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Oklahoma woman receives 30-year sentence for enabling child sexual abuse

By Wendy Burton Phoenix Staff Writer
     

A Stilwell woman was ordered in Muskogee County District Court to serve 30 years in prison for enabling child sexual abuse.

Melissa Skelton, wearing a faded orange jumpsuit with chains on her ankles and wrists, cried quietly as an attorney explained the plea deal offered to her Wednesday morning.

Skelton, 26, signed the plea in the courtroom just before the morning's court session began, agreeing to a sentence of 30 years on enabling child sexual abuse and 10 years on a conspiracy charge.

Skelton pleaded guilty to allowing former Muskogee firefighter Zackery Perry (5th story on link) to have sexual relations with a 6-year-old child and providing explicit photos and videos of the child engaged in explicit activities in exchange for money.

She will serve the sentences concurrently and will not be eligible for parole for at least 25.5 years, because enabling child sexual abuse is a crime in which 85 percent of the time sentenced must be served before being considered for parole. 

In addition, she will receive credit for time served and is ordered to serve two years of post-imprisonment supervision under the Department of Corrections after she is released and pay fines.

The charges against Skelton arose out of evidence found during an investigation into a previous case filed against Perry, 30.

Perry was charged Jan. 19 with aggravated possession of child pornography, distributing obscene material, child sexual exploitation and crime against nature. He is held without bond, and is set for jury trial Sept. 18 in the case.

While investigating the Jan. 19 case, investigators found text messages, images and communications on social media between Skelton and Perry that showed they conspired "to determine meeting locations, the exchange of sexual images and videos, and the exchange of money for services rendered," according to a probable cause affidavit.

Perry was then given additional charges of conspiracy and child sexual abuse at the same time as Skelton was charged on Feb. 6. He is held without bond on that case and returns to court Jan. 12 for a disposition docket at which time a date will be set for trial.

Alabama police officer accused of child sexual abuse

By Stephanie Taylor / Staff Writer

A Sulligent police officer has been suspended from duty following allegations of sexual abuse.

Gary Farrior, 60, was charged Tuesday under a 12-count indictment including 10 count of sexual abuse of a child younger than 12, first-degree sexual abuse and attempted sexual abuse.

The allegations involve three female victims, including two who are younger than 12, said 24th Judicial Circuit Chief Assistant District Attorney Andy Hamlin. The abuse is alleged to have happened in Lamar County this year, and was reported to authorities around the first of June.

Farrior has been suspended from the Sulligent force, with pay, since the allegations were made. He is a former Fayette Police officer.

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Bureau of Investigation handled the case because Farrior is a law enforcement officer. They presented the case to a grand jury in August.

State agents arrested him at his home Tuesday morning. Farrior was being held in the Lamar County Jail Wednesday with bond set at $500,000.

Utah man arrested for allegedly raping,

sodomizing 2 children

Bree Burkitt,

A Parowan man was arrested Monday after he allegedly confessed to raping and sodomizing two children.

Robert Randall Titensor, 39, is charged with three counts of sodomy of a child in addition to one count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child – all first-degree felonies.

Parowan Police first learned about the alleged assaults after an anonymous caller made a complaint to the Utah Division of Child and Family Services.

Both the 8-year-old female and 7-year-old male were interviewed at the Iron County Children’s Justice Center. The female victim told investigators that Titensor had sexually assaulted her at least two times, Parowan Police Sgt. Mike Berg wrote in the probable cause statement filed in 5th District Court Monday.

Titensor was brought in for questioning on Aug. 4. During the interview, he allegedly confessed to raping the female child victim at least one time. He also provided details on multiple other assaults on both the male and female victims that occurred during a time span of approximately three to four months, according to the report.

Following the interview, Titensor was booked into the Iron County Jail. The setting of the $100,000 cash-only bail was delayed to Tuesday due to the Labor Day holiday. An initial appearance has not been scheduled as of Wednesday.

Under Utah state code, Titensor could face 25 years to life in the Utah State Prison if he were to be convicted on just one of the counts of the four first-degree felonies.

One in four females will be sexually abused before they turn 18, according to Prevent Child Abuse Utah. Utah’s child sexual abuse rate is three times the national average. For more information or to seek help, call the rape and sexual assault crisis line at 1-888-411-1100.

New York man gets 8 years in prison for attempted criminal sex act with child

Anthony Borrelli

An Endicott man will spend eight years in prison for a sex crime against a child victim.

Jared Hotaling, 41, pleaded guilty in Broome County Court to a felony count of attempted first-degree criminal sexual act in connection with a six-count indictment that listed two girls and one boy as victims of alleged abuses going back to 2001.

