Ted Heath, Baby Factory, 'Mon Oncle', Rape & Murder Lead Today's Global Pervs n Paedos List

Sir Edward Heath WAS a paedophile, says police chief: Astonishing claim is made that the former PM is guilty of vile crimes 'covered up by the Establishment' 

More than 30 people have come forward with claims about the former PM 

And they are said to have given 'strikingly similar' accounts to Wiltshire Police 

The county's chief constable has said that the allegations are 'totally convincing'

Pictures have emerged of Heath driving - despite it being claimed he didn't have a car

By SIMON WALTERS POLITICAL EDITOR FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

Edward Heath with his piano at his home Arundells in Salisbury, Wiltshire

The police chief investigating claims that Sir Edward Heath was a paedophile is convinced the allegations are ‘120 per cent’ genuine, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

More than 30 people have come forward with claims of sexual abuse by the former Conservative Prime Minister, according to well-placed sources. 

And they are said to have given ‘strikingly similar’ accounts of incidents to Wiltshire Police – even though the individuals are not known to each other.

The Mail on Sunday has been told that Wiltshire Chief Constable Mike Veale regards the allegations as ‘totally convincing’, and plans to publish a report in June.

Detectives have established that, contrary to claims that Sir Edward could not have committed the crimes as he ‘never drove a car’ and ‘always’ had a police driver with him, he did drive – and did have a car.

They have photographic evidence that shows he is a driver, and have established that he had a driving licence. He also bought a Rover 2000 after being deposed as Tory leader by Margaret Thatcher in 1975, when he was 58.

Astonishingly, Mr Veale is also understood to support claims that Sir Edward’s alleged crimes were reported to police years ago but covered up by the Establishment.

Some of those who said Sir Edward abused them are believed to have told police they went on to commit sexual abuse crimes themselves as a result.

The investigation into Sir Edward, called Operation Conifer, was set up in 2015 in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.

Mr Veale came under pressure to abandon the inquiry last year after separate claims of a paedophile ring at Westminster involving former Home Secretary, the late Lord Brittan, and former Defence chief, Lord Bramall, were found to be groundless.

Wiltshire Chief Constable Mike Veale regards the allegations as ‘totally convincing’, and plans to publish a report in June

Allegations that Sir Edward was involved in satanic orgies have been dismissed as fantasy by an expert asked to review the case.

However, The Mail on Sunday has been told that Mr Veale believes the paedophile allegations are genuine. A source said: ‘Mr Veale believes in them 120 per cent and thinks they are totally convincing.

‘There are very close similarities in the accounts given by those who have come forward. The same names used for him, the same places and same type of incidents keep coming up.

‘What stands out is that the people giving these accounts are not connected but the stories and the details dovetail.

‘It contains disturbing stuff. Investigators have been shocked by what they have learned.’

Another source said: ‘The police were initially sceptical about the allegations, but now believe them. And they have come round to the view that they were covered up in the past because of who Heath was.

DO THESE PHOTOS UNDERMINE EX PM'S DEFENCE?

Sir Edward Heath seen with his car in Weymouth, despite claims he never drove

These are the photographs that appear to disprove the notion that the allegations against Sir Edward cannot be true because he ‘never drove a car’ and was always accompanied by police.

Both were taken in October 1975. In the main picture on the right, Heath is standing by the driver’s door of the Rover 2000 he bought after Margaret Thatcher ousted him as Tory leader in February that year. In the picture on the left, he is seen arriving at the Tory Party conference in Blackpool – in the driver’s seat.

The Mail on Sunday has learned that Wiltshire Police has also obtained photographic evidence of him driving.

The issue was first raised by former Cabinet Secretary Lord Armstrong, who worked with Sir Edward in No 10. Lord Armstrong said Sir Edward – whom he described as ‘asexual’ – had a 24-hour police guard and driver from the day he became PM in 1970 to his death in 2005, and did not have his own car.

‘When he was at home he had two policemen on the gate, he had the personal protection officer from Scotland Yard in the house, he never drove a car himself, he always had an official driver,’ said Lord Armstrong. ‘It seems highly unlikely he could have escaped all that to do the kind of thing that is described.’

Sir Edward Heath again pictured driving, this time leaving leaves the conference for the sea breezes of Weymouth

Sir Edward bought the Rover after losing the chauffeur-driven car he was entitled to as Prime Minister, then Opposition leader.

A confidant of the former PM said: ‘He definitely could and did drive, though was a notoriously bad one. When he went to music concerts in Salzburg and hired a car, he was meant to drive it because his British police guards weren’t officially allowed to.

‘But they insisted as they were frightened he was going to crash.’

‘They will not be deflected by the rich and powerful trying to do the same now. Mike Veale is doing a great job and should be congratulated for his courage.’

The disclosures come after several senior politicians dismissed the allegations against Heath as absurd and unfounded. Former Tory Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind complained Heath’s reputation was being ‘besmirched’. Heath’s sexuality has been the source of much speculation over the years. Some believed he was gay, others said he was ‘asexual.’ At one point, he was being investigated by no fewer than five police forces – the Met, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Kent and Jersey.

The claims, some of which have been proved false, include alleged links to a convicted brothel keeper known as Madame Ling-Ling. A paedophile dossier compiled by Labour peer Baroness Castle said he offered young boys trips on his yacht, and in a separate incident one man claimed Sir Edward picked him up hitchhiking in Kent as a 12-year-old in the 1960s and lured him to his Mayfair flat.

Labour MP Tom Watson also said he had received allegations about Sir Edward. However the claims Mr Veale is investigating, which date from the 1960s to 1990s, are not linked to the discredited evidence of the man known as ‘Nick’, who alleged a high-level paedophile ring.

One of the key counter-claims made when the allegations first surfaced came from former Cabinet Secretary Lord Armstrong, who worked with Heath when he was Prime Minister. He said Heath ‘never drove a car’ and always had at least one policeman with him from 1970 until his death in 2005.

The fact that Sir Edward could drive was confirmed last night by a friend, who said the former Prime Minister bought a car in 1975, although Sir Edward was later given a chauffeur-driven car and police guard after IRA death threats. 

Asked if Mr Veale believed the allegations against Sir Edward were ‘totally convincing’, a police spokesman said the Chief Constable was determined to ‘ensure the investigation is proportionate, measured and legal’ and that the job of the police was to ‘impartially investigate allegations without fear or favour and go where the evidence takes us. It is not the role of the police to judge the guilt or innocence of people in our criminal justice system.’

Further asked if Mr Veale had ‘120 per cent’ faith in the allegations, the spokesman declined to comment.

Police refuse to call off the dogs after VIP child sex ring fiasco

Launched in 2015 to investigate allegations against Sir Edward Heath, Operation Conifer has been dogged by claims that it traduces the reputation of a Prime Minister who died more than a decade ago and could not be put on trial.

The operation, which has a staff of 17 and has run up a bill approaching £1 million, did not get off to a good start when Wiltshire Chief Constable Mike Veale had to apologise for launching it in front of cameras outside Sir Edward’s former house, Arundells, in Salisbury.

