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Trio of women ‘took kids to house & let pedophiles
rape them for cash’

Lottie Tiplady-Bishop, The US Sun

THREE women are accused of supplying a house full of evil pedos with children as young as three to rape in exchange for cash.

Magan Richmond, 32, Tasha Stringer, 37, and Kathryn McMullen, 36, allegedly took the children, aged between three and thirteen to a house in Wheelersburg, Ohio where the monsters sexually assaulted them and recorded the sick attacks.

Kathryn McMullen, 36, pictured Credit: Scioto County Sheriff’s Office

Magan Richmond, 32, faces a charge of first-degree rape Credit: Scioto County Sheriff’s Office

 Tasha Stringer, 37, is accused of trading kids for cash and drugsCredit: Scioto County Sheriff’s Office

Cops say the women organized the abuse in exchange for cash and drugs.

Scioto County Sheriff’s Office cracked the pedophile ring after being passed on evidence of the horrifying abuse.

All three women were picked up by cops along with the FBI over the weekend. They are being held in Scioto County Jail on $100,000 and each face a charge of first-degree rape.

The children involved in the attacks have been taken into protective custody.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Sherrif's Office wrote on their Facebook page: "Captain John W. Murphy stated this is still an ongoing investigation and that more charges will be presented to the Scioto County Grand Jury on these individuals along with others on a later date."

It's not yet clear if the pedophiles have been taken into custody.

There is no indication of the relationships between the women and the children. 

This is what happens all too often when people get hooked on drugs. They will trade their own children, or even someone else's children, for a hit. People on drugs should not be permitted near children, let alone being in a custodial relationship.

US ice hockey rocked by child sex abuse claims as sport becomes latest in sorry saga

Global Look Press © Petr Sznapka

The world of US sport has been left stunned by a string of scandals after hundreds of elite athletes came forward to reveal they were sexually abused by coaches, senior team members or doctors when they were children.

A recent child abuse row in US hockey has become the latest ugly twist in a lengthy saga which has undermined the credibility of youth sport in the country.

USA Hockey President Jim Smith has reportedly been under investigation amid claims that he mishandled sexual abuse allegations in the Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois (AHAI).

Longtime AHAI coach Tom Adrahtas has been accused of abusing several junior players in the 1980s, when Smith was serving as AHAI president.

Smith denied all accusations, insisting that “there were no reports alleging misconduct by Tom Adrahtas.”

What is going on with US sport, which has been riddled with sex scandals?

The world sports powerhouse has been shaken by new details and accusations surfacing on a regular basis, with former athletes revealing darker sides to their seemingly successful sporting careers.

The snowball started with the USA women’s artistic gymnastics squad, after Olympic and world champions, inspired by the #MeToo campaign, came forward one-by-one to speak about sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of the team’s doctor Larry Nassar.

Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney said she was systematically molested by Nassar while performing for the national team, emphasizing that US sports officials were aware of his sex crimes and paid her “hush money” to cover up the scandal.

After Maroney spoke out, the majority of the US women’s team, including world leader Simone Biles, came forward to reveal they were also victims of the disgraced doctor.

The scandal dropped a bombshell on US sport, with Nassar being sentenced to 175 years in prison.

The next sport affected by sex scandals was figure skating, after US Senator Richard Blumenthal called on his colleagues to make immediate changes in the sport, which he said has suffered from a long-lasting “culture of sexual abuse.”

The row escalated after several skaters accused John Coughlin, an American pair skater champion, of sexual abuse. A day after his interim suspension and one week before the US Championships, Coughlin died by suicide at the age of 33.

Last year, USA Swimming was investigated for allegedly stifling athletes’ sexual abuse claims.

After the Pandora’s box was opened, accusations and lawsuits against US sports officials poured in, raising questions about whether it was safe to send kids to sports clubs.

When asked why they had kept silent for so many years, former athletes said they were afraid of not being heard or believed, knowing that their coaches had more power and ties.

Some of them, including Maroney, revealed that their complaints were simply ignored by adults, who allowed Nassar to go unpunished for more than 30 years.

It remains unknown how many scandals will be revealed, but US sport in numerous areas will need to restore its reputation by making guarantees to parents that children will not be preyed upon by coaches.

There needs to be a congressional inquiry into all sports and all other areas of society where children are gathered. For everywhere children are gathered, there will be pedophiles - where there is honey, there will be flies.

Hamilton Co., Tx, Sheriff's Office arrests 26 in 'Operation Quarantine' child sexual abuse sting

kxxv.com

HAMILTON COUNTY, TX — The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office have arrested 26 people after an investigation into social media and dating applications during COVID-19.

For photos of the rest of these idiots, please go to KXXV News

According to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, the suspects traveled to predetermined areas to engage in sexual intercourse with children, while also sending sexually explicit text messages, photographs, and videos to children they knew to be fourteen to sixteen years of age.

Deputies say other suspects offered children money to engage in sexual acts with them.

In March 2020, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office began an online investigation regarding social media and dating applications. “Operation Quarantine” began with the first arrest occurring on Thursday, March 26, 2020, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.