At sentencing Wednesday, Assistant District Attorney Lisa Bideaux said the plea agreement and prearranged prison term was negotiated with consent of the victims "to spare them from the trauma" of further court proceedings. The charge he admitted to carried a possible maximum of 15 years in prison.

"It's despicable," Bideaux said, that Hotaling seemed unwilling to accept responsibility for his conduct when questioned by the probation department for a pre-sentence report.

Regardless of the defendant's statements to a probation officer, Judge Kevin Dooley said, what counts is what Hotaling admitted to in court. 

"You've got some problems, some issues, and you can deny them to other people," Dooley told Hotaling in court Wednesday. "The lives of these children were impacted; they'll have to deal with this for the rest of their lives."

After serving the prison term, Hotaling will spend 15 years on post-release supervision. He also will be required to register as a sex offender.

The Broome County grand jury in September 2016 indicted Hotaling on 10 felony counts, the most severe of which was predatory sexual assault against a child, which carried a possible penalty of 10 years to life in prison if he were convicted.

Prosecutors accused Hotaling of attempting to engage in oral sexual conduct by forcible compulsion with a 15-year-old girl during the summer of 2012.

Hotaling also had been charged with having sex with the same girl at some time between January and March in 2012, according to the indictment.

Endicott police investigated the case, which resulted with Hotaling's arrest in May 2016. At the time, police said, a girl had recently disclosed abuses that were allegedly committed by Hotaling.

N.D. judge won’t dismiss child sex abuse case

By Jamie Kelly 

A judge has declined to dismiss a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child, saying that the jury that hears the case will have to decide whether the charge was filed within the statute of limitations.

In a ruling issued Tuesday, Northwest District Judge Kirsten Sjue wrote that because there is a dispute about when the statute of limitations started to run in the case against Dennis Pitman, the issues should be handled by a jury rather than a judge.

According to an affidavit filed by the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, a woman in Arizona had told a detective there that Pitman, 70, sexually abused her when she was age 7 through 13. The alleged abuse happened from 1992 through 1998, when she lived in Williams County.

Under North Dakota law, prosecutors have two chances to file charges. If the case involves something that happened before the alleged victim turned 15, the state has 10 years from the alleged victim’s 15th birthday to file charges. If that time expires and the alleged victim makes a report after turning 25, charges can be filed within 3 years of law enforcement being notified.

At a hearing in August, attorneys for Pitman argued that because law enforcement in Arizona was told about the charges in April 2013, the charges against Pitman were filed in October, six months after the statute of limitations had run out.

The prosecution argued that the statute of limitations didn’t start to run until law enforcement in North Dakota were informed of the charges, which happened in 2016.

In her ruling, Sjue pointed out that the North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled several times that when there is a dispute over the facts regarding the statute of limitations, it should be left to a jury.

“Because there are issues of fact concerning whether the statute of limitations in this case has run, the jury must be instructed on the matter at trial,” she wrote. “The State must prove compliance with the statute of limitations by a preponderance of the evidence.”

Sjue asked both sides to submit proposed jury instructions regarding the statute of limitations issue.

Pitman is scheduled to go to trial on the charge on Sept. 18. Continuous sexual abuse of a child is a class AA felony and carries a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole if he were to be convicted.

Pitman is currently being held without bond in Cass County awaiting extradition to Arizona to face child abuse charges in that state.

Williams Co., ND

Bronx perv gets 168 years for taping child sex abuse

('Taping' is Victoria's choice of words; it's not a word I have used in this century to describe videoing)

VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Even with time off for good behavior, a Bronx man will have to wait more than a century before he can hurt another kid.

David Keith, 39, was sentenced Tuesday to 168 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting minors — and recording his sick acts on video, officials said.

Keith pleaded guilty in November to five counts related to the child exploitation and related child pornography crimes, as well as lying to the feds about abusing kids, according to the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors said Keith lured a 12-year-old girl into his car on Oct. 13, 2013, and taped “himself engaging in coercive sexual conduct with her.” Keith told the girl he would hurt her if she told anyone what had happened and threatened that he was watching her, prosecutors said.

The day before, Keith lured a girl between ages 8 and 9 into his car and “caused her to remove some of her clothing so that he could record her exposed genitals,” according to the feds.

Keith, who was arrested on Nov. 17, 2015, also downloaded child pornography and admitted he lied about having an alibi during the depraved attacks, officials said.