Demands to call it off grew last November when Scotland Yard was forced to abandon its Operation Midland investigation into similar claims of a VIP paedophile ring in Westminster. 

After a flurry of false accusations, Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe apologised to former Defence chief Lord Bramall, ex-Tory MP Harvey Proctor, DJ Paul Gambaccini and Lady Brittan, widow of the late Lord Brittan.

A police officer stands at the gate of Arundells, the former home of  Heath when the probe was launched

Pressure on Operation Conifer mounted after this newspaper revealed how an expert, brought in by police to assess claims that Heath was linked to paedophiles who held satanic orgies, dismissed them as fantasy.

Days after The Mail on Sunday report, Mr Veale came out fighting and insisted Operation Conifer was not a ‘witch-hunt’. 

In a surprise statement released on December 2, he said he refused to ‘buckle’ to demands to abandon the inquiry, and stressed his officers had not spoken to ‘Nick’, the man at the root of Operation Midland.

The Heath investigation was not a ‘fishing trip’, he said, adding that he was ‘duty-bound’ to go ahead with it ‘without fear or favour and go where the evidence takes us’. He accused his critics of ignorance, and rebuked them for using ‘inappropriate and unacceptable pressure’ in an attempt to halt the inquiry.

Mr Veale said a ‘significant number of individuals’ had alleged abuse, but refused to say how many or give details of the only two people to be arrested.

He even said the findings of the investigation may never be made public, stating: ‘A confidential closing report will be written… and at that time I will take advice as to what I can legally put in the public domain.’ 

Police were ‘testing, checking and challenging the evidence and ensuring our approach is proportionate and justified’, he said.

Mr Veale argues that although Sir Edward died in 2005, other offenders may still be alive and victims could require support. ‘If the force had received allegations of non-recent child abuse against a former Prime Minister and done nothing, what would the reaction have been?’

Lincoln Seligman, Sir Edward’s godson, responded to Mr Veale’s December statement by saying: ‘If they have uncovered no evidence after 18 months they should say so. And if Conifer is wound up, [Sir Edward] deserves to be exonerated as publicly as he was initially smeared. Shuffling the inquiry’s findings off into the night is not acceptable.’

Other aspects of Operation Conifer have also come under fire. Wiltshire Police interviewed key figures at Private Eye because the satirical magazine joked about unmarried Sir Edward’s sexuality 40 years ago.

They wanted to know if its nickname for him, ‘Sailor Ted’, in his days as PM from 1970 to 1974, was a reference to rumours that he was gay. Police even asked current editor Ian Hislop what he knew about Heath, despite Hislop being a teenager during the period under investigation.

Officers have also tracked down former Downing Street staff to ask them if young men were ever sneaked into No 10. Times writer and ex-Tory MP Matthew Parris dismissed the allegations, saying: ‘If Heath was a child abuser, I’m an aardvark.’

My advice: keep your 'aunts' away from Parris.

24 babies, pregnant teens freed from Nigeria 'baby factory'

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Small facilities house pregnant women and offer their babies for sale

AFP

Lagos: Nigerian police have rescued 24 babies and four expectant mothers from an illegal maternity home in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, a spokesman said Thursday.

"In a covert operation on Tuesday, our men burst a child trafficking syndicate at Woji in Port Harcourt where 24 babies between the ages of one and two, and four pregnant teenagers were rescued," Nnamdi Omoni told AFP.

He said the victims were looking "frail and malnourished" and had been hospitalised while investigations were ongoing to find those responsible for the facility.

Does that mean they raided the facility when none of the perpetrators were there? How convenient!

Police raids on illegal maternity units - dubbed "baby factories" - have been relatively common in Nigeria, especially in the south.

The "factories" are usually small facilities parading as private medical clinics that house pregnant women and offer their babies for sale. In some cases, young women have allegedly been held against their will and raped, with their newborns sold on the black market.

But security services say many cases have seen unmarried women with unplanned pregnancies arrive voluntarily or through persuasion.

Baby boys are typically sold for 500,000 naira ($1,400, 1,250 euros) while girls fetch 300,000 naira, police have said in previous cases.

Oil-rich Nigeria boasts one of Africa's largest economies, but it has more people living in extreme poverty than any other nation in the world.

That's because it is one of the most, if not the most, corrupt country in the world.

Quebec Police arrest 'uncle', 51, in connection with
death of 13-y/o Lachute girl

Océane Boyer's body was found on side of a road in Brownsburg-Chatham

CBC News 

The body of 13-year-old Océane Boyer was found on the side of the road Wednesday morning.

Police are treating her death as a homicide. (Facebook)

Quebec provincial police have made an arrest in connection with the death of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found on the side of the road in Brownsburg–Chatham, Que., 50 kilometres west of Montreal, on Wednesday.

The Sûreté du Québec said they arrested a 51-year-old man in Montreal on Thursday. He will be interviewed by homicide investigators this afternoon and is expected to appear in court tomorrow.

SQ Sgt. Marc Tessier said a passerby called police after discovering the body on Horrem Road, near Berlin Street, around 11 a.m. Wednesday.

"She was sent to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. She had traces of violence on her," said Tessier.

Police are treating the girl's death as a homicide. They have not released the girl's name, but Radio-Canada sources have identified her as Océane Boyer.

Océane was last seen leaving her home in Lachute on Wednesday morning. It's not yet known whether she made it to Lavigne Polyvalente, her high school.

The girl's parents reported her missing Wednesday afternoon when they didn't hear from her after school. Once her family reported her missing, police quickly made the link to the body they had found earlier that day.

The girl's school is closed today due to the snowstorm, but Tessier said police are working with the school board to provide counselling to staff and students tomorrow.

Lachute Mayor Carl Péloquin offered his condolences to the family of Océane at a news conference Thursday afternoon.

"My own son was in her class at school last year," said Péloquin.

"You're always thinking of those moments that you never want to have to face as a parent. So this will be extremely hard," he said "It's the worst thing you could ever imagine."

Péloquin said the homicide comes as a shock to the community, which has a population of about 12,500.

"This is a close-knit community; people know each other," he said.

There is no indication of sexual assault in this report. But that is not unusual as Canadian reporters don't like to talk about such things. We can hope and pray there was no sexual assault, but will have to wait for any charges to be filed before knowing if there was one. Rest in peace, Oceane; no-one can hurt you now.

UPDATE 29-02-2020

Man charged with killing 13-year-old Lachute, Que., girl was a family friend. She called him 'mon oncle Francois'.


François Sénécal remains behind bars and has been ordered not to communicate with Océane's family. Police are waiting for DNA test results before charging him.

London, Ont. photographer acquitted on

child sexual abuse charges

CTVNews London, ON

LONDON, ONT. -- A London photographer has been cleared of child sex abuse allegations.

Martin Galloway's lawyer Daniel Brown tells CTV News that his client was acquitted because the judge believed his testimony.

Galloway, 60, was cleared of all allegations of sexually abusing a teenager in London between 2000 and 2006.