“Operation Quarantine” was initiated due to the rise in social media activity from COVID-19.

Deputies say defendants were actively seeking out children to engage in sexual intercourse or deliver/use controlled substances.

The defendants that were were arrested are from Mills, Erath, Hamilton, Comanche, Bell, Travis, Taylor, Lubbock, Lampasas, Brown, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Eastland and Bosque Counties.

HCSO also arrested defendants from Florida and California.

"The operation was a success and will potentially place the subjects on the sex offender registry," HCSO said.

The 26 arrested are listed here:

1. Channing Kappel, 33, Comanche, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 2nd Degree Felony.

2. Christopher Brown, 24, Fort Hood, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree Felony.

3. Josue Valdes, 27, Hamilton, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 2nd Degree Felony.

4. James Cafiero, 42, Wesley Chappel, Florida, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree Felony.

5. Jeremy Torrez, 51, Lubbock, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree Felony.

6. Edward Gonzales, 35, Goldthwaite, Texas, Prostitution – Solicit under the age of 18, 2nd Degree Felony.

7. Anthony Rene Rivera, 33, Lampasas, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree Felony.

8. Shawn Khadem Moghaddam, 39, Austin, Texas, Man/Del CS PG1 > 4 < 200 Grams, 1st Degree Felony, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by Felon, 3rd Degree Felony.

9. Michael Aaron Emerich, 23, Nolanville, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 2nd, Degree Felony, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree Felony.

10. Charles McLaughlin, 23, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 2nd Degree Felony, Man/Del CS PG1 > 1 < 4 Grams Drug Free Zone, 2nd Degree Felony.

11. David Kendrick, 33, Stephenville, Texas Online Solicitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree Felony.

12. Gerardo Delosreyes, 29, Stephenville, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 2nd Degree Felony, Man/Del CS PG1 < 1 Gram, State Jail Felony.

13. Andrew Dunlap, 33, Iredell, Texas, Man/Del CS PG1 < 1 Gram, State Jail Felony.

14. Alejandro Bernal, 31, Rogers, Texas, Man/Del CS PG1 < 1 Gram Drug Free Zone, 3rd Degree Felony.

15. Garrett James-Rivard Hill, 26, Troy, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree Felony.

16. Jason J. Nicholas, 35, Killeen, Texas, Man/Del CS PG1 > 4 < 200 Grams, 1st Degree Felony.

17. Tyler J. Andrews, 34, Burleson, Texas, Man/Del CS PG1 > 1 < 4 Grams, 2nd Degree Felony.

18. Jose Martinez, 29, Killeen, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree Felony.

19. Alex Franklin Miller, 38, Abilene, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 2nd Degree Felony.

20. Richard Pace, 37, Mineral Wells, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 2nd Degree Felony, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree Felony.

21. Charles Luke Sanders, Athens, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 2nd Degree Felony.

22. Lance Andrew Hutchinson, 37, Rising Star, Texas, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree Felony.

23. Darrell Edward Berdine, Camarillo, California, Online Solicitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree Felony.

24. Noah Johnson, 34, Stephenville, Texas, Poss CS PG1 > 1 < 4 Grams, 3rd Degree Felony, Poss CS PG3 < 28 Grams, Class A Misd, Unlawful Carry of a Weapon, Class A Misd.

25. John Jacobus Karakaris, 30, Brownwood, Texas, Conspire to Del CS PG1 > 1 < 4 Grams Drug Free Zone, 2nd Degree Felony, Conspire to Del CS PG3 < 28 Grams Drug Free Zone, State Jail Felony, Conspire to Del Marij > ¼ oz < 5 lbs for Remuneration, State Jail Felony.

26. Kevin Priesley Srader, 31, Hamilton, Texas, Man/Del CS PG1 < 1 Gram, State Jail Felony.

Laurens Co., SC, man arrested on

child sex abuse material charges

Jennifer Lindman

LAURENS, S.C. (FOX Carolina) -- A Laurens County man was arrested on child sexual abuse material charges, Attorney General Wilson reported in a press release. 

The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force along with the Attorney General's Office made the arrest. Laurens County Sheriff's Office assisted with the arrest.

Investigators received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children which led them to Robert Douglas Homes, 37, of Waterloo, South Carolina. 

Holmes was arrested on June 3, 2020. He is charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree, and four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, third degree.

Former Davis Co., Ia, man arrested on

child sex abuse charges

by KTVO News Desk

DAVIS COUNTY, Iowa — Davis County deputies have made an arrest in an ongoing child sex abuse investigation.

On Tuesday, authorities arrested 68-year-old Ira Hartwick, of Altoona, and charged him with four counts of second-degree sexual abuse.

The victims involved are under the age of 12.

Hartwick, who is a former resident of Davis County, is also facing a third-degree sex abuse charge in a separate case involving a child younger than 15.

The case remains under investigation, and additional charges are pending.

Hartwick is also being investigated by authorities in Marion and Polk counties for similar offenses.

He's is being held at the Davis County Jail on a $110,000 bond.