“For his predatory crimes that included luring a girl as young as 9 years old into his van to make sexually explicit videos and even threatening to harm another if she reported his sexual assault, David Keith has received a lengthy prison sentence,” said Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon Kim. “Protecting children from sexual exploitation is, and will remain, one of the most important missions of this office.”

And God bless ya!

N.M. school employee accused of child sex abuse

By KRQE News 13  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A Pecos school employee is accused of sexually abusing a child.

According to court documents, 45-year-old Louis Vigil, of San Jose, is accused of abusing a male relative since the age of nine.

He is facing 35 counts.

Documents allege, that if the child refused, Vigil would threaten to shoot them and their parents and that Vigil may have attempted to assault other relatives.

Prosecutors are asking Vigil remain locked up pending his trial saying he’s a danger to the community.

Second mistrial declared in child sex abuse case in Arizona

By Paulina Pineda 

Defense lawyer Joe Heinzl speaks to the jury for one final time during closing arguments in a sexual molestation case on Sept. 1.

Photo by Paulina Pineda

A judge declared a mistrial Friday when a Superior Court jury could not reach a verdict in the case of a 43-year-old Nogales, AZ man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl while he and his family lived at her home roughly seven to eight years ago, and then exposing himself to her years later while his wife slept in the same room.

The seven men and five women on the jury panel deliberated for approximately five hours but could not come to a unanimous decision by the end of the eighth day of trial. 

The defendant, Joaquin Mohinea, who pleaded not guilty, was facing three counts of sexual conduct with a minor under the age of 15, one count of molestation of a child, a sexual abuse charge, attempted sexual conduct with a minor, and two counts of indecent exposure.

Judge Anna Montoya-Paez set a new trial date of Oct. 17.

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Anderson County man to serve 99 years,

sexual abuse of a child

Gabriela Garcia , KYTX 

ANDERSON COUNTY - Stephyn Prine, a 64-year-old Slocum native, will now serve a 99-year prison sentence for the Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child and Sexual Abuse of a child.

Prine's trial ended on Friday afternoon, and during that time, the jury heard evidence about how he repeatedly sexually abused one of his family members.

Witness testimony revealed how the victim was treated special by Prine by gifts and excessive attention, a behavior they deemed not normal.

Court proceedings also revealed that the victim confided in a family member as well as a friend that Prine was assaulting her.

The jury also heard the victim's testimony, that included her statement that Prine began abusing her at night after she turned 13. 

The abuse continued until just after she turned 14.

Prine will serve his sentence at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Child Porn Charges Filed against Nanticoke Man

BY CAROLYN BLACKBURNE, 

WILKES-BARRE -- A man from Luzerne County, once arrested on child sex charges, now faces child porn charges.

Jayson Montanez, 31, was charged Friday with 19 counts of child pornography.

This is not the first time he has faced similar charges.

Montanez was arraigned in Wilkes-Barre Friday afternoon.

Investigators say he knowingly had 19 images of child pornography, some showing kids as young as 2 in prohibited sexual acts.

Law enforcement says the defendant's mother found the pictures on her son's cell phone and brought it to the attention of police back in February of this year.

Officers received a search warrant for his phone in June and found dozens of pictures of nude underage children.

Montanez has also faced other child sex abuse charges in 2014 and 2015, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, and aggravated and indecent assault of a child less than 13.

Montanez is currently locked up with bail set at $150,000.

Bristol man enters guilty plea in child sex abuse case

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn.—A Bristol, Tennessee man has entered a guilty plea to 23 counts of various child sex abuse crimes.

Gary Lynn Wood, 69, appeared in Sullivan County Criminal Court on Friday and among the charges, he pleaded guilty to four counts of attempt to commit rape of a child and 11 counts of attempt to commit aggravated sexual battery.

Under the plea agreement, Wood will receive a 10-year sentence, Sullivan County Assistant District Attorney Emily Smith said. A sentencing hearing was set for Nov. 21 at 1:30 p.m., at which time Judge William Rogers will decide whether he will be ordered to serve his sentence in prison or receive alternative sentencing. He was ordered to register as a sex offender.

"We will certainly be arguing that Mr. Wood be ordered to serve his entire sentence," Smith said. "He repeatedly victimized the three minor victims, who were all under the age of 10. Many instances of the abuse occurred at Observation Knob Park in Bristol, where he would bring the children to stay in his camper."

The victims were all step-grandchildren, Smith said.

'You became a villain,' judge says as ex-Bishop McDevitt teacher gets prison in student-sex case

By Matt Miller pennlive.com

The father of one of the two female students Zurenko admitted preying upon was blunt. He called the 33-year-old Zurenko, a married mother of five who once was hailed as one of Bishop McDevitt's most inspiring teachers, a "predator."

