paroled, Towe must remain under supervision of the parole board for the remainder of his life.
The jury trial got underway with opening statements by Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Terry Beckner and defense attorney, Jennifer Perkins, around 11 a.m. Tuesday. The Commonwealth presented three witnesses, including the victim in the case. The jury also watched video recordings of two interviews with the child at the Cumberland Valley Children's Advocacy Center, known locally as the TLC House. Those interviews are conducted in a homelike setting with trained and certified counselors dealing with the victim on a one-to-one basis.
The victim's mother testified that she became aware of the incidents some time later after the child was experiencing some behavior problems and she had made some concerning comments. That triggered concern and she said she began asking the child if she had any "secrets" she needed to share. From that came the allegations that Towe had exposed the child to sexual abuse.
According to the mother's testimony, Towe denied any such actions, stating that the child had walked into the bathroom while he was engaging in a sexual act.
But the child stated in the interviews at the TLC House that Towe had inappropriate contact of a sexual nature with her.
Kentucky State Police Detective Jesse Armstrong also testified about questioning Towe and obtaining a confession. But Towe countered that when he took the stand on his own behalf, although Lay reiterated that he was protected under the law from testifying. Towe, however, agreed to do so and said the confession was done to end the interview that included Armstrong and a social worker.
Armstrong said he conducted the interview from his unmarked police vehicle that was free of the bars between seats, wore casual clothing and repeatedly told Towe he was free to leave at any time. Armstrong also testified that Towe's first statement during the interview was that he was never alone with the child. Conflicting testimony from the child and the mother both indicated otherwise, which Armstrong also pointed out to Towe, he said.
Armstrong also said Towe admitted to using marijuana previously as well as on the end of the interview, which was conducted in July 2018. He also said during cross examination by the defense (Perkins) that no forensic evidence had been collected, primarily because the incident was reported months after the offenses had taken place.
The defense's stance was that Towe's confession was coerced and pointed to some inconsistencies in the child's testimony, describing how the child's stories sometimes differed. She also asked for leniency in Towe's sentence if convicted.
"My client is now only 24 years old. We're talking about the possibility of a man's life," Perkins said. "When asked about forensic evidence, their answer was no. There was no DNA evidence collected. You've been given the instructions for the verdict. You're free to use your God-given common sense and find reasonable doubt in this case. I ask you not to convict someone on two different stories."
Perkins added that Towe had sought treatment for his issues, stating that "things were building up for Josh. Forgiveness is not given because it's deserved or earned," she said. "It's given because it's the human thing to do. Josh has no prior criminal record, he has enrolled in drug abuse treatment. I'm asking you to give him a second chance to be a better person than he is now."
Then the prosecution had its chance to convince the jury of its decision. Beckner stated that no DNA evidence was collected although the child was scheduled for a forensic examination but was distraught, causing the physician to stop the exam. He also pointed out that DNA evidence, even if collected, would be indeterminate since there was no intercourse involved.
"As a Christian man, I believe in forgiveness. As a Commonwealth Attorney, I believe in the law," he said. "For the child, I hope today is an end to this part of her life."
More sex abuse charges added against former
Pine Ridge, S.D., doctor
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota authorities have filed additional child sexual abuse charges against a former Indian Health Services pediatrician.
Stanley Patrick Weber is awaiting trial in Rapid City on several charges alleging he sexually abused Native American children while a doctor on the Pine Ridge reservation.
A new indictment this week accuses Weber of improperly touching a child between 12 and 15 sometime between September 1998 and June 2005. A second count alleges a similar act between June 2003 and June 2004.
Weber was sentenced in January to 18 years in prison for similar crimes against two boys on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana.
IHS doctor sexually abused boy after checking him out of a South Dakota juvie (5th story on link)
Former pediatrician facing new child sexual abuse charges in Montana (5th story on link)
Pediatrician who sexually abused Blackfeet children could lose retirement benefits (8th story on link)
Doctor sentenced for child sexual abuse in 1st of 2 more Reservations (16 story on link)
The Indian Health Service this year contracted for an independent review of how it addressed accusations against Weber. Two other inquiries are underway.
