Photographer Arrested For Sexual Abuse Of Boys At Portola Valley, CA, Rec Center
MENLO PARK (CBS SF) — Authorities in San Mateo County have arrested a man on suspicion of sexually abusing juvenile boys at a Portola Valley recreation center where he worked as a swim team photographer, possibly dating as far back as the late 1980s.
According to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, in January of 2019, deputies received information about multiple alleged sexual assaults that happened over the course of several years at the Ladera Recreation Center.
The information was given to San Mateo County Sheriff Office detectives, who conducted a thorough investigation.
During the investigation, multiple victims came forward and said they had been sexually assaulted by 47-year-old Menlo Park resident Randolph “Randy” Haldeman, who worked at the Ladera Recreation Center a the swim team photographer.
According to authorities, the incidents in question dated back as far as 1987, with the most recent happening four years ago. At the time of these incidents, the young male victims were between the ages of 8 to 13 years old. In addition, there were also incidents that took place at Haldeman’s home in unincorporated Menlo Park.
Haldeman was arrested at his residence on Thursday for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old and booked into the San Mateo County jail.
Authorities believe there are potentially more victims who may have been abused by Haldeman. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office encourages anyone who had contact with Haldeman, allowed him to be in contact with their children or think they might know of someone who was victimized to contact Detective Fava at 650-363-4192 (email: jfava@smcgov.org) or Detective Sergeant Cang at 650-363-4008 (email: jcang@smcgov.org).
Lumberton/Woodville, TX doctor's license suspended following child sex abuse indictment
Author: Raegan Gibson
LUMBERTON, Texas — The Texas Medical Board has temporarily suspended the license of a Lumberton doctor after he was indicted on child sex abuse charges.
The board found that Kerry Lane Evans was indicted on charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child according to a TMB news release.
His 'continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare,' according to a news release from the TMB.
A temporary suspension hearing with notice will be held as soon as practicable with 10 days' notice to Evans unless it's specifically waived by Evans according to the release.
The suspension was effective immediately as of July 24.
From a Texas Medical Board news release:
On July 24, 2019, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas medical license of Kerry Lane Evans, M.D. (Lic. No. K5922), after determining his continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare. The suspension was effective immediately.
The Board panel found that on or about June 28, 2019, Dr. Evans was indicted and reportedly booked into Tyler County Jail on charges including continuous sexual abuse of a child.
A temporary suspension hearing with notice will be held as soon as practicable with 10 days' notice to Dr. Evans, unless the hearing is specifically waived by Dr. Evans.
The temporary suspension remains in place until the Board takes further action.
Florida minister, Alabama sex offender arrested
on child porn charges
By The Associated Press
A Florida minster and registered sex offender has been arrested after authorities found child pornography on his home computer.
Sarasota County Sheriff's officials tell news outlets that 66-year-old Charles Andrews was arrested Tuesday. He's charged with 500 felony counts of possession of child pornography and three counts of failing to meet sex offender requirements.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children tipped authorities to two email accounts belonging to Andrews used to download child porn. They traced the accounts to his home IP address.
Andrews is a pastor at Osprey Church of Christ. Andrews also is a registered sex offender who was convicted in 2006 of second-degree sexual abuse in Alabama.
Now he’s in jail, his bond set at more than $5 million.
Youngstown, OH, man sentenced to prison for taking pictures of child’s sexual assault
by: WKBN Staff
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A Youngstown man was sentenced to over 37 years in federal prison for taking pictures of himself sexually assaulting a little girl.
Daniel Fleischer, 37, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children and receipt and distribution of child pornography.
The sexual assault happened in June 2011.
Investigators said he also viewed and shared multiple images of child pornography through the instant messaging app Kik.
In March 2018, federal law enforcement raided Fleischer’s Brownlee Woods home, taking storage devices where they said he kept the pictures.