Randi Zurenko now has a new identity as an inmate at the county prison, where she will be spending the next 11 1/2 to 23 months.

Lewis chose that punishment, to be followed by 4 years of probation and 500 hours of community service after Zurenko, who lives in Millerstown, Perry County, begged for leniency for the sake of her children, ages 11 to 3. She had pleaded guilty to multiple charges including institutional sexual assault, unlawful contact with minors, corruption of minors, possessing child pornography and disseminating obscene materials to minors.

Her lawyer, Lee Cohen, insisted that Zurenko is a good person who was truly in love with her victims. He asked Lewis to sentence Zurenko to house arrest.

"I am ashamed to be here," Zurenko told Lewis. "I have never coerced anyone. I have never taken advantage of anyone."

"I'm asking you today for grace and mercy and to take my children into consideration when you determine my sentence," she added.

Lewis said he did factor her kids into his equation. Yet he also cited the pain one victim and her parents voiced so emotionally during the 2 1/2-hour sentencing hearing.

One victim described how the abuse she endured as Zurenko manipulated her psychologically for years had led her into a pit of emotional darkness. Investigators said Zurenko once massaged that girl's back and undid her bra and also had repeatedly given her alcohol. The young woman told Lewis she fell into deep depression, became isolated from family and friends, cut herself and thought of suicide.

"You stunted my growth because I depended on you," she told Zurenko, who looked small and nervous standing before the judge. She said Zurenko's acts "slowly shattered every belief I held."

"I felt so confused and abandoned and trapped," she added. "I trusted nobody...You took everything that was mine."

"I'm still feeling the impact. I don't think it's close to over," the woman continued. "You took my innocence. You used my love."

Yet, she said, "I have no ounce of hate for you in my body."

The second victim asked Lewis to show leniency for the sake of Zurenko's children. "I kept it together. I was OK. I'm still OK," she said.

Harrisburg police said Zurenko had a sexual relationship with that victim.

The first victim's father spent 45 minutes describing his family's trauma. He called the crime "surreal" and said, "My daughter lost three years of her life" because of Zurenko's "psychological manipulation."

"You will always be a molester, a predator," he told Zurenko. "You deserve no grace, no chance at rehabilitation. You deserve no success."

"She preyed on her...being kind," his wife added. She called Zurenko "evil." Yet both parents praised their daughter for going to police and for fighting to overcome the abuse.

"A long sentence isn't a victory. A short sentence isn't a loss for us," the mother told Lewis. "For my family, we've already won. The light has overcome the darkness."

Zurenko didn't lack supporters. Lewis noted that 15 people, including former students, wrote letters supporting her. Two of her backers spoke in court.

"No one will benefit, no one will have their pain lessened by a prison sentence," said a former colleague of Zurenko who said she too was the victim of sexual abuse.

"She did this because she was in love," said a college friend of Zurenko. "She never does anything with malice."

Cohen expanded on that theme. "This is not somebody who took advantage of somebody else. My client had real feelings for this person. She loved her," he said.

"She has been severely punished," Cohen said. "She will never teach again. She has lost that passion." She also will have to register with state police as a sex offender for 25 years, he noted.

"The reason we're here today is because she has caused tragedy," Deputy Attorney General Megan Madaffari shot back. "When she engaged in sex acts with a 16-, 17-year-old girl perhaps she wasn't thinking of her family."

"She was supposed to be a mentor. She was an abuser," Madaffari said. "She is responsible for (leading the victims down) a path no young woman should ever have to follow."

Lewis said the case left him "troubled and puzzled." "Your conduct can only be described as incomprehensible," the judge said. "I can only liken it to a Jekyll and Hyde situation." "Instead of serving as a role model, ma'am, you became a villain," he said.

Ex-Ash Grove teacher gets prison time

for sex with student

      

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former Ash Grove High School history teacher received a four-year prison sentence on Friday for having sexual relations with a student in 2014. Nathan Herrington, 37, of Springfield, pleaded guilty last March 9 for second-degree statutory sodomy and sexual contact by a teacher with a student.

Investigators said Herrington began a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl in the fall of 2014. The sexual contact occurred at Herrington's home and at school.

Prosecutors say the abuse came to light when the victim’s mother, who was actively involved in her child’s life, noticed a change in her behavior and was able to uncover the abuse. She then alerted Ash Grove school administrators, who quickly notified police. He was charged on Dec. 15, 2014.

