Kansas Teacher Takes Plea Deal and Gets Pathetic Sentence for Sexually Abusing Students

What Mom has to say about that

After a plea of not guilty at a previous arraignment several months ago, former Prairie View High School teacher and coach Keaton M. Krell has decided to change his plea for a lesser sentence and a hope for leniency.

Krell, who was facing 20 counts of felony unlawful sexual relations of a teacher with a student 16 years of age or older, chose to amend his plea Monday, pleading guilty to three counts of aggravated battery, a severity level 7 person felony with a minimum sentence of 11 months and a maximum of 34 months per count. The charges also carry a fine of up to $100,000 per count.

By choosing to plead guilty and enter into the plea agreement, Krell is agreeing to forego his right to a trial. He could still be subjected to the maximum sentencing, pending the district judge’s decision at his sentencing hearing currently scheduled for 3:30 p.m. April 10 in Mound City.

According to court documents, the charges Krell is pleading to are not a registerable offense. So, he will not be required to register as a sex offender in Kansas. He will have to complete a sex offender evaluation and follow recommendations as well as a drug and alcohol evaluation.

Additionally, Krell will be allowed to move out of state if he so desires once the sentencing conditions are met. He has been banned from having further contact with the victims in the case.

According to court documents, the sentence for each count could be allowed to run concurrently with one another, and the Linn County District Court case 16CR92 naming the original charges (felony unlawful sexual relations) will be dismissed with prejudice upon successful sentencing of the current case.

Krell was arrested May 19, 2016, after working for Prairie View USD 362 for five years as an English teacher. He was also the girls basketball coach.

The violations listed in the original 20 counts of felony unlawful sexual relations of a teacher with a student 16 years of age or older date back to 2014.

Krell was put on paid administrative leave shortly after his arrest before later being terminated. He is no longer a Prairie View USD 362 employee.

The Sentence:

Keaton Krell was sentenced to 2 consecutive 13 month terms yesterday and was taken into custody immediately after sentencing. 26 months in prison might just help him have plenty of time to think about his crimes and his victims. May prison give him all it has to offer child predators. I hope and pray that the girls and families now can begin the healing process. May he rot in there. Unfortunately the law did not allow for him to be required to register as a sex offender under the Alford plea deal he made. I pray that parents everywhere will memorize the name and face to be able to protect their children from him upon his release.

Save Prairie View USD 362 Buffalos

5 June 2018  · 

Mom's Response:

I completely agree with Mom here. It is just so pathetic what some DAs will do to avoid going to trial. And then the judge gives him what is virtually a minimum sentence! Why? He has already escaped most of the charges, reduced then to where they are not registerable, and then the judge treats him very leniently. Why? Don't the victims count for anything? Judges are far too perpetrator oriented; they need to consider the victims and the potential victims, and put their justice needs above that of criminals.

Linn Co., Ks

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Elderly Aurora man charged in second

child sex abuse case

Hannah Leone
Aurora Beacon-News

Decades-old child sexual abuse charges have been filed against an elderly Aurora man who was already facing sex assault and abuse charges in a more recent case, according to Kane County Court records.

Bail is set at $250,000 for Inocente Delgado, 78, of the 500 block of Binder Street, according to jail records.

He was obviously mis-named by his parents.

Court records show Delgado was charged Wednesday with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving a victim who was younger than 13 when the alleged offenses occurred. All class 2 felonies, the new charges indicate at least one incident of the alleged abuse occurred on or about Oct. 30, 1989.

He was already facing charges filed in May that include five counts of predatory criminal sexual assault involving a victim younger than 13 and four counts of aggravated sexual abuse charges, at least one alleged to have taken place in May 2015. Two of the abuse charges state the alleged victim was younger than 13, while the other two state the victim was both younger than 18 and was someone Delgado knew. The assault charges are class X felonies, meaning conviction could bring enhanced penalties.

Former teacher arrested for alleged

child sex abuse in Orem

By MARIAH NOBLE | The Salt Lake Tribune

An 81-year-old retired teacher has been arrested on suspicion of sexual abusing a girl in Orem.

On June 12, the Utah Division of Child and Family Services reported to police that a 14-year-old girl said she had been sexually abused by Kenneth Higa, according to a news release from the Orem Police Department.

A detective investigated the report and arrested Higa on Wednesday, the release said. He is being held at the Utah County jail on suspicion of six counts of aggravated forcible sex abuse, a first-degree felony, and two counts of object rape, a second-degree felony.

Police suspect there may be more victims because Higa "has been in a position where he has been around children for the past 30 years," according to the release.