St. George, UT, teacher going to trial on 15 counts
of aggravated child sex abuse
Written by Cody Blowers
St. George News
ST. GEORGE — A trial has been scheduled for a St. George school teacher accused molesting a number of former students over the span of his 32-year-career.
Curtis William Payne, 60, of Santa Clara, appeared at a pretrial conference held before 5th District Court Judge Jeffrey Wilcox on 15 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, each a first-degree felony. Prosecutor Zachary Weiland and Payne’s defense attorney, Douglas Terry, discussed the time needed for trial. Both ultimately agreed that a two-week trial would be necessary to allow each side an appropriate amount of time to present witnesses and evidence, as well as time for Terry to mount a viable defense for his client.
The trial is scheduled to begin with jury selection in Fifth District Court at 9 a.m. Aug. 5 and will continue through Aug. 16 before Judge Wilcox.
Payne was arrested in January 2018 and was initially charged with three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child for crimes the state said he committed while teaching at Sunset Elementary School in St. George in the 1990s, according to the probable cause statement filed by St. George Police in support of the arrest.
Payne was subsequently released from police custody on $75,000 bail pending trial, but less than a week later, he was arrested again (2nd story on link) and charged with 12 new counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child based upon information obtained through follow-up investigations that identified several additional alleged victims.
Upon his initial arrest, the St. George Police Department urged anyone who may have been a victim of Payne to come forward, which is when more allegations emerged that resulted in the additional charges.
By Payne’s second arrest, detectives had interviewed 32 individuals as part of the ongoing sex abuse investigation that began in December 2017. “The incidents span the length of Mr. Payne’s career, and those interviewed now range in ages from 14 to 30 years old,” St. George Police officer Lona Trombley said in February 2018.
Payne, who was employed by the Washington County School District for more than three decades, was teaching at Sunrise Ridge Intermediate School in St. George at the time of his first arrest.
During a police interview, Payne told authorities that he remembered the former students he is accused of abusing but denied all allegations against him.
Charging documents state the alleged abuse involved inappropriate touching that took place when movies were shown in the classroom, at his desk and during other school functions, while other incidents reportedly took place in the basement of Payne’s Santa Clara residence.
The defendant has remained in custody since his second arrest in February 2018 on $50,000 cash-only bail. Court records indicate the defendant’s wife has since filed for divorce.
Also in St George: Separate case tentatively goes to trial
On Wednesday, a pretrial conference was also scheduled on a 2016 case involving 42-year-old Jib Payne, of St. George.
The case was filed June 30, 2016, when Jib Payne was charged with three first-degree felony counts of forcible sodomy. He was also charged with drug possession with intent to distribute, one count of weapon possession by a category II person and one count of causing/permitting a child or vulnerable adult to be exposed to a controlled substance, each a third-degree felony. Payne also faces three misdemeanors — one count of each for drug possession, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.
The case involves a 17-year-old male who was forced into a vehicle June 29, 2016, by the defendant, who pointed a gun at him, according to the probable cause statement filed in support of the arrest.
The youth was then taken to the suspect’s residence on East Colorado Cove in St. George where he was allegedly sodomized by Payne “three times against his will,” police wrote in the statement. The boy also told police he smoked marijuana with Payne, who he said provided the substance.
During an interview with police, the defendant admitted the teen spent the night at his home and smoked marijuana with him but denied that any sexual activity occurred, according to court records. He also denied forcing the youth into his vehicle or displaying a weapon.
Through the course of the investigation, officers searched Payne’s residence, allegedly finding what appeared to be marijuana and methamphetamine stored near firearms and ammunition, as well as drug paraphernalia. Officers also located and collected evidence of the alleged sexual assault.
During a search of the defendant’s vehicle, officers allegedly found a black handgun as described during the teen’s interview. The defendant was arrested and transported to Purgatory Correctional Facility where he remained on $70,000 bail until July 5, 2016, when he was released after posting bond.