At the sentencing hearing, prosecutors asked for a prison sentence, but Herrington requested probation. Greene County Circuit Judge Tom Mountjoy followed prosecutors' recommendation and sentenced Herrington to four years in prison for each conviction and denied probation. In sentencing him to prison, Mountjoy noted Herrington was in a position of trust, that he had a responsibility to both teach and safeguard the children entrusted to him, that he had taken advantage of that trust, and no amount of good deeds could reverse the damage that had been done.

I'm a little confused. The story says he was sentenced to 4 years, which struck me as pretty light. But then, in the paragraph above, it says 4 years for each charge. There seem to be two charges which would make it an 8 year sentence unless they were to run concurrently. The reporter doesn't mention that either. 

Additional information from the Greene County Prosecuting Attorney's Office:

If you would like to talk to your kids about abuse, there are many resources to help you have that difficult conversation. The Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN) has online resources to help you talk about sexual abuse (www.rainn.org). In addition, the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Sex Offender Public Website has resources about education and prevention (www.nsopw.gov). Finally, if you suspect that a child is being abused or neglected, please call the Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline at 1-800-392-3738.

Man jailed 10 months for sexual abuse of young child

By Neil Bowen, Sarnia Observer

A former city-council candidate was jailed for 10 months following his conviction for the sexual abuse of a child.

Jared Denis Fedora, 30, formerly of Sarnia had previously been convicted of sexual assault and sexual interference with a young girl under 16 but sentencing was delayed until Friday in Sarnia court.

In 2014 Fedora was defeated in the Sarnia municipal election when he was a council candidate.

The offence date was sometime between September 2013 and October 2015 in Sarnia.

A publication ban prevents the release of information that could identify the victim.

Following a trial when the girl testified Fedora was convicted of the offences involving a single incident in a home when he rubbed the girl’s pubic area. The girl testified he had touched her.

No violence or threat of violence was used, said defence lawyer Nick Cake during Friday’s sentencing submissions.

Sexual abuse of a child is a crime of violence, said assistant Crown attorney Suzanne LaSha during her submissions.

The incident was discovered when Fedora’s social media messages to a woman were presented to police.

In the messages he referred to having a six. Although Fedora testified the message had a meaning other than an age, Justice Michael O’Dea took the plain text meaning in convicting Fedora.

LaSha, who sought a 17-month sentence, said Fedora was bragging about his sexual exploits in the messages.

The mandatory minimum for each offence is 90 days.

People consulted for a pre-sentence report were surprised and shocked by Fedora’s offences. The report considered him a low risk to reoffend.

Fedora’s comment in the pre-sentence report that he does not accept the facts leading to his conviction speaks to his lack of remorse and the report contains no psychological assessment supporting the assertion he presents a low risk, said LaSha.

In a statement to the court Fedora said he is remorseful for the damage caused by the situation and the impact the process had on the victim’s family.

Community members may believe the sentence should be harsher than the range set by higher courts but there can be no imposition of frontier justice, said O’Dea citing the range as between nine and 18 months.

The social media exchanges that led to Fedora’s arrest were disturbing and vile and are a sentencing consideration, said O’Dea.

The 10 month-sentence will be followed by three years probation when Fedora can have no contact with the victim or her family.

Fedora’s bail conditions had excluded him from being in Sarnia and he plans to permanently move to the northern Ontario community where he was living pending completion of the case.

Fedora will be on the sexual offender registry for life and he must give police a DNA sample.

During probation Fedora cannot have any employment or volunteer work that puts him in a position of trust with those under 16. He must also stay away from playgrounds and schoolgrounds except in the company of a responsible adult and take recommended counseling.

Yoakum sex abuse case ends in mistrial

By Amber Aldaco 

The trial of a 45-year-old Yoakum man accused of multiple sex crimes ended in a mistrial Friday.

Shane Neil Cliffe was on trial this week in Hallettsville for one crime, continuous sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony that carried a maximum sentence of life in prison with no parole.

A jury of seven women and five men deliberated for nearly 10 hours Thursday and Friday morning, but were unable to reach a final verdict. At 10:40 a.m. presiding Judge William D. Old III declared a mistrial.

"We are disappointed in the mistrial but we also respect the jury's decision and we respect the process," special prosecutor Jennifer Smith said. "We look forward to trying Mr. Cliffe again in December."

Smith would not say whether Cliffe would be tried again on the same charge, but said all 65 counts in his indictment are pending and are still active. Cliffe was indicted last year on the charges.

Defense attorney James Reeves, of San Antonio, declined to comment about the mistrial.

Jurors spent Tuesday and Wednesday listening to testimony, and on Thursday, lawyers gave their closing arguments.