Police are asking that any other victims call 801-229-7070 and ask to talk with Detective Johnson.

Higa was a faculty member at John F. Kennedy Junior High School in West Valley City from the early 1990s until at least 2005. During his time there, he taught courses in U.S. history, according to a former student.

Higa also has been an active member of the Utah karate community.

Floyd man accused of sexual abuse of minor

A Floyd man faces felony charges after allegedly having sexual contact with a child under the age of 13, the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office said.

Arthur Treen, 70, is charged with felony first-degree sexual abuse. He was arrested by investigators assigned to the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center.

Treen was arraigned in New York Mills Village Court and was sent to Oneida County jail, deputies said.

The victim has been offered counseling services through the Child Advocacy Center.

Floyd, NY

Cullman man faces multiple charges of

child sex abuse

CULLMAN COUNTY, Ala. — A Cullman man is facing multiple charges child sex abuse, according to the Cullman County Sheriff's Office.

Henry Dewey Loyd, 44, was arrested following a three-month long investigation after authorities say the suspect targeted someone he knew using social media. Loyd is accused of arranging to meet the juvenile through social media to commit an illegal act.

The victim came forward to investigators following the incident, which resulted in warrants for Loyd's arrest. 

Loyd is charged with second degree rape, second degree sodomy, traveling to meet a child for an unlawful act, electronic solicitation of a child and transmitting obscene material to a minor. He is being held at the Cullman County Detention Center on bonds totaling $180,000.

“I would like to make all parents aware that social media like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, etc have their good points however sexual predators are constantly on them as well trying to entice your children. I can’t in the strongest terms recommend to parents to check your children’s social media pages and private messages to see who they are speaking with because the predators are constantly looking for victims. I would also like to thank our investigators for the job they did on this case," said Sheriff Matt Gentry in a news release.

Investigators say due to the graphic nature of the case they will not be releasing any details relating to the crimes.

Cullman Co., AL

Alford Plea Makes 13 Charges of

Child Sex Abuse Disappear

A Casper man accused of sexually abusing a young girl over a period of more than two and a half years, as well as knocking his then-wife unconscious and raping her, entered an Alford plea to a single charge Thursday in Natrona County District Court.

Samson Dean Emerson, 34, entered an Alford plea to one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor as part of a plea agreement. In exchange, the state agreed to dismiss 13 additional charges filed against Emerson in a second amended information.

Emerson was initially charged with six counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, six counts of incest and two counts of third-degree sexual assault.

By entering an Alford plea, Emerson asserts his innocence and does not admit to the crime. However, he does admit the state has evidence which would likely persuade a judge or jury to find him guilty of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.

Assistant District Attorney Brett Johnson will ask that Natrona County District Court Judge Catherine Wilking sentence Emerson to 10-20 years in prison. Wilking deferred acceptance of the plea agreement pending receipt of the presentence investigation report, noting that she could impose a harsher sentence if, after reading that report, she determines the agreed upon sentence to be too lenient.

Should that happen, Emerson would be allowed to withdraw his plea.

Charging documents say Emerson moved in with the father of the victim in 2014. In September 2016, a Natrona County Sheriff's deputy responded to a home in Bar Nunn and was told by the victim -- who was 12 or 13 years old at the time -- that Emerson started "touching" her shortly after he moved in.

In a forensic interview at the Children's Advocacy Project in Casper, the girl said Emerson had touched her 10-15 times, usually when her parents were gone.

The first time it happened, the victim said, Emerson asked her to watch a movie with him. The two sat on the edge of Emerson's bed before Emerson put a blanket over the victim and started to touch her.

The victim got up and ran out of the bedroom. After that incident, the "touching" started happening more frequently.

On one occasion, Emerson sexually abused the victim in the living room. During the forensic interview, the victim described the act as what Emerson "usually does."

But eventually, he stopped and took the victim into a bathroom, saying he had something to show her.

Once inside the bathroom, Emerson closed and locked the door. The victim said she had to crouch so Emerson could not pull her pants down.

During another incident, Emerson told the victim he had taken "shrooms" -- a slang term typically used to describe psilocybin mushrooms, a hallucinogenic drug -- and said the "shrooms" made him aroused.

The victim tried unsuccessfully to push Emerson away before he touched her again. He reportedly asked her if she "liked it."

Emerson told the victim he would buy her anything she wanted if she didn't tell anyone about what he was doing.

The "last time" it happened, the victim told the forensic interviewer, was the weekend of Aug. 20. Emerson was in his bedroom playing video games, but when the victim's father left the house, Emerson asked her if she wanted to watch television with him.

The victim said she would, as long as Emerson didn't touch her.