A Toronto court heard Galloway admit he had a BDSM (Bondage, Discipline, Sadism and Masochism) relationship with the girl’s mother, but he denied sexually abusing her child.

And if you can't believe someone who is into bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism, who can you believe?

The girl, along with her two siblings, was subjected to sexual abuse by their mother, who is now on day parole in connection with a five-year prison term and earlier served a three-year sentence for abusing her children.

Galloway was arrested in 2017 (5th story on link), and was among six people charged in the case following a year-long investigation by Toronto police.

On Thursday, the judge said she acquitted Galloway because of reliability problems with the testimony of the alleged victim and her mother's testimony.

And, of course, Mom's testimony would not be tainted, just because she sexually abused her own children.

Brown says the false accusations completely tarnished his client's reputation. "He has been branded as a pedophile, and since the accusations came to light, Mr. Galloway's business was ruined."

Excuse my sarcasm. I'm sure if Mr Galloway was a paedophile, there would be evidence of it in his work, and, apparently, there was not. So, I expect justice was done.

India: 3-y/o girl raped during wedding function

A guest at the wedding found the minor girl

lying on the washroom floor, bleeding

Mainpuri: A three-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an unidentified youth in the bathroom of a marriage hall in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district.

The incident took place late in the Bhogaon area in Mainpuri district on Wednesday night. The girl had come with her parents to attend a wedding.

She was playing around and then went missing, but the parents did not notice her absence.

A woman guest at the wedding went to the washroom and saw the minor girl lying on the floor and bleeding. She later told the police that she had seen a youth coming out from the washroom while she was entering.

Mainpuri Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajay Kumar said the girl's condition is stable, and a medical examination has confirmed rape.

He said that an FIR has been registered under section 376 (rape) of IPC and the POCSO Act.

More than a dozen persons have been detained for questioning.

The SP further said that though eight CCTV cameras were installed inside the marriage hall, footages were not available due to technical issues in recording. "We have also formed four teams to investigate the matter and nab the accused whose sketch has been prepared on basis of the description given by the woman who saw him," he said.

The police are also screening the videos recorded by a videographer during the function to get clues about the suspect.

India: Mystery surrounds drowning of 6-y/o girl

No sexual assault has been reported in the preliminary autopsy report

IANS

Thiruvananthapuram: Devananda, a six-year-old girl, died due to drowning, revealed the report of the primary autopsy done at the Medical College hospital here on Friday.

The girl went missing from her house near Kollam on Thursday morning. The matter was taken up by the TV channels and it also went viral on social media.

The people in Kerala including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan were shocked when her body was found in a lake near her house by the police divers at 7.30 a.m. on Friday.

"She was such a nice little girl and was the darling of our locality. We just cannot believe that she walked out of her home and slipped and fell into the lake. If so, then why did the divers who searched at the same place where her body was taken out today, missed it yesterday. We feel something bad has happened to her," said a neighbour.

Her father, Pradip Kumar, arrived here early morning from Oman as soon as he got to know that his daughter was missing. However, he received the news of her death when he reached home.

No sexual assault has been reported in the preliminary autopsy report. The detailed report is expected in two days time. "We will continue our probe," said a top police official connected with the case.

Her mother, Dhanya, was washing clothes outside her home and the little girl was playing inside the house.

"I was talking to her as I was washing the clothes and then for about 10 minutes, hearing no sound, I went and looked inside the house but she was not there. I soon alerted the neighbours and despite a search she was not found. Then we informed the police," said Dhanya

Victims of Sunderland child sex attacker praised for bravery after suffering 'appalling and abhorrent abuse'

By Fiona Thompson
Sunderland Echo

Thomas Wright, 67, is behind bars after being convicted of sexually assaulting four children aged between 4 and 15.

He admitted to five cases of indecent assault and a further three counts of sexual assault at Newcastle Crown Court and a judge sentenced him to 15 years and four months behind bars.

His historic offending came to light in November 2017 when one of his victims contacted police after seeing other high-profile paedophile cases in the news.

Detective Constable Julie Wyness, of Northumbria Police, praised the victims for their incredible bravery throughout the investigation and said Wright’s conviction sends out a strong message to communities.

She said: “The bravery that each of Wright’s victims showed is incredible and I sincerely hope his conviction can help bring them some kind of closure.

“They have all carried this burden with them for decades knowing they were subjected to appalling and abhorrent abuse by Wright. Today, their attacker is behind bars and that is testament to their strength and bravery to come forward and contact police.”

She added: “Wright was in a position of trust – and he selfishly abused that trust for his own sexual gratification. His behaviour has caused a huge amount of hurt, distress and anguish to so many people.

“He now must face the consequences of his very serious offending, and I hope today’s outcome helps give other victims, suffering in silence, the courage to come forward.

“We would always encourage any victim of rape or sexual assault, whether recent or historic, to get in touch. Our specialist officers are here to listen and support you – and we are committed to bringing offenders to justice.”

Claire Brinton, of CPS North East, said: “Over the course of his offending, Thomas Wright actively preyed on young children in the selfish pursuit of his own sexual gratification.

“His victims have spoken of the long-term emotional and psychological damage that Wright’s actions have caused them, with some still struggling to come to terms with these terrifying events decades later. This case clearly illustrates the importance of investigating and prosecuting non-recent sexual offences.

“I would like to thank Northumbria Police for their comprehensive investigation into these offences. With the evidence they have secured, the Crown Prosecution Service has been able to build a very robust case against Thomas Wright. This has left him little option but to plead guilty to all charges, sparing his victims the further ordeal of a lengthy trial.

“We sincerely hope that all of those affected by the abuse they suffered at the hands of Thomas Wright can take some measure of comfort in the custodial sentence passed on him today.”

Anyone who has been a victim of rape, sexual assault or abuse, recent or historic, is asked to contact police on 101 or report via the ‘Tell Us Something’ page of our website. In an emergency, call 999.

To contact the 24/7 Crisis Helpline, contact 0333 344 8283 or find out more about our Sexual Assault Referral Centre by searching REACH SARC online.

Victims can also contact Victims First Northumbria on 0800 011 3116 who will give independent advice and support.

Perverted Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous - Episode XXXX - Duffy, Nygard, Epstein, Polanski, Scott-Thomas

POPSTAR Duffy has bravely revealed she was held captive and raped in an emotional Instagram post

The Welsh singer, 35, opened up about the horror today to her 22,000 followers as she told how her heart was left "broken".

 She posted this image alongside her emotional statement

Duffy, who shot to fame with album Rockferry in 2008, wrote: "You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this. The way I would write it, how I would feel thereafter.

"Well, not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk. I cannot explain it. Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why.

"A journalist contacted me, he found a way to reach me and I told him everything this past summer. He was kind and it felt so amazing to finally speak.

"The truth is, and please trust me I am ok and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days. Of course I survived.

"The recovery took time. There’s no light way to say it. But I can tell you in the last decade, the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again, the sun does now shine."