Prosecutors allege the abuse occurred between September 2007 and January 2008. The case involved one victim, a female, who was under the age of 14 at the time the abuse started.

Special prosecutors Heather Hines Wright and Smith, both of Guadalupe County, told jurors in their closing argument that the victim was sexually abused several times a month for several months. The victim, Wright said, was abused from the time she was 11 and continued until she was 20.

Smith also told the jurors that the victim could recall details about the place and circumstances of the abuse.

In his closing argument, Reeves told the jurors that although the victim said she reported the abuse to police, Child Protective Services and a junior high counselor, no such reports can be found. Reeves also emphasized how the victim, who described the abuse as "the same every time," could not recall the details of the last abusive episode.

Salem man arrested on child porn, online corruption of a child charges

Whitney M. Woodworth , Statesman Journal 

A Salem man is being held on $140,000 bail on child porn and online sexual corruption of a child charges Thursday. 

Patrick Ryan Johnson, 36, was arrested on two counts of second-degree online sexual corruption of a child and six counts of first-degree encouraging child sexual abuse. 

According to a secret indictment filed in Marion County, Johnson allegedly used online communication to solicit a child to engage in sexual contact and to physically meet with the child. He is also accused of duplicating multiple photos of sexually explicit conduct involving a child. 

Johnson was previously convicted of reckless burning in 2012 and sentenced to two years probation. 

Following his arrest Thursday, he was taken to Marion County jail and ordered to have no contact with his young female victim. 

Former Penn State administrators Tim Curley and Gary Schultz to start prison terms

By Charles Thompson 

BELLEFONTE - More than five years after former football coach Jerry Sandusky's conviction as a serial sexual predator, two former Penn State administrators are following him to prison.

Former Athletic Director Tim Curley and former Senior Vice President for Business and Finance Gary Schultz are scheduled to report Saturday to begin short terms in the Centre County Correctional Facility outside of this county seat town.

Both men pleaded guilty in early March to one count of child endangerment for admitted mishandling of an eyewitness account of potential misconduct by Sandusky in a Penn State shower in 2001.

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier was convicted of a similar count later that month, but his sentence has been stayed pending appeals.

Centre County Warden Christopher Schell said Curley, 63, and Schultz, 67, will spend their first two days in the county prison in a high-security single-cell lockdown while they await a medical clearance.

That's protocol for every incoming inmate.

On Monday, Schell said, they will complete their intake assessment with prison staff and be assigned to a permanent housing unit.

Ordinarily, the warden noted, inmates like Curley and Schultz would be considered for the facility's minimum security area, described as a dorm-like facility where four men share the same "cube."

Ligonier man blames girl, 7, for sexual contact

RICH CHOLODOFSKY  

The Ligonier man accused of paying for sexual contact with a 7-year-old Greensburg girl told police on Friday it was the child who enticed him to act.

“He told us the victim came on to him when he was drunk. He was drinking, and she came on to him,” Greensburg Sgt. John Swank said of remarks provided by Brian Keith Spillar.

Officers arrested Spillar, 49, Friday and charged him with patronizing a victim of sexual servitude, aggravated indecent assault of a child and corruption of minors.

He was arraigned by Greensburg District Justice James Albert. In the courtroom, Spillar said he will vigorously fight the allegations.

“There is nothing here that I see that the detectives gleaned that I did anything. It is just hearsay stuff,” he said. “I am not guilty.”

At times during the brief hearing, Spillar seemed defiant and when told by Albert the serious nature of the crimes alleged, he responded, “You think?”

Police contend Spillar previously paid for sex with Rebecca Shadle (or is it Shandle) in her Eastmont Street apartment and then paid her $60 to have sexual contact with the girl, who was in her care. It is unclear in court documents when the alleged activity occurred.

Spillar at one time lived near Shadle in another apartment building.

The child told police Spillar touched her genitals and had sexual contact with her while in the apartment, according to a police report.

The girl revealed details about the alleged sexual abuse to people at a Memorial Day party and later to police, who received a Child Line report June 21, according to court documents.

When questioned by investigators, Shadle told police that she was aware of the allegation and said it happened “several years ago,” according to an affidavit of probable cause.

"Several years ago!" That would be when she was what, 2 or 3?

The girl underwent a forensic interview Monday with a specialist at a Pittsburgh child advocacy center.

On Wednesday, investigators searched Shadle's apartment and interviewed her at the police station, where she identified Spillar and described his alleged sexual activity with the girl, according to the affidavit.

