7yo dies after being ‘buried in coffin of snow’
and beaten for not knowing Bible verses
and beaten for not knowing Bible verses
A seven-year-old boy died after he was brutally beaten over 100 times and buried in a ‘snow coffin’ as punishment for not knowing Bible verses, police in Wisconsin have revealed in a horrifying case of child abuse.
Ethan Hauschultz died of hypothermia and suffered blunt force trauma to the head, abdomen and chest after he was reportedly punished for not knowing Bible verses in Newton, Wisconsin in April 2018. Part of the cruel punishment saw him buried in “his own little coffin of snow,” without a jacket or boots.
He reportedly endured sustained abuse from his guardians Timothy and Tina Hauschultz and their son Damian, 15. The teen told police he hit Ethan 100 times in the space of an hour and a half on the day he died, sometimes using a belt or stick, in a punishment ordered by Timothy.
“He repeatedly shoved Ethan to the ground and rolled the heavy log across Ethan’s chest,” Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office said, the Herald Times reports. “He stood on his body and head while Ethan was face-down in a puddle.”
Much of the abuse appears to have been doled out as punishment for Ethan failing to recite Bible verses.
Damian has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide, Timothy with felony murder and felony contributing to the delinquency of a child, and Tina with failing to prevent bodily harm and intentionally contributing to the delinquency of a child. All three suspects are expected to make initial court appearances over the appalling death in Manitowoc County court on Monday.
According to gut-wrenching witness statements from the other children living in the home, Ethan was buried under packed snow for 30 minutes. The teenage suspect “took [Ethan’s] boots off and buried him in the snow using a shovel and using the bottom of the shovel to pack the snow,” one of the children allegedly told police.
Another child said “she could not see any of [Ethan’s] body exposed including his face,” and said when he was removed from the snow, he “was making noises.”
However, the boy reportedly had no heartbeat when he arrived at hospital. Staff attempted to revive him, but he was pronounced dead.
There is no indication if the Hauschults attended a church. It would be really interesting to know if they did and what kind of church it was. These are clearly not Christian people.
There is also some confusion as to whether Ethan was born to Timothy and Tina or was, perhaps, adopted.
There is more to come on this horrifying story.
Prosecutor mulls appeal after judge calls girl
'aggressor' in sex abuse case
KMBC 9 News Reporter
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. —
The Leavenworth County prosecutor is considering an appeal in a sex abuse case after the judge called a 13-year-old girl an "aggressor."
Raymond Soden, 67, is now in prison. He allegedly told detectives that he touched a 13-year-old girl, but pleaded guilty to solicitation of a minor as part of a plea deal for sending messages to her.
"He was being 100 percent clear of what he wanted from the children, to the point he was offering money for services," said Leavenworth County Prosecutor Todd Thompson.
Thompson wanted the standard sentence of just under 14 years, or 166 months. But District Court Judge Michael Gibbens gave Soden just under six years, for a total of 70 months.
The judge's reasoning was that the older sister of 13-year-old helped set up the arrangement. Gibbens said a 13-year-old who offers what she offered for money is certainly an aggressor, particularly since she's the one who had to travel to Soden.
"I mean these are children. They're victims. This should not happen to any children, no matter who they are. So we have to take it. We have to fight for their rights and fight for them to be protected," Thompson said.
"It's not surprising to me to hear those things, but it does just remind me to educate everybody," said Haleigh Harrold, of the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault.
Harrold said teens often ask about victim blaming. "When we think about the relationship between an adult and a child, ask anyone, 'Who has the power in that situation?'" Harrold said.
Gibbens noted the girls did not show up for sentencing and questioned, "I wonder what kind of trauma there really was to this victim."
"Everybody's reaction after trauma has occurred, like sexual abuse, is really different," Harrold said. "It's tough for any child to have to face someone who's done that to them," Thompson said.
Gibbens noted Soden's age in his decision, and that the sisters allegedly conspired to rob Soden. The county argued those circumstances were independent of the crime to which Soden was pleading.
Gibbens was asked to comment for this story, but he did not contact KMBC.
I have to admit that it sounds like these girls could use some help.
Another California School District being sued
for not reporting child sex abuse
Lawsuit alleges Anaheim Unified High School District failed to report sex abuse complaints against coach
By SCOTT SCHWEBKE | sschwebke@scng.com | Orange County Register
The Anaheim Unified High School District allegedly concealed complaints of sexual abuse and harassment by a former water polo coach who eventually was convicted of the misconduct, according to an amended lawsuit filed Monday by a current and a former student at John F. Kennedy High School.