Duffy's moving Instagram statement in full

You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this. The way I would write it, how I would feel thereafter. Well, not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk. I cannot explain it.Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why. A journalist contacted me, he found a way to reach me and I told him everything this past summer. He was kind and it felt so amazing to finally speak.The truth is, and please trust me I am ok and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days. Of course I survived. The recovery took time. There’s no light way to say it. But I can tell you in the last decade, the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again, the sun does now shine.You wonder why I did not choose to use my voice to express my pain? I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes. I asked myself, how can I sing from the heart if it is broken? And slowly it unbroke.In the following weeks I will be posting a spoken interview. If you have any questions I would like to answer them, in the spoken interview, if I can. I have a sacred love and sincere appreciation for your kindness over the years. You have been friends. I want to thank you for that xDuffyPlease respect this is a gentle move for me to make, for myself, and I do not want any intrusion to my family. Please support me to make this a positive experience.

The Warwick Avenue singer told her fans she chose not to "express my pain" through singing as she "did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes".

Duffy added: "I asked myself, how can I sing from the heart if it is broken? And slowly it unbroke."

She explained she would be posting an interview in the future and would like to answer any questions.

The brave singer finished the statement - posted alongside a black and white image of herself - by saying: "I have a sacred love and sincere appreciation for your kindness over the years. You have been friends. I want to thank you for that.

"Please respect this is a gentle move for me to make, for myself, and I do not want any intrusion to my family. Please support me to make this a positive experience."

Duffy has now been praised by fans for opening up in the moving statement.

One wrote: "Well done. I’m happy for you being able to speak your mind on this."

While another said: "Duffy, without a doubt, you are a very strong person! and nobody deserves to go through that! I send you a lot of love and that you succeed. We will always be waiting for you."

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Lolita Island part 2? FBI raid New York HQ of fashion mogul Nygard, friend of Prince Andrew, in child sex trafficking probe

Fashion executive and designer Peter Nygard's headquarters and flagship store are seen near Times Square in New York City, New York U.S., February 25, 2020. © REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

The FBI and NYPD have raided the New York offices of fashion exec Peter Nygard as part of a sex trafficking investigation - the fourth such probe of the mogul, who is accused of drugging and raping girls on his Bahamas estate.

Six vans full of agents from the FBI and NYPD descended on Nygard’s Times Square headquarters on Tuesday morning to gather evidence, according to two officers who spoke to the New York Times following the raid. The flamboyant Canadian businessman has been under investigation for allegedly trafficking underage girls by a joint child-exploitation task force comprised of state and federal law enforcement for at least five months. 

The criminal probe is separate from a lawsuit filed earlier this month by 10 women alleging Nygard drugged and raped them when they were 14 or 15 years old on his estate in the Bahamas, though at least four of the women involved in that lawsuit have been interviewed by the task force. The suit charges Nygard ran a “sex trafficking ring,” luring “young, impressionable, and often impoverished children and women” to his home by dangling cash and promises of successful modeling careers. 

Nygard, the suit claims, threw “pamper parties” on his palatial Bahamas estate, where he spiked girls’ drinks with Rohypnol and raped them. The parties were said to be extravagant affairs featuring massages and jet-ski rides, and the estate itself - with a fake Mayan temple, a disco with a stripper pole, and showy animal sculptures - is reminiscent of Jeffrey Epstein’s Lolita Island. In fact, Nygard is a friend of Epstein’s pal Prince Andrew, and like both men is known for being perpetually surrounded with a bevy of attractive young women. He allegedly kept a database with details about each guest going back to 1987 to help him decide who to prey on.

The 78-year-old mogul denies the charges, blaming his neighbor, hedge-fund billionaire Louis Bacon, who hired his own private detectives to investigate Nygard after a pitched battle between the two that has spanned 25 lawsuits across five jurisdictions and cost both tens of millions of dollars. It has also involved the two flinging wild accusations - of insider trading, Ku Klux Klan membership, murder plots, and now raping teen girls.

But this is not the first time Nygard has found himself the target of a sex trafficking probe. The FBI was investigating him in 2015 and 2017, while the Department of Homeland Security spent nine months looking into him in 2016, though nothing came of any of those probes. The women in the lawsuit all hail from the Bahamas except one, and remain anonymous. Nine women in Canada and the US have also accused him of sexual harassment or assault over the years. The Times spoke with nine women not involved in the lawsuit who claim Nygard had touched them inappropriately, made unwanted advances, or, in at least two cases, raped them.

MSNBC host accuses Trump of hiring friends

of Jeffrey Epstein to defend him

Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz negotiated Epstein's

sweetheart deal in Florida in 2008

Dershowitz is a known frequent flyer on Epstein's Lolita

Dershowitz was also accused of rape by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

MSNBC, MORNING JOE
JOE SCARBOROUGH

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough strongly criticized the defense team for President Donald Trump, arguing that it was "associated with a pedophile," referring to deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Scarborough, a former Republican congressman who now identifies as an independent, made the remark during his MSNBC show Morning Joe on Monday. The host's criticism arose due to Trump's legal team members Ken Starr, who led the independent counsel investigation into former President Bill Clinton, and Alan Dershowitz, a retired Harvard law professor, both previously having worked for Epstein.

"Let's talk about the selection of a legal team, and talk about a president who has such trouble finding legal representation that he actually got the legal team that helped put together the plea deal, and helped represent Jeffrey Epstein," Scarborough, who regularly criticizes Trump and his administration, said on Monday.

"I can't imagine another president at any time having to select a team that would be associated with a pedophile, who according to recent reports trafficked in young girls as young as 11-years-old," he said.

Epstein died in prison last year after being indicted on charges of sex trafficking. Although he died before being convicted of the alleged crimes leading to the most recent charges, the prominent businessman had previously in 2008 managed to get a plea deal from prosecutors in Florida for related charges, which Dershowitz and Starr helped him secure. Starr has since defended the lenient prosecution his former client Epstein received in Florida.

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a victim of Epstein's, has also accused Dershowitz directly of abusing her. But the lawyer has denied the allegation and filed a lawsuit against her.

Dershowitz told The New York Times in 2015 that he regretted representing Epstein. "I think I do regret having taken the case in light of everything that has happened since," he said. "If I could give back the money I made in this case and have this episode of my life erased, I'd do it."

Jeffrey Epstein and Alan Dershowitz in an undated photo

RICK FRIEDMAN/CORBIS/GETTY

Although Dershowitz has said publicly that he voted for former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016, he has regularly defended Trump publicly in the wake of numerous investigations into his actions. Speaking to ABC's This Week and CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, the legal scholar argued that Trump should not be removed even if he did all of the things outlined in the Articles of Impeachment.

"They are not articles of impeachment. The articles of impeachment are two non-criminal actions," he asserted to This Week. "You can't charge a president with impeachable conduct if it doesn't fit within the criteria for the Constitution," the lawyer said. He explained, that in his view, the Constitution only allowed for impeachment for explicitly criminal behavior.


But in a resurfaced video of a 1998 interview on Larry King Live, Dershowitz made precisely the opposite argument ahead of Clinton's impeachment. At that time, he argued that an impeachable offense "doesn't have to be a crime" if the president is "somebody who completely corrupts the office."