Police on Thursday arrested Shadle, 38, and charged her with sex crimes, including a human trafficking offense. Spillar turned himself in to police Friday.

Albert set a $75,000 straight cash bond for Spillar, who was taken to Westmoreland County Prison pending a preliminary hearing scheduled for Thursday.

Swank said police are looking for several other men suspected of having sexual contact with the young girl, including one named “Greg.”

Shadle remained jailed on $100,000 bond.

Police contend she worked as a prostitute and advertised online for clients in addition to charging men to have sexual contact with the child.

‘Pimp’ sentenced to 293 months for

child sex trafficking

LUBBOCK — Dimitrise Lyghts, 23, of Lubbock, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 293 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in March 2017 to one count of sex trafficking of a child related to his pimping a 15-year-old girl in Lubbock, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

In addition, at Friday’s sentencing hearing, Judge Cummings ordered that following his custody sentence, Lyghts must serve a 10-year term of supervised release. He must also register as a lifetime sex offender.

Co-defendant Marcelia Sanchez pleaded guilty in November 2016 to one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor. Judge Cummings sentenced Sanchez in February 2017 to 60 months in federal prison.

“Make no mistake, the horrific crime of trafficking young girls for sex resides in the dark underbellies of even our best communities,” said U.S. Attorney Parker. “Together, we can get survivors the help they deserve, and ensure that traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable among us get the sentences they deserve.”

According to documents filed in the case, in late May 2016, Lyghts contacted a 15-year-old female, “K.M.,” by phone and by Facebook, suggesting that they could “hang out.” On June 3, 2016, Lyghts and a friend of his picked up K.M. and another girl at an apartment in Lubbock. Lyghts provided drugs to K.M., and asked her if she would run an ad on Backpage so they could get a hotel room. She agreed to do it once, and Lyghts ran an ad on K.M. in Backpage. Shortly after the ad was run in Backpage, Lyghts arranged with a man who called in response to the ad, for the man to pick up K.M. and take her to a motel in Lubbock. K.M. was picked up, as had been agreed, and went to the motel with the man, where they engaged in sexual intercourse for the payment of a fee.

Between June 3 and June 7, 2016, K.M., with the assistance and direction of Lyghts and Sanchez, was transported and provided for several male “customers” to engage in commercial sex acts. On several occasions, Lyghts received the payment made for the sex acts performed by K.M. Lyghts also personally drove K.M. to various meetings with men for the purpose of K.M. engaging in commercial sex acts with the men. 

Project Safe Childhood (PSC) is a Department of Justice initiative that aims to combat the proliferation of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation crimes against children. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, PSC marshals federal, state, tribal and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. These cases include prosecutions of child sex trafficking; sexual abuse of a minor or ward; child pornography offenses; obscene visual representation of the sexual abuse of children; selling or buying of children; and many more statutes. To learn more about PSC’s work, visit: https://www.justice.gov/psc.

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4 Kentucky National Guard soldiers charged in

sexual assault

By Andrew V. Pestano 

Four Kentucky National Guard soldiers -- identified as (L to R) Anthony Tubolino, Austin Dennis, Jacob Ruth and Tyler Hart -- were arrested on June 3 after a report of sexual assault, Kentucky State Police said. Photo courtesy of Kentucky State Police

UPI -- Kentucky State Police said four state National Guard soldiers have been arrested and charged with crimes related to the sexual assault of a female officer in Calloway County.

The KSP said officers responded to the Murray-Calloway County Hospital at about 10 a.m. on June 3 after a sexual assault report. Police arrested the four suspects later that day.

The suspects, who were in the area for training drills ahead of the 438th Military Police Company's annual training, are identified as Kentucky residents Anthony R. Tubolino, 25, of Auburn; Tyler A. Hart, 19, of Bowling Green; Austin L. Dennis, 21, of Monfordville; and Jacob F. Ruth, 22, of Monfordville.

Tubolino faces charges of second-degree rape, second-degree sodomy and third-degree unlawful transaction with a minor. Hart was charged with first-degree sexual abuse and second-degree sodomy. Dennis was charged with second-degree sodomy. Ruth was charged with second-degree sodomy.

These guys will fit very well in prison since they all saw fit to sodomize the girl. Tubolino, who is 25, was the only one who was charged with an offence against a minor. The other three were probably close enough in age to the victim that they cannot be charged for such offences. Do they have 17 y/o female officers in the National Guard?

"Preliminary investigation has shown the four suspects were in Calloway County in preparation for weekend deployment," KSP said in a statement. "It has also shown the victim was provided alcohol and was then sexually assaulted by these four suspects."