In addition to the district, the complaint filed in Orange County Superior Court names former assistant water polo coach Joshua Christopher Owens, former Kennedy High School Principal Russell Earnest, former coach Eric Pierce, Athletic Director David Jankowski, co-Athletic Director Dean Wang and teacher Ian Sabala.
Morgan A. Stewart, an Irvine attorney representing the former students, said his clients are seeking unspecified damages.
Owens, 25, of La Palma pleaded guilty in August 2018 to one felony count each of oral copulation of a victim younger than 16 and sexual penetration of a victim younger than 16, as well as six misdemeanor counts of child annoyance. He was sentenced to six months in jail.
6 months? 6 MONTHS? Seriously? Is this not aggravated child sex abuse because of his position of authority and influence?
Owens was a part-time assistant water polo and swim coach at Kennedy High School in La Palma and a seasonal lifeguard with the Long Beach Fire Department Marine Safety Division, according to Buena Park police and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Owens met the two girls, who were 14 to 16 years old, through his coaching job and sexually abused them from 2014 to 2016 at locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties, Stewart said.
The lawsuit contends two years prior to Owens arrest, a parent reported Owens’ suspected abuse of his daughter to Pierce. Then, a year later, a former student notified Sabala that Owens was alleged to be abusing pupils, according to the complaint.
Sabala, in turn, advised Jankowski, Wang, and Earnest of the alleged abuse, but none of the defendants performed their mandatory duty to report Owens to law enforcement, the suit says.
“In today’s environment, to have five administrators and staff of Anaheim Unified High School District ignore their obligations as reporters under law is abhorrent,” Stewart said. “To have Anaheim Unified High School District then continue to employ Jankowski, Wang and Sabala, despite these failures to report, only reinforces that Anaheim Unified High School District tolerates the abuse of its students and rewards those who fail to report.”
Owens eventually was reported to authorities by another assistant coach, said Stewart, who on Monday requested the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing to investigate the defendants for failing to report under California’s mandated reporter law.
A 15-month investigation by the Southern California News Group found that school districts throughout the region have routinely failed to alert police or child protective services about suspicious behavior between educators and students.
For example, in the Redlands Unified School District in San Bernardino County, a pattern of teacher sex abuse and administrator cover-ups going back more than a decade emerged during the SCNG investigation. Stewart represented most of those victims.
The crisis has been costly for taxpayers. In Southern California alone, teenage victims of sexual abuse in high-profile cases over the past seven years have been paid $312.7 million to settle their lawsuits against school districts.
Increased prosecution would send a strong message to educators about the perils of failing to report suspected abuse, Terri Miller, president of the advocacy organization Stop Educator Sexual Abuse Misconduct and Exploitation, said Monday.
“There should be more severe penalties against those who fail to protect children,” she said. “All of these payouts from school districts (to settle lawsuits) are essentially robbing student education to pay for student suffering.”
How can you apply severe penalties to school staff when the judge only gave the perpetrator 6 months? It's like Open Season on high school kids in California.
Child Sex Crimes Suspect Arrested While Wearing
'Father Of The Year' Shirt
'Father Of The Year' Shirt
The man was captured in Florida for the alleged rape
of a 9-year-old girl in Ohio
By David Moye, HuffPost USPolice in Clay County, Florida, have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Ohio, and the arrest photo is going viral because of the suspect’s clothing.
The warrant was issued in Stark County, Ohio, in August 2018 for an alleged incident in July involving a family acquaintance.
Jacksonville TV station WJAX noted that Sheese was wearing a “Father of the Year” shirt at the time he was taken into custody.
According to a Facebook post by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, the arrest was made with the help of the U.S. Marshal’s Office. The department used the post to warn other criminals in the area not to get too comfortable:
“To those who target Clay County citizens, for those who flee here to avoid capture of crime and to those who harbor such criminals, we will come get you.”
I wonder who gave him the shirt, and if they are seriously regretting it now? Or, perhaps he bought it for himself!
Clay Co., FLA
Jerry Sandusky denied new trial,
will be resentenced in sexual abuse case
By ELLA TORRES| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
Jerry Sandusky was denied a new trial Tuesday, but a Pennsylvania appeals court ordered the disgraced coach to be resentenced for his 45-count child molestation convictions.
The former Penn State assistant football coach was found guilty on 45 of the 48 counts relating to 10 victims between 1995 and 2008.
The abuse ranged from grooming to violent sexual attacks, the victims testified during his trial. Sandusky has denied any wrongdoing.
The 119-page opinion page rejected the arguments made for Sandusky to be retried.