Poplar Grove, Ill, man sentenced 14 years for
child sexual assault
BOONE COUNTY, Ill. (WIFR) -- A Poplar Grove man was sentenced to 14 years in prison on multiple charges for sexually assaulting a child (12th story on link).
Anthony Enos, 40, received two 7-year sentences on charges of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Enos also faces a parole term of at least two years for both charges.
According to the Boone County State's Attorney, charges stem from sexual contact with a child who was at least nine years old at the time of the offense.
The sentence also includes four years of probation for harassment of a witness, which will be served after the two sentences.
Enos will also be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Vallejo, CA, Church Volunteer Arrested On
Child Sexual Abuse Charges
VALLEJO (CBS SF) – Vallejo police have released more information about a 26-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a child.
Jacob Tyler Hilton, 26, of Vallejo, was arrested Aug. 16 after the Solano County District Attorney’s Office filed a complaint against him in Solano County Superior Court the day before. Hilton’s next court date is Friday morning in Fairfield.
Hilton was a volunteer at the First Baptist Church at 2025 Sonoma Blvd., Sgt Mat Mustard said. Other victims have been identified and their allegations are under investigation, police said.
All of the victims attended the church, and the sexual abuse dates back to 2007. Some of alleged offenses occurred at the church, Mustard said.
Anyone with information about other victims is asked to call Detective Rob Greenberg at (707) 648-4280.
Jury convicts a Kuna, ID, man of crimes stemming from sexual abuse of female children
By TOMMY SIMMONS tsimmons@idahopress.com
BOISE — An Ada County jury Thursday found a Kuna man guilty of all felony charges he faced after police and prosecutors say he abused two juvenile female relatives for more than a decade while they lived with him.
Jurors convicted Ronald Manzer, 47, of six counts of sexual abuse of a child younger than 16 years old, and two counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than 16 years old. The charges stem from the years between 2000 and 2012, when two female relatives — now 22 and 23 years old — say Manzer routinely touched them inappropriately. The abuse was so ubiquitous neither of the women could name specific dates and times it occurred, nor say when, exactly, it began — something Matt Williams, Manzer’s attorney, made much of in his closing arguments Thursday morning.
“Now you see why it’s charged between 2000 and 2012 — she couldn’t tell you any specific time,” Williams said.
But Katelyn Farley, the case’s prosecutor, in her own closing arguments, reminded the jury of expert testimony they’d heard about how instances of child abuse can blur together in a victim’s mind, especially if the abuse was common.
“I told you from the beginning this is 10 years’ worth of abuse these girls suffered,” Farley told jurors. “They can’t give you specific dates. They can give you ‘this is what happened, this is the type of touching that happened, this is where I was when it occurred.’ Bedroom, bed, bathroom. They can’t give you anything else.”
The trial began Monday, and has continued throughout the week.
Williams reminded jurors Manzer was in the throes of a divorce, and he and his wife could not agree on custody of the children who still lived in the home. Manzer’s wife, as well as the case’s two victims, were working against him with claims of abuse, Williams said. The 23-year-old woman’s disclosure of the years of her childhood abuse came just days after a bitter argument between Manzer and his wife in the fall of 2017 about custody of the children. He also pointed to the way Manzer’s relationship had deteriorated with both women as they’d grown older.
“Timing is everything,” he said. “In this case timing is absolutely everything.”
Farley didn’t necessarily appear to disagree with that statement — she cited expert testimony in her arguments about when adults who survived child abuse choose to disclose what they endured. Often, a disclosure comes if the survivor has a younger relative who is approaching the same age the survivor was when their abuse began.
The 23-year-old woman, who spoke in court Monday, said that was her motive — one of her relatives, who still lived with Manzer in 2017, was six years old at the time. As best the woman could remember, she was about five years old when Manzer began abusing her. She told the jury her motive in reporting the abuse was to protect the girl.
“They sat before you and they testified about some pretty traumatic experiences,” Farley said. “Why did they do that?”