Texarkana man pleads not guilty to child sex abuse

seeks release

By Field Walsh, TXK

A man accused of molesting the young relative of a woman he was dating in 2014 pleaded not guilty to six felonies Monday at a hearing in Bowie County.

Quartshezz Lewis, 30, is accused of repeatedly assaulting the girl at a house in Texarkana, Texas, where she regularly spent the night with relatives, according to a probable cause affidavit. The girl allegedly reported that Lewis began touching her when she was six until she reported the assaults at age 11.

The girl reported that the first time Lewis assaulted her she was surprised and that she attempted to wake a relative when Lewis approached her a second time but he allegedly stopped her. The girl allegedly reported she did not tell anyone about the attacks because she was afraid Lewis would kill her.

Lewis appeared for arraignment Monday via video from the Bowie County jail. Texarkana attorney Jeff Harrelson entered not guilty pleas to all charges facing Lewis

and asked that he be released. Harrelson said Lewis was released last year on a $75,000 bond and has shown no difficulty complying with court orders.

At the time of his arrest, Lewis was charged with fewer crimes than he was indicted for by a grand jury in March. When the indictments were issued Lewis was taken back into custody.

First Assistant District Attorney Kelley Crisp said the state opposes a reduction in Lewis’ bond in light of the charges against him. One of the charges pending against Lewis, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, has a punishment range of 25 to 99 years or life in prison without parole.

Other charges facing Lewis include three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child by contact.

Tidwell scheduled the case for a bond hearing next week.

NY State man on parole for child sex abuse

charged with illegal use of computer

Barber appeared to have ‘erased his tracks’ on unit at workplace

By SCOTT DESMIT
batavianews.com

BATAVIA — A registered sex offender released from prison in March was arrested earlier this month after an investigation revealed he illegally used a work computer, city police said.

Matthew W. Barber, 52, of West Main Street was charged May 21 with unauthorized use of a computer. Barber was found to have used a computer at his workplace at 700 Ellicott St. just after midnight on May 19.

Police Sgt. Dan Coffey said the investigation was unable to determine what Barber was searching for on the computer and that it appeared he had “erased his tracks.”

Barber was issued an appearance ticket but was detained by the New York State Parole and committed to Genesee County Jail.

Barber was released from Riverview Correctional Facility on March 26. He had served a seven-year term for first-degree sexual abuse of a child. Barber in 2007 was convicted of molesting a child under 10 years old.

The charges came during a federal investigation that began when Barber’s then-wife contacted police after she found child pornography on his computer.

Barber also was convicted on federal charges of possessing child pornography and was sentenced to six years in federal prison, a term he served before going to state prison in 2011.

Barber is a Level 2, sexually violent offender on the state registry.

Authorities arrest Oxnard, Ca, man on

suspicion of child sexual abuse

Gretchen Wenner, Ventura County Star

Authorities in Oxnard recently arrested a man on suspicion of sexual abuse involving three children.

On May 27, patrol officers responded to reports of the alleged abuse at an Oxnard residence on West Yucca Street, the Oxnard Police Department reported. The agency's family protection unit then took over the investigation, including interviewing the purported victims. The abuse started in 2015 and continued until last month, authorities believe.

On Friday at about 12:45 p.m., officers arrested the suspect, identified as Oxnard resident Nick Langkilde, 41, at a McDonald's in Camarillo. He was taken into custody without incident, officials said.

Langkilde was arrested on suspicion of three felony counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child. He remained in Ventura County jail as of Monday night with bail set at $2 million, jail records show. A hearing in Ventura County Superior Court is scheduled on Tuesday afternoon.

Anyone with information that could help with the investigation is asked to call Detective Juan Morales at 805-385-3922.

State police arrest Truxton, NY, man for child sex abuse

BY SARAH BULLOCK, The Cortland Voice

HOMER — A Truxton man was arrested Thursday night at the Homer state police barracks for sexually abusing a child younger than 17, according to the agency.

Everett C. McIntosh, 34, was arrested for sexually touching the child, exposing himself to the child and showing the child pornography in 2019, according to the agency.

The incident was reported to state police at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 3, according to the state police blotter. “An investigator from the barracks in Homer had an on-going investigation since the time it was reported,” said Trooper Aga Dembinska, the local public information officer.

State police received the case as a referral from Child Protective Services, Dembinska said.

State police declined to answer questions regarding what town the attack occurred in, whether McIntosh knew the child, if the attack occurred at a residence or in a public place such as the woods, the approximate age of the child or the gender.

“As per NYSP police (sic) no age or gender is provided for these types of cases,” wrote Dembinska. “Most importantly, details are minimal because our utmost priority is to protect the victim.”

Town Courts hear all cases that stem from crimes charged to have occurred in their boundaries, with limited exceptions. McIntosh is scheduled to appear June 10 in Truxton Town Court, indicating the attack took place in Truxton.

McIntosh was released on an appearance ticket charging him with third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, misdemeanors. 

Bail is allowed to be posted on all sex offense crimes, including misdemeanors, under the new bail reforms enacted Jan. 1, according to the state Association of Counties “Criminal Justice Reforms” report. Why McIntosh was not held on bail is unclear.