Former independent counsel Ken Starr answers questions during a discussion held at the American Enterprise Institute on September 18, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

And the Best French Drama - envelope please - The Cesar Awards

French 'Oscars' drama: Director and actress leave Cesar ceremony after Polanski's best director win 

Host Florence Foresti at the 45th Cesar Awards ceremony in Paris, France, February 28, 2020.

©  REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

French director Celine Sciamma and actress Adele Haenel walked out of the Cesar Awards ceremony after Roman Polanski, convicted in the US of statutory rape, won best director award – while their own film was snubbed.

Video from the ceremony shows Haenel getting up from her seat and angrily storming out of the Salle Pleyel in Paris on Friday evening, followed by Sciamma, after Polanski won for “An Officer And A Spy,” a film about the 19th-century anti-Semitic Dreyfuss affair.


Valerie Complex♓️♎️♋️✔
@ValerieComplex
Adele Haenel and Celine Sciamma left the #Cesar2020 awards in the middle of the show bc they awarded a RAPIST (Polanski) for best director. 

Make no mistake, this isnt earned, its retribution for them being so vocal about that sick, twisted shit happening  in France https://twitter.com/haenelswift/status/1233532667540496385 …


lauren MERCI ADELE
@haenelswift
adèle haenel there are no words for how much i admire you 


Sciamma’s “Portrait Of A Lady On Fire,” a period romance set in the 18th century and starring Hanael, won only the cinematography prize out of ten nominations, though it had previously won at Cannes for best screenplay.

Hanael was further snubbed when the best actress award went to Anais Desmoustier for her work in “Alice And The Mayor.”

Sciamma has been an outspoken feminist her entire career, while Haenel became a prominent face of France’s #MeToo movement after accusing director Christophe Ruggia of sexually abusing her since she was 12.

Polanski did not attend the ceremony himself, saying he feared for his safety and wished to avoid being “lynched.” None of the cast or crew of his film was on hand, either. A sizable crowd, organized by the group Osez le Feminisme, gathered outside the venue to protest that Polanski had even been nominated, in twelve categories no less.

The French-born Polish director pleaded guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old in the US back in 1977, then fled to Europe before his sentencing, to avoid prison time. He was expelled from the US Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2018, amid the MeToo furore touched off by accusations against his long-time rival Harvey Weinstein.

Photos and video from the scene showed protesters using flares and police deploying tear gas to disperse them.


Nino Subiaz
@NinoSubiaz
Vives violences aux César. Les barrières de protection manquent de céder. Le tapis rouge suffoque sous les fumigènes #Cesar2020 #Polanski


Alice Coffin✔
@alicecoffin
Enfermez Polanski, liberez nos camarades. s’il y a des celebrites à l’interieur qui veulent donner un coup de main, n’http://h.es .i.t.ez. pas


The entire management of the Cesars resigned two weeks ago, saying that they wanted to “honor those who made cinema in 2019, to regain serenity and make the cinema festival a celebration.” The mass resignation did not affect any of the nominations, however.

Hundreds of film professionals also published an open letter recently, accusing the French film academy of “elitism” and bemoaning its lack of “diversity.”

This year’s big winner – in best picture, people’s choice, editing and best male newcomer categories – was “Les Miserables.” Rather than an adaptation of the eponymous Victor Hugo novel, it was a social justice film about police violence against French citizens of African or Arabic origin,  directed by Ladj Ly, the son of immigrants from Mali.

She was a running prodigy. He was the most powerful man in track. How her promising career unravelled.

Dave Scott-Thomas ran the University of Guelph’s prestigious track program for over 20 years. Now one of his former athletes says he groomed her for sex. More than a decade after school officials first heard her story, he’s been dismissed – and faces new allegations

MICHAEL DOYLE
SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Megan Brown, shown at a stadium in Coquitlam, B.C., is a former student athlete who says her coach groomed her for a sexual relationship when she was a teenager. Now, she is speaking out against the power dynamics in a male-dominated running world in which predatory behaviour can go unchecked. MELISSA RENWICK/THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Dave Scott-Thomas found Megan Brown at a crucial moment in both their lives. It was the fall of 2001. He was 38 and searching for greatness to pair with his grand ambitions as head coach of both the University of Guelph’s track and cross-country teams, as well as his own club, Speed River.

He’d been a student at the school, then bounced around as a teacher and volunteer coach in Kingston, Ont., and Victoria. In 1997, he returned to Guelph with a bold vision for his alma mater. He convinced the school, at the time considered irrelevant in the track world, to hire him.

In his first year as head coach, Mr. Scott-Thomas was paid only a $3,000 honorarium. But it came with something more valuable: unilateral control. Immediately, his wiry frame, like a drawn spring waiting to snap, commanded the Guelph running community.

Mr. Scott-Thomas first encountered Megan Brown when she was 16 years old. Slashing through a muddy, maze-like cross-country course in a suburb of Ottawa, she was unfailing, with an intensity seldom seen in a child. She was alone – 19 seconds ahead of the next competitor at the OFSAA cross-country championships, one of the biggest meets in North America. The lead seemed like an eternity in the four-kilometre junior race, and out in that forest, Mr. Scott-Thomas knew he was watching something rare. Ms. Brown was a virtual unknown, having started running a little more than a year earlier, and she was dominating everyone. OFSAA champions often went on to become Olympians, but Ms. Brown was so new to running that she didn’t even own cross-country spikes.

Mr. Scott-Thomas was in luck: the mysterious prodigy went to St. James Catholic High School, just up the road from his office in Guelph. He’d found his first raw yet pure talent. She would be his to mould.

But Ms. Brown did not go on to lead the University of Guelph to a championship. She did not represent Canada at the Olympic Games. Instead, it was the beginning of a relationship that would destroy both Ms. Brown’s and Mr. Scott-Thomas’s careers in running, albeit years apart.

Dave Scott-Thomas, shown at cross-country championships in Waterloo in 2015. GEORGE AITKIN

Last month, in a move that stunned the tight-knit running community, the University of Guelph dismissed Mr. Scott-Thomas, one of the most celebrated and powerful athletics coaches in Canada. Few details were released, and many were left wondering what went on in Guelph, which Mr. Scott-Thomas had built into the running capital of Canada.

In the fall, the university received a complaint about Mr. Scott-Thomas’s conduct from a student athlete on the national team, made up of elite runners who represent Canada internationally. The university later alluded to a previous allegation of misconduct, which took place more than a decade ago.

Now 35, Ms. Brown has decided to end her silence, alleging Mr. Scott-Thomas groomed her as a 17-year-old for a sexual relationship that ended abruptly with her departure from the university less than a year later. Inspired by Mary Cain, a prominent American track athlete who shocked the sporting world last fall with her story of trauma and abuse at the hands of a powerful male coach, Ms. Brown joins a growing number of women whose stories have provoked a reckoning in running and beyond. Ms. Brown said she believes that an insular, male-dominated system can empower predatory behaviour and fears that many female runners have been manipulated and abused, but were shamed into silence. “Until you reclaim your power and step out of an abusive dynamic,” she said, “you can’t see it for what it really is.”