Attorneys finished their closing arguments by mid-morning Thursday. Jurors left to deliberate after that. By Thursday afternoon, they’d returned a guilty verdict on all nine counts Manzer faced.
Manzer is scheduled to appear in court in Ada County for sentencing Oct. 29.
Before that, though, on Monday he’s scheduled to appear in court in Canyon County where he faces an additional six felonies — five counts of sexual battery of a minor child aged 16 or 17 years old, and one count of lewd conduct with a child younger than 16 years old. Prosecutors claim those crimes occurred between 2011 and 2013 — a few years after the abuse in Ada County. A grand jury indicted him in that case in July.
Ex-prosecutor arrested in Norfolk, VA, on
child sex abuse charges
Jonathan Edwards
THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT |
After an online sting, a former Norfolk prosecutor was charged Thursday with trying to expose himself to a child younger than 15.
Timothy Scott Carnes, 41, of the 700 block of Colonial Ave., was charged in Norfolk’s Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court with five counts of trying to take indecent liberties with a child. In addition, he was charged with 26 felonies in General District Court: 13 counts of taking indecent liberties with children, as well as 13 counts of procuring children online.
It’s unclear why he was charged in two different courts, and the documents don’t say whether the crimes all took place online or he’s also accused of abusing children in person.
Carnes was arrested during an undercover operation targeting people who were trying to take indecent liberties with children 14 or younger in online chat groups, Norfolk police Detective Robert Broadbent said in his investigation report.
Carnes worked as a prosecutor in the Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office from November 2004 to May 2008, spokeswoman Amanda Howie said, adding that her office would bow out of handling the case and a special prosecutor would be appointed.
Since 2009, Carnes has worked as an attorney for the Social Security Administration, according to his LinkedIn profile. He graduated with a bachelor’s from the College of William & Mary in 2000 and a law degree from the University of Richmond in 2004.
The Social Security Administration did not respond to an email asking about Carnes’ employment status and the nature of his job duties.
Carnes was being held in the Norfolk jail Friday and declined to talk to a reporter about the charges against him, Norfolk Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Deanna LeBlanc said.
Iowa YMCA administrator accused of child sex abuse
Associated Press
CRESTON, Iowa — A man who'd been working for a YMCA in southern Iowa has been accused of sexually abusing a child.
Union County court records say 35-year-old Allen Long, of Lenox, is charged with lascivious acts with a child. His attorney didn't immediately return a call Friday from The Associated Press.
Court documents say the girl told deputies on Aug. 9 that Long molested her at a home in Afton.
YMCA officials say Long no longer is athletic director at the YMCA in Creston. He'd been hired in December.
38 Alumni of Yeshiva High School in NYC File Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Teacher & Principal
In a bombshell report in the Jerusalem Post on Thursday, it appears that close to 40 alumni of the Yeshiva University High School for Boys have filed a sexual abuse civil lawsuit in New York Supreme Court.
Edited by: JV Staff
The men filing the suit attended the prestigious Manhattan high school in the 1970s and 80s.
According to one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs, the men have made multiple attempts to bring legal action against Yeshiva University, however, their lawsuits were thrown out of court because of the statute of limitations.
Last week, the Jewish Voice reported that victims of child sexual abuse in New York State have gained some much needed succor in their struggle for justice as the statute of limitations on filing suit against perpetrators had been amended in the recently passed Child Victims Act.
According to a January 2019 article on the Kings County Politics web site, the Child Victims Act, or A02683/S02440, extends the statutes of limitations for criminal cases of child sexual abuse, allowing them to be commenced until the victim turns 28 years of age for felonies and 23 years of age for misdemeanors. Under the current law, cases for the most serious sex offenses can be commenced at any time.
The bill would also push back the statute of limitations to permit civil actions to be brought until the victim turns 55 years of age. Further, the measure creates a one-year window for adult survivors to commence civil cases that, under current law, are barred because the statute of limitations has expired, according to the KCP web site.
The Child Victims Act will also treat public and private institutions the same in these proceedings, removing the notice of claim requirement for public institution. This measure would hold these institutions accountable for concealed evidence pertaining to sex crime cases.