Former Perth Amboy, NJ, firefighter ordered to pay $4.75M in child sexual abuse lawsuit

Nick Muscavage, Bridgewater Courier News

PERTH AMBOY – A former city firefighter has lost a lawsuit based on claims of child sexual abuse dating back more than 20 years, and has been ordered to pay $4.75 million as a result.

In March 2019, Hugo Fleites was sued by an man claiming that he was raped by the former firefighter beginning in 1997.

Fleites, who sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2019 for first-degree aggravated sexual assault of a victim under 13, never responded to the lawsuit and defaulted in September 2019.

On May 5, Superior Court Judge Daniel McCloskey in New Brunswick ordered Fleites to pay $2.75 million in compensatory damages, $2 million in punitive damages, and $8,441 in counsel fees, resulting in a settlement of more than $4.75 million.

The man who filed the lawsuit, identified as John Doe in court documents, says he was 12 years old when Fleites, then 35, began sexually abusing him.

Fleites was a friend of the man's parents when the man was a child and through that contact became a friend of Fleites, causing him to trust him, according to court documents.

The man who filed the lawsuit said his parents separated and then divorced, with his father moving to Redwood City, California while his mother remained in New Jersey.

The man, who now lives in Monmouth County, traveled back and forth from California to New Jersey to visit his mother frequently. According to court documents, his mother suffered from addiction issues and was unable to drive and pick him up when he arrived at the airport for visits. 

Fleites, who worked as an instructor at both the Middlesex and Monmouth County Fire Academies, offered to pick him up at the airport and drive him to his mother’s home, but instead of bringing the child to his mother’s home immediately, Fleites encouraged him to spend the evening at his home.

It was then when Fleites began to groom the child causing him to trust him, according to court documents.

When the child was asleep, Fleites came into his bedroom, sat on the bed and touched the child's intimate parts, pulling his clothing off, according to court documents.

Fleites escalated sexual abuse with the child, according to court documents.

The child was abused by Fleites each time he would fly home to visit his mother, which occurred multiple times a year for several years, according to court documents. The child was sexually abused by Fleites from 12 until he was 15.

When the child became an adult, he married and found employment but exhibited self-destructive behavior and "used drugs as a means to suppress the numerous emotions which were too intense to process," according to court documents.

Eventually, his self-destructive, injurious behavior led him to have an extramarital affair and risk his marriage. He realized at that point that he required help to address his injuries as a result of the abuse and began therapy.

It wasn't until more than a year of therapy when the man discovered that his use of cocaine and commencement of an extra marital affair were symptoms of mental injuries caused by Fleites' acts of sexual abuse, according to court documents.

As a result of therapy, the man was able to understand "for the first time in his life" that he was not at fault and responsible for the sexual acts perpetrated on him by Fleites, 23 years his senior.

Fleites is serving his sentence at South Woods State Prison. His sentence will be completed in May 2026. He will be eligible for parole on Aug. 27, 2021.

North Tonawanda, NY, Girl Scout troop leader

facing child sexual abuse charges

(WIVB) – A North Tonawanda Girl Scout troop leader and his wife are facing charges after the man allegedly sexually abused two children in North Tonawanda.

Marty and Shani Walton were both virtually arraigned Friday in Niagara County Court.

Marty is charged with two counts of first degree sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Shani is charged with two counts of endangering a child.

Both pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday.

The victims in the case are eight and nine years old. At Friday’s arraignment, a judge ordered a full order of protection for both victims.

Niagara County District Attorney Caroline Wojtaszek said that parents expect their children to be safe while with their troop leaders. She’s urging anyone who might have additional information to come forward.

Marty Walton is being held on $20,000 bail. If convicted, he could face up to 14 years in prison.

Shani is facing up to four years if convicted.

The Amherst Police Department is also investigating other alleged incidents involving the Waltons.

On Saturday, the Girl Scouts of Western New York said in a statement that both adults were removed from all GSWNY activities on Friday and the organization is conducting an internal investigation, reviewing its regulations, and will cooperate fully with law enforcement.

They added that this is the first time a GSWNY volunteer has been involved in this type of allegations. “Our rules state that there are always at least two approved, unrelated, adult volunteers, at least one of whom is a female, with any girl or group of girls following prescribed adult-to-girl ratios”, the statement says.

All GSWNY troop co-leaders, chaperones, and troop drivers are subjected to a background check every three years. Walton passed background checks in Oct. 2016 and Oct. 2019, the statement says.

The GSWNY has reached out to police officials for details, and they don’t yet know whether the victims were Girl Scouts, CEO Alison Wilcox said.

“We would reinforce that there is nothing more important to Girl Scouts than the safety and well-being of all children, and we take all such allegations very seriously,” Wilcox said. “We ask for privacy for the victims and their families at this difficult time.”

Myrtle Beach, SC, man accused of possessing ‘child sexual abuse material’, facing up to 100 years in prison

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – An Horry County man faces 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor – third degree following an investigation, according to the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office. Each count carries a punishment of up to 10 years in prison.