Ms. Brown spoke with The Globe and Mail in a series of interviews that began in early December, weeks before Mr. Scott-Thomas was fired. The Globe has since interviewed more than 70 athletes and coaches, spanning Mr. Scott-Thomas’s career, and reviewed correspondence and university documents that shed further light on Ms. Brown’s experience and those of others.

The rest of the story is very much in depth and disturbing. Please read it at the Globe and Mail.

Trafficking, Daycare, Paper Boys, Teen Lead Today's USA Pervs n Pedos List

Police rescue Oregon trafficking victims

from Portland hotel room

Author: KGW Staff

PORTLAND, Ore. — Police rescued six human trafficking victims, all of whom are young girls, from a Portland hotel room Thursday night.

Four of the minors are from the Eugene area, according to Eugene police.

On Tuesday, Eugene officers received a report of shots fired and a possible abduction of several minors. Officers could not confirm that information at the time, but they began investigating the case.

Eugene police received a related call on Wednesday about two missing children believed to be taken to the Portland area for trafficking.

Eugene detectives worked with the parents of the alleged victims and with Portland police to identify a hotel room where several minors were allegedly being held.

On Thursday evening, Portland police entered the hotel room and rescued six young girls, including four from Eugene. They took two adults into custody.

The names of the adults have not been released.

Eugene police say the investigation with Portland police is ongoing.

Child sex traffickers need to be locked up forever. They should never be given the opportunity to repeat their crimes, ever!

Former KC day care employee investigated for

alleged sexual misconduct

By: Jessica McMaster, 41 Action News

Photo by: Mark Kachelmeier/KSHB-TV

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An FBI investigation into a Kansas City day care is focused on a former employee who's accused of child sexual misconduct for an apparent incident that happened out of state, according to sources.

On Friday, the 41 Action News investigators uncovered Canada Day Care was being investigated by the FBI.

The owner of the day care and a parent have since told 41 Action News the investigation is in regard to a former employee who is accused of sexually abusing a child at another facility.

A parent of Canada Day Care, who contacted 41 Action News, said she was contacted by authorities this week and asked if the employee in question had ever taken her son, 3, to the bathroom.

At this point, the mother said she does not have reason to believe her child was sexually abused at Canada Day Care. She also said investigators have reached out to other parents whose children were under the care of the former employee.

According to the parent, the employee in question has worked at Canada Day Care for more than two years. The owner of the day care said she conducted a background check on the former employee, which came back clean.

An inspection report from January 16 confirms background checks were on file for all employees at that time. According to the owner's attorney, the former employee stopped coming to work in late January.

It wasn't until after then, that the owner was contacted by the FBI and informed that there was an investigation into the former employee, according to the owner's attorney.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the FBI are not commenting on the investigation. Canada Day Care is located near East 57th Street and Prospect Avenue.

While further details about the investigation weren't immediately available, the 41 Action News investigators found Canada Day Care has a history of inappropriate discipline and is often not compliant with state rules and regulations based off inspections.

While they managed to hide the gender of the person being investigated, I'm willing to bet that it was a male. Men, or boy, should never be allowed to work in child care. 

Four more paperboys sue Rochester, NY's Democrat & Chronicle, claiming sexual abuse

By DAVID ANDREATTA

Four more former Democrat & Chronicle paperboys have sued the newspaper, alleging they were sexually abused by their supervisor while on the job in the 1980s.

Their complaint, filed in state Supreme Court on Wednesday, named Jack Lazeroff, a late circulation department employee who oversaw newspaper deliverers at the time, as the abuser.

Lazeroff, who died in 2003 at the age of 74, has been identified as a suspected molester in previous news accounts and was named in a separate lawsuit brought against the newspaper last year by another former paperboy, Rick Bates, who is now 48. 

The latest lawsuit, which was filed under the Child Victims Act, a state law that opened a temporary window for old child sexual abuse claims to be litigated, was not unexpected.

Indeed, CITY and WXXI News published stories in November detailing allegations of abuse by Lazeroff made by three of the four plaintiffs in the newest case -- Francis Goodsell, Randy Penberg, and Paul Tracy.

The men acknowledged at the time that they were working with the lawyer handling Bates’ case and who filed the lawsuit on their behalf, James Marsh.

Their stories of Lazeroff using decoys and misdirection to grope them or invite them to fondle him bore striking similarities. Some told of Lazeroff approaching them on their paper routes under the guise of wanting to help them finish early or, in the winter, to stay warm.

Many of those details appear in the complaint, as do accounts provided to CITY by colleagues of Lazeroff’s at his previous employer, First Federal Savings and Loan, where Lazeroff had been a vice president before making a mid-life career change to overseeing paperboys.

One of those former colleagues said that Lazeroff was seen on multiple occasions fondling young men in his office who were seeking loans. The company’s former human resources manager said that Lazeroff was fired after young men employed at the bank complained that Lazeroff had fondled them at work.

In addition to alleging abuse, the complaint accuses the newspaper of being negligent in hiring and supervising Lazeroff.

Lazeroff was arrested twice in the 1980s in connection with sexually abusing boys.

The latest lawsuit was first reported by the Democrat & Chronicle.

Feds Charge 3 Bloomington, Ill, Men With
Child Sex Trafficking

By ERIC STOCK, WGLT

Three Bloomington-Normal men face federal child sex trafficking charges following an investigation by Bloomington Police and the FBI.

A federal grand jury has indicted three Bloomington-Normal men on child sex trafficking charges.

Jahquan Howard (left), 26, of Normal, Andrew Wheeler (center), 24, of Normal, and Teon Williams, 20, of Bloomington all face multiple felony counts.

CREDIT BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Peoria announced the charges in separate cases against Teon Williams, 20, of Bloomington; Jahquan Howard, 26, of Normal and Andrew Wheeler, 24, of Normal. All three face multiple felony counts.

Williams is charged with three counts of child sex trafficking stemming from alleged incidents from 2017 to 2019.

Howard faces one count of child sex trafficking and one count of production of child pornography for alleged offenses from 2018 to 2019.

Wheeler is charged with three counts of child sex trafficking and one count of child sex trafficking conspiracy for alleged offenses in 2019.

The three men remain in custody after appearing in federal court and face April trial dates. Bloomington Police investigated each of the cases, with help from the FBI.

Child sex trafficking carries a sentence of 10 years to life in prison for each count. Child sex trafficking conspiracy carries a sentence of five years to life. The penalty for child pornography is 15 to 30 years behind bars.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says the cases are part of its national Project Safe Neighborhood initiative that aims to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Elmore Co., Ala, man gets 198 years in prison

for child sex crimes

by Alabama News Network Staff

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A 66-year-old man has been sentenced to nearly 200 years in prison for sexually assaulting a young girl in Elmore County.

Dennis Long received a 198-year sentence from Circuit Judge Bill Lewis in Elmore County court on Tuesday.