"That's not what happened," the victim explained during the forensic interview. "He touched me." It was this incident to which Emerson entered the Alford plea in court Thursday.

Later in the investigation, on Nov. 8, a Natrona County Sheriff's investigator spoke with Emerson's ex-wife. She reportedly said Emerson raped her after knocking her unconscious during a fight on Sept. 17, 2010.

She had been married to Emerson at that time, and on that night Emerson attacked her because he believed she was cheating on him.

During the assault, the victim said, Emerson hit her at the base of her skull. She remembered a sharp pain and then blackness.

When she woke up, Emerson was raping her. She told the investigator that after the assault, she was interviewed by two male Casper police officers, but was too uncomfortable to tell them about the sexual assault.

She "also did not want the humiliation of having a sexual assault examination," court documents say.

Also on Nov. 8, the investigator interviewed Emerson at the Natrona County Sheriff's Office. Emerson said he had "an attraction to younger people," charging papers say, but said he "would never intentionally do anything" to the victim.

As to the alleged sexual assault of his ex-wife, Emerson admitted to knocking her unconscious during the fight, but said he merely put her on the bed afterward and did not engage in sexual contact.

However, a polygraph examination of Emerson the following day revealed a "high level of deception" as Emerson answered "no" to every question asked regarding the allegations.

Had the case gone to trial, Johnson may have presented evidence of Emerson's prior criminal history under Wyoming Rule of Evidence 404(b).

In a motion filed May 15, Johnson requested to show at trial that Emerson was previously convicted of one count of indecent liberties with a minor on March 21, 2002.

Emerson was 18 years old at the time, and the victim in that case was 15 years old.

Charging papers in that case say after a night of dancing in Casper in April 2001, the victim wasn't feeling well and wanted to go home. Her friend had gone to an afterparty before the victim could speak with her.

Emerson told the victim he could take her home, but they would have to go to his grandmother's house to get his grandmother's car.

After getting a ride back to the house, Emerson's grandmother reportedly denied him use of the car at such a late hour. The victim later told a police detective that she thought it was strange that Emerson's grandmother wouldn't let him take her home.

A couple of hours later, the victim woke up on a bed with Emerson on top of her. Her clothes were off, and Emerson was raping her. Emerson reportedly apologized repeatedly and said "he thought it was okay since he liked her," according to court documents.

In that case, Emerson received a suspended prison sentence of two and a half to four years. Instead of serving that sentence, Emerson was ordered to complete three and a half years of supervised probation and perform 60 hours of community service.

After Emerson entered his plea Thursday, defense attorney Kerri Johnson asked that Emerson be held without bond pending sentencing. Wilking granted Johnson's request.

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Northwood man to serve up to 30 years for

child sex abuse

Of course, he has nothing to do with Northwoods Ministries

MARY PIEPER 

A Northwood man accused of sexually abusing a child under age 12 was sentenced this week to up to 30 years in prison.

Gerad Lee Kuhlmann, 30, entered an Alford plea earlier this month to three felony counts of third-degree sexual abuse, according to Worth County District Court documents. 

In an Alford plea a defendant does not admit guilt but acknowledges the state can likely prove the charge. 

Kuhlmann was sentenced Monday to up to 10 years in prison on each count. District Court Judge Gregg Rosenbladt ruled the sentences must be served consecutively, for a total prison term of up to 30 years.  

Good judge! God bless you.

After he is released from prison, Kuhlmann will be under lifetime supervision by the Iowa Department of Corrections, with eligibility for parole.

He also must register as a sex offender when he is released from prison. 

Three $1,000 fines were suspended, but Kuhlmann must pay court costs and a $250 civil penalty.

Northwood, IO

Troopers fly to Mexico border to bring child sex abuse suspect back to Oklahoma

By Harrison Grimwood Tulsa World

Following an international manhunt, an Oklahoma man wanted on 12 counts of child sexual abuse was brought back Monday to be incarcerated.

Billy Durfey, 43, allegedly jumped his bail in December 2014. He resided in Mexico for about two years before authorities removed him to the border town of Laredo, Texas, where he fought extradition back to Oklahoma.

After failing to prevent extradition, Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers and U.S. marshals flew him from Texas to Garvin County, Oklahoma, Trooper Dwight Durant said.

“The U.S. marshals apprehended him in Mexico,” Durant said. “I’m not sure how all that went down. But we flew down to Laredo to get him.”

Durfey was out on bond while facing the 12 counts. He allegedly cut off his ankle monitor in 2014 and fled to Mexico.