Attorney Kevin Mulhearn who represents the victims said that his clients were abused by a teacher and a principal at YUHSB, also known as Manhattan Talmudical Academy (MTA).
The JPost reported that this claim is expected to be one of the largest filings in NY under the Child Victims Act against a New York private school to date.
The summons and complaint document indicates that “starting in 1971 and spanning several decades, George Finkelstein, an assistant principal, associate principal and then principal of YUHS, repeatedly sexually abused multiple student victims.”
The JPost also reported that the documents claim that the Yeshiva University and MTA administrators “refused to take action against Finkelstein, never reported him to law enforcement authorities, and – despite actual knowledge of his propensity to sexually assault children – never took any significant measures to prevent Finkelstein’s future abuse of children.”
It is alleged that Finkelstein also “specifically targeted vulnerable boys for physical and sexual abuse,” according to the JPost report.
That's typical of most pedophiles - completely bankrupt morally. it's hard to understand how a religious institution could go for decades without being aware of such moral failure.
“He preyed upon children of Holocaust survivors and after he abused them, implored these children to not add to their parents’ suffering by telling them about his assaults,” the document continues. “Finkelstein also used his power as an [MTA] administrator to try and keep his victims from reporting his sexual assaults to their parents and other authorities,” as was reported by the JPost.
Finkelstein, it claims, reportedly threatened to accuse his victims of cheating, to lower their grades, or otherwise harm their scholastic futures, if they reported his assaults to their parents or other authorities, according to the JPost report.
It also appears that Finkelstein was not the only educator to have been accused of abusing student at the high school.
The document also alleges that Rabbi Macy Gordon, who was employed by YU as a Judaic Studies teacher from the mid-1950s to 1984, also repeatedly sexually abused students, according to the JPost report.
The document also reports that, “Gordon was vicious and sadistic in his abuse” and, on one occasion reported in 1980, “Gordon sprayed a young boy’s genital area with Chloraseptic and then violently shoved a toothbrush with toothpaste up the boy’s rectum.”
Among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Barry Singer, who attended MTA from 1972 to 1975 and charged that he was sexually abused by Finkelstein on multiple occasions at the school.
Another plaintiff charging Finkelstein with abuse is David Bressler, who also claimed that he was sexually abused on several occasions.
The JPost reported that after refusing to go to one-on-one classes with Finkelstein during the summer, which the rabbi said were regarding “pretextual school issues,” Bressler was expelled from the high school.
Mordechai Twersky and Zachary Belil, also former students at the high school, have charged Finkelstein with multiple accounts of abuse.
Girlfriend also pleads in Michigan child sex abuse case
by Ken Delaney
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater woman formally entered into a plea agreement with Branch County Prosecutors Thursday in a child sex abuse case.
26-year-old Jamie Siler of Coldwater entered a no contest plea in Branch County Circuit Court to a charge of attempted second degree child abuse. The original charges of second degree child abuse and child sexually abusive activity were dismissed by prosecutors in exchange for her plea.
Sentencing is scheduled for September 30, 2019.
Siler was arrested following an investigation by Michigan State Police. She was the girlfriend of the other suspect in the case, 24-year-old Brandon Michael Biggs.
It's interesting how often when a couple is charged with child sex abuse, the man will be younger than the woman.
Authorities say she did not stop Biggs from his sex crimes involving an eight year old girl, which State Police say took place over a six month period.
Biggs was ordered almost a year ago to serve between 79 months and 10 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections after he entered no contest pleas to charges of distributing and promoting child abusive material, having child sexually abusive material, and assault with intent to commit sexual penetration. Biggs also had to register as a Michigan Sex Offender.
Washington Co., Ore, man convicted of child sex abuse
Mark Graves/Staff
By The Oregonian/OregonLive
A Washington County man was convicted Thursday of sexually abusing two children from January 2015 to May 2016.
James Kee Taik Park, 54, was convicted of sexually abusing two children.