Oded Babila, of Myrtle Beach, was arrested by Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Horry County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators with the AG’s Office as well as the Coastal Carolina Police Department assisted.

The AG’s Office tells News13 that investigators received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). That led them to Babila, who possessed “child sexual abuse material”, according to the AG’s Office.

J. Reuben Long Detention Center booking records suggest Babila was booked on Thursday afternoon around 4 p.m. He remains in jail as of Friday afternoon.

Boys and Girls Clubs, Male Girls Scout Leader, Many Dreadful Stories on Today's USA PnP List

Many incidents of abuse reported at Boys & Girls Clubs across country

By Hannah Dellinger Greenwich Time

GREENWICH — The alleged sexual abuse that five men say went unchecked for years (7th story on link) at the Greenwich Boys’ Club would not be an isolated case.

A survey of court documents and media reports revealed more than 30 cases involving similar claims of child sexual abuse at chapters of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America across the nation in recent years. Many of the cases have involved civil litigation, and some have seen criminal convictions.

In several cases, chapters apparently ignored alleged abuse or failed to report it to law enforcement. In one case, a club is accused of lying to the public about its prior knowledge of allegations against an employee.

Attorneys who represent alleged victims of abuse at Boys & Girls Clubs say the national organization has shown a tendency to distance itself from local chapters when alleged abuse comes to light. This happens, attorneys say, even though Boys & Girls Clubs of America advertises its local clubs as having access to all the resources of the national organization, which serves 4 million children a year at 4,300 facilities.

“They make statements about all their efforts to protect kids, but also try to take the position that the local clubs are independent entities and they don’t have the ability to control everyone that happens to be at those clubs,” Oregon-based attorney Peter Janci said this week. “My view is that if Boys & Girls Club of America wants to present (local) clubs as (being a part of the national organization), they need to do everything within reason to protect kids in all of their clubs.”

Reports of abuse

Reports of sexual abuse have recently surfaced at Boys & Girls Clubs in Connecticut, New York, New Hampshire, Virginia, Illinois, Oregon, Nevada, California and Hawaii.

One lawsuit claims a string of sexual abuse has occurred at Boys & Girls Clubs across the nation since 2000 and accuses the national organization of failing to uniformly implement safeguards against abuse at all of its facilities.

Among the cases alleging flagrant disregard for protecting children is pending litigation against the Boys & Girls Club of Sonoma Valley in California.

“It’s one of the most egregious cases I’ve seen and I’ve handled a lot of them over the past 25 years,” said Dave Ring, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs. “The Boys & Girls Club had an incredible number of complaints over many years and did nothing about it.”

The lawsuit alleges a former coach at the club, Paul Dwayne Kilgore, sexually abused at least four boys, including some as young as 6, for a decade. Officials at the club allowed Kilgore to keep working despite indications of problems, did not intervene when he began working at another club, and lied to the public that there were no indications of abuse after the coach eventually was arrested, according to the lawsuit.

“It’s disturbing and it needs to come to an end soon because there’s been a lot of victims as a result of their cover-up,” said Ring. “One day I hope they will finally learn they need to protect children instead of their organization and the organization’s reputation.”

Among the “red flags” the complaint says the club ignored was Kilgore’s failure to answer correctly any questions on a sexual harassment test in 2006.

In 2007, a fifth-grade boy told club employees Kilgore forced him and several other boys to undress in front of him and made inappropriate comments about their genitalia, the lawsuit alleges. Nothing was done in response to the complaint, court records say, and the same boy reported the incident again in 2010. When the boy was asked why he didn’t report it earlier, he said “[I] did but no one believed me,” according to the complaint.

From 2007 to 2010, employees saw Kilgore take his victims off club premises during program hours, court documents say, and some began to complain. During that same time period, the lawsuit says Kilgore was assigned to teach a sexual health class to boys, which he allegedly used to groom his victims for abuse.

In 2010, Boys & Girls Club of Sonoma Valley CEO Dave Pier discussed Kilgore’s conduct with board members, saying that they needed to “set boundaries” around his relationships with kids, the complaint says. “The discussions never materialized, and Pier did not enact any parameters or boundaries,” the lawsuit reads.

The club opened an internal investigation into Kilgore in November 2012 after it learned he took boys on an overnight trip, court records say, which lasted a month and revealed the coach slept naked in the same bed with children. The club did not contact law enforcement.

Pier wrote letters of reprimand for himself and other administrators for their failure to “set boundaries” for Kilgore, the lawsuit says, and he filed the letters with the national nonprofit.

Kilgore quit after he was told he couldn’t take boys off-site in September 2013, court documents say. A few months later, he was hired at Boys & Girls Club of Petaluma, just a few miles away.

It wasn’t until August 2016, when a teacher reportedly saw Kilgore inappropriately talking to and touching young boys at a health club, that the man was arrested. He eventually was convicted of six counts of sexual abuse of a minor and sentenced to 150 years in prison (2nd story on link).

After Kilgore’s arrest, Boys & Girls Club of Sonoma Valley issued statements to the media claiming it had no prior incidents or complaints regarding Kilgore, according to the lawsuit.