The 12 counts stem from 2012 allegations that Durfey sexually abused a girl who was known to him, according to court records. The girl was 12 years old when the alleged abuse began.

“I’m glad,” Durant said. “He has to come back and answer for this.”

Subsequent to Durfey’s disappearance, Garvin County prosecutors charged him with bond jumping, according to court records.

Garvin Co., OK

Former NH child psychologist convicted of

child sex abuse gets new trial

NH1.com

CONCORD — A former child psychologist who was convicted of fondling a 12-year-old patient was granted a new trial Tuesday.

Foad Afshar was accused of sexual assaulting a client by inappropriately touching them. On June 17, 2016, the jury found him guilty, and on Aug. 26, he was sentenced to serve three to six years in prison and has been behind bars since.

A Merrimack County Superior Court Judge vacated Afshar's conviction and sentence and reinstated his prior bail after the court learned that two of the jurors in his initial hearing had failed to disclose that they had been victims of childhood sexual abuse.

Afshar's lawyers said they did not disclose their status as victims when the judge, during jury selection, asked all jurors if they had ever been “victimized” by any other person, even if the crime was never prosecuted. One of the two jurors also failed to disclose that he had been a victim of other crimes as well.

During jury deliberations, both jurors disclosed to the entire jury that they had been the victim of childhood sexual abuse. According to Afshar's legal team, the jurors acknowledged that when they made that disclosure, the jury was still divided as to whether Afshar was guilty or not guilty. After these disclosures, the jury reached verdicts of guilty.

Afshar's lawyers filed a 54-page Motion for New Trial, arguing that Afshar’s fundamental rights to due process — an impartial jury and a fair trial — were violated by the selection of the two jurors. The state objected, and the court scheduled a hearing for Feb. 22, 2017, where it heard the testimony of both jurors.

On Tuesday, the court determined that both of the jurors were biased, could not be impartial, and would have been excused during jury selection if they had disclosed their childhood victimization when asked.

The court made clear that it was expressing no view “as to the correctness of the verdict,” but it did reason that the two jurors “bias went to the heart of the matter in dispute, the credibility of the complainant. Such a bias necessarily produced the jurors’ verdicts and deprived the defendant of an impartial jury. The court concludes that justice was not done, and the equities require a new trial.”

Dozens of people, including friends, family, prior patients and their families attended Afshar's hearing to show their support, even after his conviction.

Star gymnasts testify at Congress about

sex-abuse scandal

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON

1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Dominique Moceanu (R) testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, March 28, 2017, during a hearing about sexual, emotional and physical abuse by USA Gymnastics officials.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Retired star gymnasts testified before Congress on Tuesday that they were sexually abused by a former USA Gymnastics doctor and recommended a bill that requires tougher sex-abuse reporting for Olympic sports.

Jamie Dantzscher, a 2000 Olympic bronze medalist, and three-time national champion rhythmic gymnast Jessica Howard recounted their experiences before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

They told the committee of their abuses by Dr. Larry Nassar, who is in jail without bond in Michigan and also faces federal child pornography charges.

"USA Gymnastics failed its most basic responsibility to protect the athletes under its care," Dantzscher said through tears.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California is co-sponsoring a bill that requires organizations overseeing Olympic sports to immediately report sex-abuse allegations to law enforcement or child-welfare authorities.

The bill and proposed changes to the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act come in the aftermath of the sex abuse scandal that led to the resignation of USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny.

"They failed to take action against coaches, trainers and other adults who abused children," Dantzscher said. "And they allowed Dr. Nassar to abuse young women and girls for more than 20 years."

Penny is a co-defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by Dantzscher, who has accused Nassar of sexual abuse.

Dominique Moceanu, a 1996 gold medalist, described a "culture of fear, intimidation and humiliation, established by Bela and Marta Karolyi." The legendary coaches are named in Dantzscher's civil lawsuit for physical abuse.

U.S. Olympic Committee official Rick Adams and Stafford County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney Eric Olsen also testified. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the committee chairman, criticized USA Gymnastics for declining to testify.

USA Gymnastics said in a statement it "cares deeply" about the issues raised in the hearing and supports the bill. It said chairman Paul Parilla or another official did not appear because of pending litigation.

Moceanu, now an advocate, spoke about emotional and verbal abuse during her time with USA Gymnastics. She said there is an "urgent need" to change the culture of the organization.

Howard said, "It has become glaringly obvious that USA Gymnastics has not done nearly enough to protect athletes from any form of abuse."

Feinstein, who has been critical of USA Gymnastics' handling of the sex-abuse scandal, said she met two months ago with former gymnasts who were abused as teenagers and carried the trauma with them as adults. Dantzscher and Howard said they didn't realize as teenagers that Nassar had abused them.