James Kee Taik Park, 54, was found guilty of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy and five counts of first-degree sex abuse.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office began investigating Park in May 2016, after a child told a babysitter and a family member about the abuse. Around the same time, another child reported similar abuse. Park knew both the children.
Forensic interviewers talked to the children, one of whom disclosed that Park had abused her on multiple occasions.
Park is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 12.
Washington Co., Ore
3 year prison sentence in child sexual assault, suffocation, and strangulation case in Wisconsin
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) – A nearly two-year-long sexual assault cause is finally closed, leaving the guilty man in prison.
La Crosse County Judge Ramona Gonzalez sentenced 19-year-old Heavell Basley to three years in prison and another seven under extended supervision. Earlier, Basley had pled guilty to felony sexual assault of a child under 16 years old as well as felony strangulation and suffocation.
The crimes took place back in October 2017 inside Basley’s family garage. They lasted five days. According to the criminal complaint, the victims were two 15-year-old runaway girls. One victim says she was assaulted by many men, including Basley. He was 18 years old when the sexual assault happened. Basley pled guilty to assaulting one of them.
“You saw these young women and you preyed on these young women,” Judge Gonzalez said during sentencing. “This sentence today is about punishment, [it] is about acknowledgment. It’s about an acknowledgment that what you did is wrong and society will not tolerate this kind of behavior. And you can roll your eyes at me if you want but that’s what this is about today.”
Judge Gonzalez said Basley wouldn’t have committed this crime against girls who weren’t runaways. She then graphically detailed the sexual assault, telling Basley to picture a female family member of his enduring the crimes he committed surrounded by other men, some that Gonzalez said were as young as 14.
“I won’t forget it, they won’t forget it, and Mr. Basley, you should never forget it,” Gonzalez said.
Basley offered an apology during his appearance. “Your honor, I am deeply deeply sorry for what happened to those girls and that I couldn’t stop it,” Basley said.
Basley was originally facing five charges; sexual assault of a child under 16 years old – party to a crime, strangulation and suffocation, and three counts of sexual assault of a child under 16 years old. He struck a deal and plead guilty to both strangulation and suffocation as well as one count of sexual assault of a child under 16 years old.
With the two convictions, Basley faced a maximum prison sentence of 46 years. The state recommended a total three-year sentence. Judge Gonzalez, who said at one point during sentencing that she wanted to give him a longer prison term, eventually concurred with the prosecutor’s recommendation.
This is absurd! 3 years for raping and terrifying two girls? He admitted being out of control! Do you think that's going to change in 3 years or less?
This unfortunate report makes no mention of Ronald Crosby and little mention of a gang-rape.
News8000.com
According to one of the victims, as many as 11 males were involved in the assault inside the garage at 814 South 19th Street, but only Ronald Crosby Jr., 17, and Heavell Basley, 18, are being charged as adults.
The two girls, ages 15 and 16, had run away from the Family & Children's Center and were in Basley's garage Oct. 29 to early on Oct. 30, with approximately 15 other people, the complaint said.
According to the 16-year-old victim, they smoked marijuana and at one point the 15-year-old girl became unconscious and was raped and hit by approximately 11 males. The complaint said when the older victim tried to intervene, she was forced to perform sexual acts and was raped multiple times.
According to the complaint, another female witness said the 15-year-old victim was assaulted at least 10 times. No lights were on in the garage, so she was unable to identify the offenders.
Private defense contractor charged with
child sex abuse in Oregon
Zachary Critchett says he oversaw operations in Afghanistan for Reed Inc.
The Bulletin
A La Pine resident who worked as a manager for a major U.S. defense contractor is charged with 30 sex-related felonies involving an alleged child victim.
Zachary Paul “Zac” Critchett turned himself in to authorities last month after a grand jury approved 24 charges in Deschutes County Circuit Court, including second-degree rape, second-degree sex abuse, second-degree sodomy and using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct. Critchett is also charged in Washington County Circuit Court with six child sex crimes, including first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy.
The charging documents allege Critchett abused the same child in numerous scenarios between December 2011 and December 2016. He’s been ordered to have no contact with children or the family of his alleged victim as he awaits trial.