Long was convicted in December of sodomy and sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12 for abusing a girl over a two-year period, beginning when she was 9.

Court records show Long also has two prior child sex offenses. Lewis explained that he chose to sentence Long well above guidelines for the crime because he didn’t want the man to be let out of prison again.

Thank you, God bless you, Judge Lewis.

Elmore Co., Ala

Bartlesville, OK, Couple Arraigned on Sexual Abuse, Pornography Charges

Max Gross, KWON

Kendall and Ashley Burnett, a Bartlesville couple accused of sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl were arraigned on a list of felony charges at the Washington County Courthouse on Wednesday. The couple faces a slew of charges including child sexual abuse, manufacturing, possessing and distributing child pornography as well as other charges pertaining to the incident.

A court affidavit alleges that couple engaged in sexual activity with the minor female victim in various capacities. Online conversation between the two showed their plan to involve the victim and plans to threaten her if she discussed the alleged incidents.

Screenshots of the conversations have been circulating in various social media and online channels. The Bartlesville Police Department posted an update on Facebook encouraging citizens to stop the spread of sensitive and inappropriate content related to this case. The BPD also stated that work was done to find a safe place for the minor victim to stay.

Both defendants remain in custody at the Washington County Jail on their original bonds. The pair will return to court on March 13 at 9 a.m. on the felony status docket.

Police investigating alleged sexual assault of child at Newport News Behavioral Health Center

Newport News Behavioral Health Center (WAVY PHOTO)

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Police are investigating an allegation of a sexual assault at the Newport News Behavioral Health Center.

The Newport News Police Department confirmed on Wednesday that a detective from their Special Victims Unit is investigating the incident, which allegedly happened on Feb. 21 and Feb. 22 at the mental health facility. No charges have been filed at this time.

The alleged victim’s mother says her daughter is 9 years old and was assaulted by another juvenile patient. The mother says her daughter voluntarily checked in to the Newport News Behavioral Health Center on Feb. 20. She was seeking help for PTSD.

The Newport News Behavioral Health Center is a residential mental health treatment facility for children and adolescents. The facility uses a “cognitive behavior treatment model,” which can include therapy, substance abuse treatment, and 24-hour nursing care, according to its website.

10 On Your Side first began investigating the Newport News Behavioral Health Center in July 2018 after 17-year-old Raven Keffer died while in the facility’s care.

In August 2018 a staffer said that Raven complained that she was sick in the days leading up to her death, but her pleas for help were ignored by staff.

The staff member’s account of Raven’s death was backed up by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health. Their investigation found that the Newport News Behavioral Health Center violated more than a dozen standards of care in Raven’s death, including depriving her of appropriate services and treatment, failing to document her significant medical concerns, and failing to note her health complaints.

Raven’s sister, Haley Keffer, filed a $20 million lawsuit against the facility and its parent company, Universal Health Services, in January. The suit claims the center knew Raven’s medical history before she arrived, and that the facility was “legally bound” to protect her.

Another teenager died in 2019 after escaping from the Newport News Behavioral Health Center. Aaron Groom, 16, escaped from the facility on March 23, 2019 after allegedly attacking and robbing one of its staff members. He died after he was hit by a train in Chesterfield on May 8, 2019.

That sounds like suicide! 

Another Furnas Co., Neb, man arrested on

child sex trafficking charges

by KHGI

OXFORD, Neb. — Another man has been arrested in Furnas County on human trafficking charges.

Court records show Carl Kramer, 49, of Oxford, was arrested Tuesday at his place of business at Oxford Locker and is charged with three counts of felony sex trafficking of a minor. Court records indicate the reported crimes happened in October 2019.

Each count comes with a maximum penalty of life in prison.

The details in the case have been sealed, and a court appearance hasn't been set. NTV reached out to the Furnas County attorney's office for more information but was unable to speak with anyone at this time.

The arrest comes one month after another Furnas County man was arrested on similar charges.

William Quinn, of Oxford, faces five felonies including first-degree sexual assault of a child, first-degree sexual assault, intentionally committing child abuse, debauching a minor, and sex trafficking of a minor.

His next court appearance is set for March 13, and the details in Quinn's case have also been sealed.

Burley, ID, man sentenced to therapeutic program for

child sex abuse

Laurie Welch, Magic Valley.com

BURLEY — A Burley man was sentenced to a therapeutic program run by the state for up to a year after pleading guilty to lewd conduct with a child under 16.

Brett Michael Dayley, 39, pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to the charge prior to being sentenced Tuesday, according to court records.

After the program, also known as a rider, the judge will decide if Dayley will go straight to his 17 years of probation or go to prison for up to 17 years.

Dayley was charged in March with rape of a child under age 16 with the perpetrator age 18 or over, willfully possessing child sexually exploitative material, knowingly distributing child sexually exploitative material, child sexual abuse with a child under age 16 and battery with the intent to commit a serious felony. Those charges were dismissed under the plea agreement.

Cassia County District Judge Michael Tribe also sentenced Dayley to pay $545.50 in court costs and a $5,000 civil penalty to the victim. A request for victim restitution was left open.

According to court records, Dayley was charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl he met while playing softball.

Husband of Round Rock, Tx, day care owner arrested under child sexual abuse charges

People - please, please, please don't leave your children in daycares where men or teenage boys are present.

Author: KVUE Staff

ROUND ROCK, Texas
The husband of a Round Rock day care owner has been charged and arrested after police say he sexually assaulted at least two children in her care.

Round Rock police first learned about the alleged abuse on Jan. 13 after the victim told a friend about the abuse. That information was relayed to their school principal, who then notified law enforcement and Child Protective Services.

The victim was interviewed on Jan. 16 at the Williamson County Children's Advocacy Center, where she reported that the husband of the day care owner put his private part in her mouth multiple times when she was five years old. 

She also reported that she believed he did this to other kids as well. However, she later said that she thinks she is the only victim in this case because he told her she is the "special one."

When asked to draw a picture of the alleged abuse, the victim also told investigators that the man, who was identified as 45-year-old Taylor Wade Acord, was shirtless and touching himself when it occurred. The drawing depicted a thin man with defined muscles holding his penis and a female lying on the ground.

Police spoke with Acord and his wife at the police station. During separate interviews, Acord denied any contact with the victim. The wife provided a similar statement and, when asked about her husband's physique compared to the girl's drawing, police said she terminated the interview and refused to answer.

On Jan. 14, police were notified by a social worker at Dell Children's Hospital in Austin after a second parent and child reported abuse. Court documents stated this parent was notified by the first parent after she had learned about her own daughter's allegations.

The documents state the second parent confronted the day care owner after her daughter said Acord took her into a restroom with him. She said the owner assured her the girl was safe and her husband never did that.

Concerned by the other parent's claims, she said she asked her daughter if the man ever touched her genitals, to which she said he had.

When being examined at the hospital, court documents state the victim told her examiner that Taylor would tickle or touch her genitals, abdomen and thigh while they were in a bedroom in the home. She also said he would wake her up from nap time by lifting up her shirt and touching her abdomen.