"Dr. Nassar acted as the good guy, supporting me emotionally and promising me relief from the pain," Howard said. "Now I know that in actuality he expertly abused me under the guise of 'treatment.'"

Nassar also was the doctor for Michigan State University's gymnastics team. He's been charged with sexually assaulting young gymnasts in the Lansing area and faces lawsuits from dozens of former athletes. He has denied wrongdoing.

As part of the proposed legislation, governing bodies under the USOC umbrella would be required to report allegations of sexual abuse to law enforcement and train employees on how to handle situations. The statute of limitations for victims to sue their abusers would be extended.

"Young athletes should not have to fear victimization from coaches, doctors and other officials," Feinstein said at a news conference after the hearing.

Retired gymnast Jeanette Antolin said at the news conference she was sexually abused by her first coach. She praised the proposed legislation, saying, 

"for so long we felt like we had no voice."

Jury selection to begin Tuesday in Bowie County

child sex abuse case

By Field Walsh 

A panel of prospective jurors is expected to report to the Bowie County courthouse Tuesday morning for jury selection in a child sex abuse case.

Daniel Mooneyham, 33, of Hooks, Texas, is accused of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child involving two victims in 2011 and 2014. Mooneyham has pleaded not guilty to the charges. He is represented by Texarkana attorney Kristian Young.

If convicted of indecency with a child by sexual contact, Mooneyham faces two to 20 years in prison. If convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child, Mooneyham faces five to 99 years or life in prison on each of the two pending counts.

According to indictments handed down by a grand jury in 2015, Mooneyham abused a girl under the age of 14 in 2011 which led to the aggravated sexual assault charges. The sexual indecency case involves an alleged victim younger than 17.

First Assistant District Attorney and Assistant District Attorney Katie Carter are representing the state. The case is assigned to 202nd District Judge John Tidwell.

Opening arguments and witness testimony are scheduled to begin Wednesday at the Bowie County courthouse in New Boston, Texas.

Hooks, Texas

Caldwell man gets 40 years for child porn, sex abuse

By Idahostatesman

District Judge Juneal Kerrick sentenced a 38-year-old man on Monday to 40 years in prison for making child pornography and sexually abusing a minor.

Jason Travis Simon, of Caldwell, was arrested after an Amber Alert had been issued for three children he was believed to be with in June. At the time, law enforcement said he was traveling with his girlfriend, Sarah Joy VanOcker-Dunn, and the children.

He pleaded guilty to eight felony counts of manufacturing sexually exploitative material and one felony count of sexual abuse of a minor younger than 16. 

Kerrick sentenced Simon to 10 years fixed, followed 20 years indeterminate, on the eight counts of making child porn and 10 years indeterminate for the sexual abuse of a minor charge.

The sentences will run consecutively for a total unified sentence of 40 years in prison.

Simon was arrested in June on a felony warrant following an investigation by the Ada County Sheriff’s Office and Caldwell Police Department that revealed he was in possession of multiple images of child pornography, including several photos and videos showing an 8-year-old girl that were manufactured by Simon himself.

The victim later told detectives that Simon, who was in a position of trust with the victim, was the one who took the pictures and videos of her. She told detectives that she and Simon would go on secret “dates” together and that he would offer her candy and money in exchange for her cooperation.

“Frankly, I’ve never had a case that concerned me like this has in terms of long-term impact on the victim and the long-term harm you pose,” Kerrick said at sentencing, according to a Canyon County news release.

Kerrick also ordered Simon to register as a sex offender, submit a DNA sample to the Idaho DNA database, and have no contact with the victim or her family for the duration of the sentence. Simon was also ordered to pay a $5,000 civil penalty.

“Mr. Simon used his position of trust with this innocent young girl to groom her and incentivize her into doing things that no young girl should ever have to do,” said Canyon County Prosecutor Bryan Taylor in the news release. “This was a horrific crime that is going to have a lasting impact on a lot of people, and I’m thankful that Mr. Simon will be behind bars so they can begin the healing process.”

Man sentenced to 205 years in prison for 

child sex abuse

KCCI

Alex Kirkpatrick  

Digital Editor

DES MOINES, Iowa —

A Boone man has been sentenced to 205 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually abusing five boys, three of whom were under the age of 12. 

Thirty-eight-year-old Ryan Christopher Barnhardt must serve a mandatory 122 1/2 years before he’s eligible for parole, the judge said. 

A jury found Barnhardt guilty in February of seven counts of second-degree sexual abuse and three counts of third-degree sexual abuse.