Critchett maintained a LinkedIn page listing his job titles. But the page, which was active Wednesday, had been removed by Thursday. Critchett’s LinkedIn page had stated he is deputy director for the defense firm Reed Inc., overseeing the company’s operations in Afghanistan.
Reed’s director of human resources, Robert Brown, however, declined to provide Critchett’s dates of employment or a description of his duties with the company. “Unfortunately, all I can confirm is that he no longer works here,” Brown said Thursday.
With offices in Iraq and Afghanistan and headquarters in Virginia, Reed has more than 2,000 employees around the world, a company spokeswoman told The Bulletin. It provides security-related services for clients abroad, including protection for diplomats and construction projects, according to its website.
Critchett, 38, served in the U.S. Army from 2001 to 2004 before entering private defense work. He’s earned numerous certifications as a private security guard through the state police agency, the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, including to train and manage security personnel. His certifications expired around the time of his arrest June 24.
Critchett worked at the Pinkerton detective agency from 2016 to 2017 and First Coast Security from 2017 to 2018, according to his LinkedIn page. While at First Coast, he said he trained Iraqi special forces and supervised guards in the Middle East.
He bought his home on SE Centennial Street with a $469,000 loan from the Veterans Administration.
Another unfortunate report - the street is named but not the city. I presume it's Bend, Ore., but who knows?
Sam Koutouzakis, a private investigator who looks into cases of stolen valor, told The Bulletin that Critchett’s LinkedIn page mentioned Army Ranger training without directly stating he wasn’t a Ranger.
“There’s a fine line between lying and misrepresenting yourself,” Koutouzakis said. “I believe he’s misrepresenting himself.”
Critchett is currently on conditional release from jail. He’s scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 17 in Deschutes County. In his Washington County case, he has a procedural hearing scheduled next week.
2 Prince George’s County Men Found Guilty
In Separate Child Sex Abuse Trials
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (WJZ) — Two Prince George’s County juries found two men guilty in two separate child sex abuse cases.
Patrick Prosper-David, 49, was found guilty of sex abuse of a minor, attempted third and fourth degree sex offense and related charges.
During the trial, Prosper-David, a sovereign citizen, fired his public defender and represented himself.
On April 15, 2018, the mother of the 11-year-old victim reported to police on the day of the incident that her daughter was sexually abused by Prosper-David, a member of the victim’s family.
The victim informed her mother that she and the defendant were sitting on the living room couch of her grandparent’s home at the time of the abuse.
Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 30, 2019. He faces up to 35 years in prison.
In a separate trial, Dietrich Ames, 39, was convicted for sexually abusing the 14-year-old daughter of a family friend.
Ames was found guilty of sex abuse of a minor, fourth degree sex offense and second degree assault. His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 25, 2019. He faces up to 25 years in prison.
Prince George Co., MD
Ex-Limerick, PA, man sent to prison for
'reprehensible' child sex assaults
By Carl Hessler Jr. chessler@21st-centurymedia.com @MontcoCourtNews
NORRISTOWN — A former Limerick man wept after a judge sent him to prison for what he called “reprehensible” actions, sexually assaulting two teenage boys who trusted him.
“I don’t deserve this,” Angelo Dunkerly-Adams, 42, said as Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies escorted him from a courtroom on Friday to begin serving a 9-to-18-year state prison sentence in connection with his contact with two boys, ages 14 and 16, while they visited his Limerick residence.
The sentence was imposed by Judge Todd D. Eisenberg and included consecutive prison time for some of the offenses to reflect there were two victims in the case.
“I think your actions were reprehensible. These children looked up to you and you took advantage of them,” Eisenberg addressed Dunkerly-Adams.
The judge also imposed seven years of consecutive probation, meaning Dunkerly-Adams, formerly of the 3400 block of Pruss Hill Road, will be under court supervision for 25 years.
Dunkerly-Adams also faces a lifetime requirement to report his address to state police after he is paroled in order to comply with Pennsylvania’s Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act.
Limerick, PA
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