His defense lawyer, Al Lindsay, told the Associated Press they would ask the state’s highest court to reconsider.
As for the sentencing, Lindsay said: “It depends on the judge and what happens before the sentencing and after the sentencing.”
Sandusky’s arrest led to the removal of Hall of Fame head coach Joe Paterno and then-university president Graham Spanier.
Illegal Alien With History of Child Sex Abuse Convictions Arrested in Traffic Stop
BY JANITA KAN
An illegal alien, who was repeatedly convicted for sexually abusing children, was arrested during an early morning traffic stop in Texas on Jan. 30, according to a police statement.
Marvin Yovani Mejia-Ramos, 50, gave a fake name to authorities when he was stopped for a traffic violation around 6 a.m. But he was arrested after an onsite fingerprint scan revealed his identity as a convicted felon who had served at least three stints in U.S. prisons and was back in the country illegally.
Mejia-Ramos, originally from Honduras, also went by the names Martin Jose Romos-Ramirez and Ricardo Rodriguez-Morales.
Mejia-Ramos was subsequently handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Houston, where he remains pending his federal criminal prosecution for immigration violations, according to a statement from the federal agency.
Authorities at a traffic stop in Texas on Jan. 30, 2019. (Pct. 4 Constable’s Office, Montgomery County Texas)
The 50-year-old had previously served six years for perjury, six years for sexual assault of a child, and two years for lewd acts with a child under the age of 14, all in Los Angeles. He also served eight years in Lancaster for continuous sexual assault of a child, authorities say.
He was deported in 2013 but returned in 2015, where he was arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) in the Houston area, again under a fake name.
Mejia-Ramos was previously granted voluntary return to Mexico twice in 1999, ICE said. The agency said illegal aliens who meet certain criteria may be permitted to voluntarily depart the United States and that their acceptance of a voluntary return means that the alien admits that they were illegally present in the country and agrees to be returned as soon as possible. Voluntary returns do not have the same legal consequences as an official removal or deportation.
“Mejia-Ramos is a very dangerous convicted criminal that is in our country illegally. Great job by our deputy that located him and is once again bringing him to justice,” Constable Rowdy Hayden from the Montgomery County Precinct 4 office said.
Montgomery Co., TX
California man accused of child sex abuse
takes 20-year plea deal
takes 20-year plea deal
An estimated 40,000-50,000 images of child porn
seized from man’s computer
Instead of starting a trial for Andrew Jarrod Cunningham, a man accused of multiple counts of child sex abuse, a plea deal was reached that will mean two decades of prison time.
“We had four victims and between 40,000 to 50,000 images of child pornography seized from a computer,” Robinson said on Tuesday afternoon. “We chose the certainty of a determinative sentence versus the uncertainty of an outcome at trial and an extremely long indeterminate sentence.”
According to Robinson, Cunningham will receive 16 years for count one, substantial sexual contact with a child under the age of 14, and two years each for counts two and three, lewd and lascivious acts committed against a child under the age of 14.
In September 2018, Judge Kaleb Cockrum ruled there was enough evidence to hold Cunningham for trial on the charges.
Shaffer said one stipulation of the deal was Cunningham waiving his right to an appeal.
“The waiver of the right to appeal is particularly important since it ensures the finality of the sentence in a way that trial cannot,” she said in an email to the Times-Standard.
She added he will serve 80 percent of the sentence — or 16 years — before he is eligible for parole.
“In my nearly 40 years as an attorney and both as a former prosecutor and defense lawyer, this has been one of the most difficult cases,” Robinson said. “Both sides were ready to go and prepared and we reached this resolution after a lot of discussion back and forth. Obviously, it’s difficult for everyone involved, the victims, the victims’ families. We have agreed to a stipulated sentence and my client will undergo a psychological evaluation ahead of his sentencing on March 5.”
Cunningham was originally arrested in April 2018 and he bailed out following that arrest. As the investigation continued, however, detectives found more than 40,000 images of child pornography on a computer he owned and he was re-arrested.
Cunningham managed to post bail one more time until Schaffer filed a motion to increase bail in June, a motion granted by the visiting judge. That increase in bail kept Cunningham in custody and following his sentencing in March, he will be transferred to state prison.
Cunningham knew the victims through family relationships and the crimes were committed from 2012 through 2015. At the preliminary hearing in September, one of the victims, identified as Jane Doe 4 testified how Cunningham touched her skin-on-skin in her genital area and under further questioning from Schaffer said “afterward, he said he would hurt me and the person I told. I was scared, I had a feeling it wasn’t OK.”