After myriad continuances, cancelled trials and delays that went on more than two years, Jib Payne’s case is tentatively scheduled to go to trial starting Aug. 5. It may be rescheduled if there is a conflict with the trial already scheduled in the case of Curtis Payne.
Calls to confirm Jib Payne’s trial date went unanswered.
No word on whether the two Paynes are related.
Tennessee police reopen cold case of
youth pastor and 3 children
Jeremy Finley
Murfreesboro police have reopened a 2003 case of three children who claimed their youth pastor sexually abused them.
It comes after News4 Investigates shared our findings with police, including attorneys notes from that year that back up what the children claimed happened.
Former pastor John Martin was arrested earlier this month in Florence, Alabama, on multiple charges of first-degree child abuse.
Before Martin moved to Alabama, he worked as a youth minister at the Bellwood Baptist Church in Murfreesboro.
Three of his former students reached out to News4 Investigates, claiming they too were sexually abused by Martin when they were children.
Confirmed of the reopened case after News4 Investigates shared their claims and attorneys notes that back them up with Murfreesboro police.
“He molested me countless times,” said Rob Dasher, 27, who said the abuse happened throughout the church and Martin’s personal home when he was twelve.
Rob’s younger brother, Matthew, 26, said he too was sexually abused as a child by the former youth pastor. “No telling how many victims there are,” Matthew Dasher said.
Nicole Simpson, 28, said when she was one of Martin’s students, he rubbed her thighs and kissed her on the lips. “Heartbreaking, is what it was,” Simpson said.
Independently of Simpson, News4 Investigates obtained notes from her now deceased attorney from October 14, 2003.
Those notes were taken, Simpson said, when she was questioned by police when Rob and Matthew Dasher’s mother filed a police report.
Those notes reflect everything the three claim. The notes also show that police said that there wasn’t enough evidence to charged Martin.
But all three remember Murfreesboro police investigators going to the church to speak to the head pastor. “(They) told the pastor, ‘Hey, 100 percent, he's a pedophile. We don't have enough to convict. But this man has no business being around kids,” Matthew Dasher said.
The three also said they remember how the head pastor, now deceased, responded to the children’s claims. “Said we were children of Satan, and stood by Martin,” Rob Dasher said.
OMG! He's got blood on his hands when he stands before Christ.
A decision, the three said, that allowed Martin to stay at the church for at least another year and then ultimately move to Alabama, where he is now behind bars on a $60,000 bond.
“I'm glad it's happening now. I just wish it wasn't 15 years and countless victims later,” Matthew Dasher said.
Jefferson County, ID, man with history of
sex abuse charged for child rape
By JOHNATHAN HOGAN jhogan@postregister.com
A Jefferson County man has been charged with three counts of lewd conduct with a minor after two girls told law enforcement he raped and sexually abused them in 2017.
Michael Baker, 40, came under investigation after the first victim, who was 13 at the time, reported him in March. The second victim, who was 12, came forward in June.
The second victim said she was raped twice by Baker. The first incident happened while the victim was asleep. The second incident also reportedly happened while the victim was asleep, in a room with another child who was asleep at the time. The victim said Baker stopped only when the other child started to wake up.
The older victim described being molested under nearly identical circumstances to the first assault on the younger victim.
The younger victim at first did not report Baker. She told her parents about the abuse when she saw Baker in town and became fearful.
Baker was charged with sexual abuse of a minor in 2006 in Jefferson County. Like the more recent cases, the victim said she was asleep at the time and woke up to find Baker raping her. When the victim told her parents about the rape, Baker begged them not to report him to police and offered to give them his savings to stay silent.
Baker pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of misdemeanor battery in the 2006 case and was not required to register as a sex offender.
Lovely! Another plea deal that benefits the pervert and cost at least two children, their childhood.
Lewd conduct with a minor is punishable with up to life in prison. No-contact orders were issued in both cases, and his bail was set at a combined $150,000 between the two cases.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Aug. 7 in Jefferson County Courthouse.
Jefferson Co., ID
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