The Sonoma case might stand out as flagrant, but it is not alone.

A $5 million lawsuit, settled in October 2018, claims the rape of a 7-year-old girl with severe disabilities by a teen at a Boys & Girls Club in Oregon was part of a string of sexual assaults at Boys & Girls Clubs across the nation since 2000 that happened because of the national organization’s failure to safeguard against abuse.

The club was aware the teen had sexually assaulted at least one minor before the rape of the 7-year-old, the lawsuit states. Her abuse came to light after she disclosed it to her parents, according to court documents.

The examples continue:

A Massachusetts district attorney said a club in Arlington, Mass., didn’t notify police after firing swim coach Paul Collins, who fled after being confronted with allegations of raping a child in the 1970s, according to reports in local media. Collins was arrested decades later and pleaded guilty to assault and battery on a child.

Victoria Satoafaiga was criminally charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a preteen girl when she was assistant director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui last summer in Hawaii. Before she was arrested and fired from the organization, Satoafaiga won the 2016 Pacific Region Native Spirit Award for her work with Native Hawaiian youth from the Boys & Girls Club of America, Native Services Unit, according to The Maui News.

A lawsuit filed in 2017 in Tacoma, Washington alleges a man named Charles Richard Patrick Urlacher sexually abuse a boy at the Boys & Girls Club of Puget Sound in 1984. According to reporting by the News Tribune, the lawsuit says that when an unnamed “manager” at the local club learned about the abuse, he didn’t stop it — he participated in it.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area was accused of failing to ban a 15-year-old volunteer from participating in its programs after it knew he allegedly assaulted a 5-year-old girl, The Oregonian reported, and the teen went on to abuse a 10-year-old girl the next year at another club location.

MINNESOTA MAN SENTENCED FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE  

Posted By: Mike Bunge KIMT3

AUSTIN, Minn. – Years of sexually abusing a child is sending a man to prison for years.

Ruben Montoya Carbajal, 40 of Austin, was sentenced Thursday to 14 years and four months behind bars, with credit for 290 days already served. He was found guilty of two counts of 1st and two counts of 2nd degree criminal sexual conduct after a two-day trial. Prosecutors say Carbajal had sexual contact with a girl from the time she was 12 until she was 14.

After his prison sentence, Carbajal will spend 10 years on conditional release.

NY State male Girl Scout troop leader

charged with child sex abuse

By Marcus Solis

VALHALLA, Westchester County (WABC) -- A male Girl Scout troop leader in Valhalla has been charged with sexual abuse and forcible touching in a case that involves at least two minors. 

Albert Orjuela, 43, appeared in Mount Pleasant Town Court Thursday morning. 

Police began their investigation in January after the Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson referred allegations of misconduct pertaining to a male troop leader. 

They arrested Orjuela after interviewing witnesses and executing a search warrant at his home. 

It's unclear how many alleged victims are involved. 

The Girl Scouts say Orjuela has been a troop leader and volunteer for the last few years and had passed a background check. 

"We are currently working in close collaboration with law enforcement to aid in their investigation, and determine if any of these alleged crimes took place during official Girl Scout activities, or during private events among the girls of the troop," Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson CEO Marie Reger said in a statement. "Our focus is to provide care and assistance to the families impacted. We ask the public to please respect the privacy of our girls and their families during this difficult time." 

Orjuela has been charged for forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child, and sexual abuse. 

He has been suspended by the Girl Scouts and is free on $50,000 bail. 

His next court appearance is March 28. 

Why? Why would anyone choose a man to be in charge of a Girl Scout troop, or any group of young girls. Use your heads people. Men who want to be around little girls should immediately be considered suspect.

Montana man accused of having sex with minor,

planning her runaway

MIKE SMITH The Montana Standard

Prosecutors say a 30-year-old Butte man had sex with a 14-year-old girl multiple times before she was reported as a runaway and later found hiding under a headboard at his house.

They initially charged Cody Allen Eaton with sexual abuse of children (4th story on link) for allegedly sending sexually explicit photos of himself to the girl. But on Thursday, a judge entered not guilty pleas on his behalf to three additional felony charges, including sexual intercourse without consent.

The other charges are one count of custodial interference for allegedly withholding the girl from her mother and an additional count of sexual abuse of children for having pictures of children engaged in sex on his cell phone.

Eaton’s attorney, Kaitlyn Lamb, has requested a mental exam of her client to determine his fitness to understand the legal proceedings so she had District Judge Kurt Krueger enter not guilty pleas to all four charges.

Sexual intercourse without consent, when the victim is under 16 years old and the defendant is at least four years older than the victim, carries a minimum sentence of four years in prison and up to life or 100 years. The same maximums apply in the two charges of child sex abuse in this case. Custodial interference has a 10-year maximum.

The girl was reported as a runaway on Jan. 12 and her mother believed she might be with Eaton, prosecutors said in a charging document. Police went to his house on South Excelsior Street in Butte but did not find her there.

Eaton told police he was in the process of moving out and was home alone with his children, and he had not seen the girl in question in three weeks. One of Eaton’s children told a school official that her parents were breaking up because Eaton had sex with the 14-year-old girl.