Schaffer hopes the finality of the case helps the victims. “My hope is that this is a step towards closure for everyone involved,” Schaffer said.
She also lauded the survivors.
“What I can say is how impressed I am with each of the survivors coming forward and sharing what happened to them,” she said. “Participating in criminal investigation and further, as a trial witness, can be a daunting task for anyone, but especially for people in their shoes. Their willingness to come forward and see this case through to the end is nothing short of incredible. It is thanks to them that the defendant will be out of our community for a substantial period of time and will be required to register as a sex offender in the future.”
The psychologist’s evaluation and a probation report will be presented to the judge at the sentencing hearing.
Preliminary hearing set for Utah man
charged with sexual abuse of child
Amy Macavinta, HJ NewsA 29-year-old Logan man made an appearance in 1st District Court on Tuesday where his attorney asked for a preliminary hearing in the child sex abuse case filed against him last year.
T.J. Hawk Carter was charged last summer with one count of sexual abuse of a child, a second-degree felony, and one count of attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony.
Logan Police Capt. Tyson Budge said Carter is accused of “playing sex games” with two young girls and touching them inappropriately over their clothing in 2015.
In December, Galloway reported they were nearing a resolution in the case, but on Tuesday, he asked for a preliminary hearing that requires the state to show there is enough evidence to charge Carter with a crime.
The two-hour hearing has been set for March 12 and after hearing the evidence, the judge may choose to dismiss the charges or bound Carter over for trial.
Man wanted in Maine for child porn possession
arrested on new charges in central Pa.
A Reading man was taken into custody on Thursday, accused of possessing and disseminating child pornography, according to the Berks County District Attorney’s Office.
The DA’s office said they were notified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of digital files that were being uploaded from the area.
Investigators learned that one file of suspected child pornography came from an IP address belonging to Millette, who lived in an apartment in the 1600 block of North 9th Street in Reading.
Upon confirming Millette was the person registered to the internet account, police got a search warrant for his residence, which was executed Thursday morning.
Millette was taken into custody, and a preliminary search of one computer found in his residence found hundreds of digital images police said were suspected child pornography.
The computer and other electronics from the apartment were submitted to the Berks County District Attorney’s Computer Forensic Unit.
Detectives learned that Millette had an outstanding arrest warrant from Maine related to child pornography possession, the DA’s office said. State police in Maine confirmed the warrant, and that he would be extradited back to the state for prosecution.
Millette was transported to the Central Processing Center at the Berks County Courthouse, where he will be fingerprinted and photographed.
Millette was charged with two counts of sexual abuse of children, related to dissemination and possession, and is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon.
The Berks County Detective’s Office was assisted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Lower Heidelberg Township police and Reading police.
WYOMING SEX OFFENDER PLEADS NOT GUILTY
TO CHILD SEX ABUSE CHARGES
JOY GREENWALD, KGAPA registered sex offender pleaded not guilty in Laramie County District Court Thursday to six charges involving child molestation.
The incidents are alleged to have occurred at Hatcher's trailer home in Laramie County.
Hatcher has been charged with three first-degree and three second-degree counts of sexual abuse of a minor. If convicted, he could face 75 to 210 years in prison.
Hatcher remains in the Laramie County jail on a $15,000 cash bond awaiting trial.
Montana woman gets 22 years for sex abuse of a toddler
Traci Rosenbaum, Great Falls Tribune
A Hays woman was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty in October to aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
Geneva Marie Nadeau, 38, was originally charged with aggravated sexual abuse, two counts of sexual exploitation of a child, transportation of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
According to court documents, the prosecution claims the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that Nadeau had an email address that contained child pornography. After Nadeau was arrested on unrelated charges, law enforcement discovered she also had child pornography on her tablet.
During interviews with law enforcement, it was found that Nadeau sexually abused a child and photographed the abuse. Court documents list the child as being between 2 and 4 years old at the time of the abuse.
Investigators also found child pornography on four micro SD cards and a cell phone belonging to Nadeau.
The plea agreement included a dismissal of all charges except for aggravated sexual abuse.
Once her prison sentence is complete, Nadeau will be subject to 15 years of supervised release.
Texas man indicted for 5 counts of child sexual abuse
by Matthew Watkins, ABC7
RANDALL COUNTY, Texas (KVII) — An Amarillo man has been indicted by the Randall County Grand Jury for aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child, totaling five counts.
According to court records, Soren Ethan Frost, 32, was indicted for one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child and four counts of indecency with a child, sexual contact.
The records indicated that the incidents happened throughout 2016.