Williamson County Jail records indicate Acord was booked on Monday under a $100,000 bound for aggravated sexual assault of a child and $75,000 under indecency with a child by contact.

The day care is located at a home on Deerfoot Drive.

15-y/o Florida youth accused of recording,

selling images of child sex abuse

A Flagler County Sheriff's Office photo shows the teen's computer in his room. (Flagler County Sheriff's Office)

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives on Tuesday arrested a 15-year-old boy accused of recording and selling images of child sex abuse.

The teen, who News4Jax has chosen not to identify, is charged with five counts of possession of child pornography and one count of manufacturing child pornography, according to a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said it was the first case that resulted in an arrest since his agency launched its cybercrimes units.

“It was astonishing to me was that the suspect was 15-years-old. When I started this unit a couple of months ago, I assumed that we would have our adults trying to be predators on our children, which is what we want to focus on,” Staly said. “To find the first one to be a child himself, creating this child pornography and then selling it on the internet, is really shocking."

According to an arrest report, the Sheriff’s Office’s cybercrimes unit received cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The report stated that cybertips revealed a name, phone number, date of birth and Gmail account for uploading child abuse images. Evidence showed the images were taken on a Motorola Moto E5 Play. Investigators said they were able to trace the IP addresses to a home in Jacksonville and in the Bunnell area. According to the report, the owners of the two homes had a child in common -- the 15-year-old boy.

At the Bunnell-area home, where the 15-year-old lived with his mother and stepfather, according to the arrest report, investigators searched the teen’s computer and found an email that the teen admitted to using for “trading, sharing and selling child images.” The report said investigators also found the PayPal account, which the teen stated that “he received funds for selling child images.”

The arrest report lists five descriptions of graphic material located on the teen’s phone, including images and videos of children between the ages of 2 and 9 being photographed nude and during abuse.

“He did look and distribute some made by others, but he also made some of his own with children significantly younger,” Staly said.

Staly said what happened after the teen’s arrest didn’t surprise him, but it did disappoint him.

Released back to his guardians
The Sheriff’s Office news release said when the teen was brought to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Daytona Beach, the facility “refused to accept him" and the teen was released to his guardians.

“The state of Florida has a broken juvenile justice system. I saw it was broken back in the ’90s, and we dealt with it through the Legislature, and it’s broken again,” Staly said.“DJJ is underfunded, so they don’t have the ability to house and keep these offenders, so what happens -- they have created a point system and a kid does not get to a certain point then they are not going to hold him. So, this kid didn’t reach under their system -- the point system -- because they said it’s not a violent crime.”

Staly continued: “Well, I think it is a violent crime when you are taking photos of very young children in, let’s just say provocative poses, and then you are posting and selling them. Those kids will be affected for their entire life because once it gets on the internet, you can’t get rid of it. It’s done.”

Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Communications Director Amanda Slama described what might have happened a little differently. She told News4Jax that, due to juvenile confidentiality, she couldn’t give specifics on the teen’s case.

She did explain the process for screening an incoming juvenile. Slama said, in Florida, juveniles are screened and receive a score using the Detention Risk Assessment Instrument, or DRAI.

“This assessment and score determine the most appropriate placement for a youth upon arrest and prior to their detention hearing before the courts. The use of the DRAI is statewide and is defined in Florida law,” Slama said.

Staly said he wasn’t shocked to hear the teen didn’t have to stay in DJJ’s facility after being accused of manufacturing child sexual abuse images. He said he was disappointed.

“Because not only was he not held, but he went exactly back to the environment that allowed this to happen,” the sheriff said.

Lovely. Couldn't they confiscate his computers, phones, camera, etc?

Cadiz, Ky, man charged with child sexual abuse

Leanne Fulle, WPSD

CADIZ, KY — A 55-year-old west Kentucky man has been arrested amid allegations of child sexual abuse, state police say.

Gideon Fisher of Cadiz, Kentucky, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of first-degree sexual abuse of a victim younger than 12, according to a Kentucky State Police Post 1 news release.

The release says Fisher was arrested after investigators conducted multiple interviews with witnesses and victims.

Fisher was jailed in the Christian County Jail.

Missoula man faces new child sex abuse charges

Seaborn Larson, Missoulian

A Missoula man charged last year with sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl is facing new felony charges after two more girls reported additional abuses to authorities last month.

Missoula County prosecutors charged Jeffrey Allan Crocker on Thursday with sexual intercourse without consent and two additional counts of sexual assault of a minor. Crocker was 45 years old when he was charged with the sexual assault of a different minor in July 2019.

In late January, Missoula police received another report from Child and Family Services indicating Crocker had possibly assaulted two other girls, ages 8 and 9, according to charging documents filed Thursday in Missoula County District Court.

In an interview at First Step Resource Center, one girl said Crocker was at her parent’s house on a regular basis, and that she would often stay at his apartment overnight. According to court documents, she told authorities Crocker sexually abused them at his apartment, in his vehicle and “out in the woods.” They also said they sat in the car when Crocker took them to sex shops, where he bought items for later use.

One girl’s mother told detectives her daughter stopped wanting to go anywhere with Crocker after she said he touched her in the Walmart parking lot, sometime in December 2019 or January.

Prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to issue at $250,000 warrant for Crocker’s arrest. He has not yet entered pleas to the new charges.

Casper, Wy, man enters Alford Plea for single charge despite accusations of child sexual abuse over several years

ZACH SPADT

A Casper man was convicted Thursday on child abuse charges stemming from a case in which prosecutors alleged he sexually abused a girl, born in 2002, over the course of several years.

Clinton Michael Carey entered an Alford plea in Natrona County District Court on Thursday to a single child abuse charge. An Alford plea is a type of plea in which a defendant doesn't explicitly admit the accusations against him, but concedes prosecutors have enough evidence for a likely conviction should the case go to trial.

As a part of a plea agreement, prosecutors will ask for a two to six-year prison sentence at most. Carey was initially charged with first-, second- and third-degree sexual abuse of a minor.

One of the factors in child abuse is that Carey caused "substantial mental injury" to the girl.

Assistant Natrona County District Attorney Kevin Taheri used an affidavit of probable cause filed in the case in support of the factual basis behind the Alford plea.

According to the affidavit, a school counselor notified authorities of the possible abuse.

Court documents say during the early morning hours of September 15, 2018, the alleged victim and Carey were in the same room when he allegedly asked her to take off her pants. Carey then allegedly made the victim pose for him.

The affidavit says that when the alleged victim told investigators Carey had a history of sexually abusing her and told police that she recounted incidents that were sexual in nature dating back to when she was 8-years-old.

At the time, the victim said, "she was an oblivious kid," according to the affidavit.

In the affidavit, the alleged victim recalls incidents that occurred during the summer before she entered 6th grade. In those, Carey allegedly inappropriately touched and gawked at the alleged victim.

When the victim tried to cover up, Carey allegedly called her a prude.

He remains free on bond pending a sentencing hearing.