On Jan. 15, police learned of a Facebook Messenger conversation between Eaton and the girl that indicated she might be hiding in the basement of his house.

Police returned there and found a mattress in a crawl space with a backpack that was full of clothes and the girl’s Montana ID card. Eaton was questioned again and ultimately said the girl was in his house, and police found her hiding under the headboard of his bed.

According to prosecutors, Eaton admitted to helping plan the runaway said she had been at his house the entire time. He also admitted to previously sending her an image of his private parts.

During subsequent interviews, he admitted being attracted to the girl and having sex with her twice. But police say Facebook conversations between the two detailed numerous sexual encounters and one included a picture of the girl completely naked.

Prosecutors say Eaton initially felt he could be a “father figure” to the girl but “eventually developed a physical and sexual attraction to her.”

“He said that he understood the law made it illegal to have sex and a relationship with a 14-year-old but he ‘looked at her’ as if she was older,” prosecutors said in an affidavit. When asked how old she looked to him, he said “early 20s.”

During Thursday's arraignment, the only thing Eaton said was, "Yes, your honor" to several questions Krueger asked about understanding the charges. After the not-guilty pleas were entered, the judge remanded Eaton to jail with bond set at $250,000 pending further proceedings.

Baltimore Man Charged With Child Sex Abuse

   

Tyler Waldman, WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5

Anne Arundel County police say a Baltimore man sexually abused a young child in Severm.

Police arrived at around 3:17 a.m. on Wednesday to an address in Severn. The alleged victim told police that her child was sexually assaulted on Tuesday evening at a Severn residence.

Police identified the suspect as Christopher Richardson Sr., 49, of the 1600 block of North Smallwood Road. An arrest warrant charged him with attempted first- and second-degree rape and related charges. He was arrested without incident in the 11000 block of York Road in Cockeysville at around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday. He is being held without bond at Anne Arundel County Detention Center.

Online court records do not list an attorney for Richardson. A bail review hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Police believe the incident was not random. Any other victims or anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-222-4733. Callers can also remain anonymous through the police tip line at 410-222-4700.

Oregon man sentenced to 50 years in prison

for child sex abuse

FOX 12 Staff

WASHINGTON COUNTY, OR (KPTV) - A Washington County man has been sentenced to prison following a child sex abuse investigation.

The Washington County District Attorney's Office said Jose David Satey-Sanchez, 41, was convicted of 13 counts of sexual abuse related charges in February.

Satey-Sanchez was sentenced to 50 years on Tuesday.

The investigation began in 2014 when a 9-year-old girl told her mother about the sexual abuse. According to the district attorney's office, the mother did not believe the allegations and never reported them.

However, a teacher overheard the victim talking about the abuse and immediately told authorities.

The victim was placed in foster care after the mother refused to make Satey-Sanchez leave the home, according to the district attorney's office.

How pathetic when a mother puts her boyfriend above her own daughter. And, unfortunately, it happens all the time.

OMG!

The district attorney's office said the victim recanted the allegations in 2015 at the encouragement of her mother and returned to her mother's custody.

Satey-Sanchez was ordered to not have contact with the victim, but continued to sexually abuse her.

In 2017, Satey-Sanchez raped the victim for the first time and it was immediately reported to authorities, according to the district attorney's office.

A rape kit was collected. Oregon State Police Forensics Laboratory analysis revealed the presence of Satey-Sanchez's DNA.

The district attorney's office said Satey-Sanchez will be turned over to the Oregon Department of Corrections to begin his sentence.

And hopefully, will be turned over to the undertaker to finish it.

Washington Co., Ore

Missouri judge sentences man to life in prison

for child sex abuse

Katie Kull, Springfield News-Leader 

A Springfield man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty in October to sexually abusing children. 

Authorities say Bruce W. Cagle, 63, sexually abused four children over the course of more than a decade. 

And last year, he pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy for touching an 8-year-old girl around 2009 and sexually abusing another 8-year-old in 2008, according to a Greene County prosecutor's news release. 

During the time the case was pending, it was discovered that Cagle had abused two additional children — one nearly 25 years ago when Cagle, a trusted family friend, came into the room where the girl was sleeping.

Another alleged victim came forward in September 2018, stating Cagle had molested her 16 years ago at a youth event, according to the release. 

At a sentencing hearing Tuesday, all four victims addressed Cagle about the trauma of his abuse before Judge Thomas Mountjoy sentenced him to life in prison on each of the two counts of child abuse.

"(Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson) thanks the victims for having the courage to come forward to authorities in order to enable this perpetrator to be held accountable," the news release states. "Each victim has waited a long time for justice, and he hopes the significant sentence brings a sense of justice to each."

Once known for silo-farm ideas, Missouri man sentenced to 90 years for child sex abuse

Jackie Rehwald, Springfield News-Leader 

The man once lauded for his plans to turn abandoned grain silos in downtown Springfield into chemical-free vertical farms was sentenced to 90 years in prison for child sex abuse.