KSP said the Kentucky National Guard has helped police in the investigation and has remained cooperative.

"All soldiers are entitled to due process and no action will be taken by the Kentucky National Guard until the Kentucky State Police investigation is completed," Maj. Gen. Stephen Hogan, Kentucky's adjutant general, said in a statement. "Sexual assault is not only a reprehensible act, it is a criminal act. First and foremost our goal is to support the victim of this incident. It is damaging to our morale, to our readiness and to our combat ability. It has no place in the Kentucky National Guard. It goes against all the values we hold dear as service members in the U.S. Military."

A preliminary hearing date for the four soldiers is scheduled for July 5.

Calloway Co., Kentucky

Woman Charged With Continuous

Sex Abuse Of Child

By Pilar Arias

San Antonio police have arrested a middle school employee for having a sexual relationship with a teenage student.

Stephanie Carmona, 34, has been charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony.

Sgt. Jesse Salame couldn’t say which school Carmona worked at or even her job, but said that’s where she and the 13-year-old boy victim met.

“She befriended his mother at some point and it turned into sleep overs where she would have sexual intercourse with him. Again, this has been going on for several months,” Salame said.

The boy’s mother reported the sexual abuse to the San Antonio Police Department mid May. Salame said the mother had discovered text messages on the victim’s phone.

The school involved has been notified of the incident and will be taking proper precautions to identify any additional potential victims, according to Salame.

“Anybody who sees her and recognizes her or has any information on this case or any other case, we’re asking that they call our Special Victims Unit,” Salame said.

SAPD’s Special Victims Unit can be reached at 210-207-2313.

Boise pedophile returns to Cache Valley on

child sex abuse charge

By Amy Macavinta 

A Boise man who just completed a four-year prison term in Idaho made his first appearance in Logan’s 1st District Court on a sexual abuse charge dating back to 2011.

According to court records, Judd Evans Ballard, 42, was under investigation in Boise for possession of child porn in 2013 when he confessed to sexually abusing a child.

Prior to a polygraph test, Ballard reportedly told investigators that he fondled a Cache Valley child on one occasion during a visit to the area in 2011. He told investigators he was exploring the possibility of additional sexual activity but his advances were rejected, court records say.

The Cache County Attorney’s Office filed charges in 2013 and issued a warrant for his arrest, but were unable to prosecute him until his Idaho case was adjudicated.

Ballard was convicted in Idaho of possessing child porn and served four years in prison there before he was transported to the Cache County Jail to face charges locally. He appeared in court Tuesday where defense attorney Shannon Demler was appointed to represent him.

A preliminary hearing and discussion on bail are scheduled to take place June 22.

Dennis Purdy Faces 10 New Child 

Sexual Abuse Charges

LakeExpo.com  

A Camdenton, Missouri man who will face trial in August for allegedly molesting a teen employee has been arrested and charged with 10 more counts of sexually abusing a minor.

Purdy is charged with:

Count I     Class B Felony of child molestation 

Count II    Class C Felony of statutory sodomy 2nd degree

Count III   Class C Felony of statutory sodomy 2nd degree

Count IV   Class C Felony of statutory sodomy 2nd degree

Count V    Class C Felony of statutory sodomy 2nd degree

Count VI   Class C Felony of statutory sodomy 2nd degree

Count VII  Class C Felony of statutory sodomy 2nd degree

Count VIII Class C Felony of statutory sodomy 2nd degree

Count IX   Class C Felony of statutory sodomy 2nd degree

Count X    Class U Felony of statutory sodomy or attempted sodomy1st degree

Those 10 charges are not connected with the incident(s) for which Purdy was already facing statutory sodomy charges. He was arrested on Wednesday, June 14 and is being held in the Camden County jail without bond.

Purdy, who was charged in Camden County originally in June of 2013, is alleged to have committed the crimes of Forcible Sodomy, Statutory Sodomy, and Sexual Abuse upon a victim under the age of 17 years. The first trial, held in Camden County before Judge Kenneth Hayden, resulted in a mistrial after Purdy pleaded guilty but then made two inconsistent sworn statements to the court and to the Probation and Parole Office.

The new trial will be heard by Judge Donald Barnes after Judge Hayden recused himself. Recently, Judge Barnes oversaw a lengthy motion hearing after the state indicated it would introduce propensity evidence at trial. The specific evidence to be offered will be testimony by other victims, allegedly describing the same offenses as Purdy was charged with in 2013. These offenses were allegedly committed upon them before their 17th birthdays.

Purdy's trial for the original charges is set for Aug. 8-11.