James Kerns, 50, was convicted last fall of sexually abusing two young girls, both of whom have developmental disabilities.

Judge David Jones sentenced Kerns on Thursday morning. Jones followed the jury's recommendation of three 30-year sentences. Jones ordered the sentences to be served consecutively.

Kerns was convicted of enticement of a child, first-degree statutory sodomy, abuse of a child and attempted enticement of a child.

So, sexual abuse of a special needs child is only an aggravating factor, not a crime in itself?

In 2016, Kerns founded Vertical Innovations, the company that was renovating the former MFA silos into vertical lettuce and mushroom farms. Kerns' innovative farming idea could help feed the world, his defense attorney once said, with crops of pesticide-free, chemical-free vegetables.

Around the same time he was pitching those ideas, Kerns was abusing his two victims, who were ages 13 and 14 at the time. One of the girls has autism. The other has fragile X syndrome. Fragile X is a genetic condition that causes a range of developmental problems including learning disabilities and cognitive impairment.

The victims' mother addressed the court before Jones handed down the sentence. She said the girls are "appreciative that this is almost over."

The mom described one of the victims as "angry all the time. She is so angry. It affects her at school. It affects her at home."

The logo for Vertical Innovations was placed on the former MFA silo in downtown Springfield. (Photo: Andrew Jansen/News-Leader)

The other victim has been admitted to Cox North and sometimes cuts herself.

"(That victim) thinks that this is all her fault because she told," the emotional mother said. "She thinks she should have kept her mouth shut."

"They will carry this for the rest of their lives, and I don't know how to make that better for them," she said.

Prosecutor Nathan Chapman reminded the judge about how the girls appeared fearful during the trial, facing a courtroom full of people and with Kerns nearby. 

Imagine "what he could do when he had them alone," Chapman said.

Chapman also talked about Kerns' refusal to accept responsibility. "It's been a constant mix of denials, arrogance and truly seeing himself as the victim and blaming everyone else," Chapman said.

The children are particularly vulnerable victims, Chapman said. "He picked children that had developmental disabilities," Chapman continued. "He picked children that had difficulty communicating, which made it easier to commit his crimes ..."

Defense attorney David Smith disputed Chapman's claims that Kerns was not remorseful. "The state makes it sound like he is just a cold-hearted pedophile that has years of horrible sexual abuse against two children that are different," Smith said. "That is not the case here."

Smith asked for a 10-year sentence. "I think 10 years is appropriate. That incarcerates Mr. Kerns for a sufficient amount of time and allows him to regain a position in the community," Smith said. "He has many things he can add to our community."

Kerns, too, addressed Judge Jones. "I'm innocent of the crimes I've been convicted of," Kerns said.

He expressed frustration and disappointment with his attorney, David Smith. Kerns said he did not have a chance to view all the evidence until his trial.

Jones asked Smith if he felt he was ready for trial, and if not, why didn't he ask for a continuance. "I believed I was ready," Smith said in part. "I'm not going to stand here and say I was a perfect attorney."

Following his sentencing, Jones said he assumes Kerns will be appealing and explained that process.

"I watched this trial. I know Mr. Smith," Jones said, then added that he believes Smith provided "tremendous" counsel.

"There is no probable cause to believe you received ineffective counsel," Jones said.

What happened

According to the probable cause statement, Kerns allegedly told a mentally challenged 14-year-old that she "needed" to have sex and "learn" how to perform oral sex.

The abuse is described in a probable cause statement filed by a Greene County Sheriff's deputy.

The statement said Kerns touched the 14-year-old's genitals and also raped her on several occasions beginning in the summer of 2016.

According to the statement, a 13-year-old girl told investigators that she also was being abused by Kerns. The girl said it started in 2016 when Kerns became angry, grabbed her by the arm and threw her against a wall. The statement said Kerns choked her and she felt as though she couldn't breathe.

Around that time, the statement said, Kerns began molesting her. The girl told investigators that Kerns touched her genitals on about five different occasions.

Kerns was interviewed by a deputy, the statement said, and said he "felt like a piece of s---."

According to the statement, Kerns said he was having trouble in his relationship and it was causing him to do things he wouldn't normally do.

When asked if there was a reason the girls would say he had sexual contact with them, Kerns allegedly said, "Quite possibly, yes."

27-year-old Nebraska man accused of

sexually assaulting child

Lincoln Journal Star  

A 27-year-old man faces child sexual assault and child abuse charges after Lincoln police say he molested and raped a young girl, according to court documents.

Michael R. Fisher was arrested at his home Wednesday and charged Thursday with first-degree sexual assault of a child, third-degree sexual assault of a child and intentional child abuse.

In January, a girl younger than 10 told a staff member at her school she was molested, a Lincoln police investigator wrote in an affidavit to jail Fisher.

Investigators believe the girl, who knows Fisher, was abused over a four-year period, according to the affidavit.

And she is under ten?

Thursday, a Lancaster County judge appointed the Public Defender's Office to represent Fisher and ordered him not to contact the girl or anyone younger than 16.

Fisher remained in the Lancaster County jail on $250,000 bond.

If convicted, he faces up to life imprisonment.