http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/childmolester/ en-us Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:39:39 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281378/posts A paedophile ring has been smashed after eight men were found guilty of a horrifying catalogue of more than 50 child pornography and abuse charges.Among the crimes was a shocking sexual attack carried out on a three-month-old baby boy by an executive adviser on child sex issues. James Rennie, chief executive of a publicly-funded gay rights group, was one of the men exposed yesterday as members of Scotland's biggest paedophile ring.   Rennie, 38, molested the toddler son of unsuspecting friends - a little boy he had been trusted to babysit - recording the abuse and sharing it with other... http://www.dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281378/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:39:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280461/posts PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WSAZ) -- A man from Scioto County is facing a rape charge after police say he sexually assaulted two young girls. Bobby Dean Boggs was arrested at a relative's house in the Clarktown area. He is accused of sexually assaulting two girls, aged 5 and 10, in Portsmouth. Investigators say more charges are expected when his case is presented to a grand jury. His preliminary hearing is set for July 2nd. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280461/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:30:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280448/posts MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police say a nanny charged with molesting a 10-year-old boy may have other victims elsewhere. Vermont State Police Detective Ben Katz says the case is complex because 23-year-old Donald Shepherd traveled around the country and went by several aliases. He says Shepherd sought work as a nanny and at camps in 13 other states. Shepherd looked for his nanny jobs online. Vermont investigators are working with other law enforcement agencies and have been contacted by several nanny-networking sites. Katz says Shepherd may have sought work in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280448/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:09:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256366/posts The woman accused of raping and murdering 8-year-old Sandra Cantu of Tracy is facing new charges alleging that she poisoned a 7-year-old girl and a man in the months before Sandra died . ... In a complaint filed Thursday, prosecutors charged Huckaby with poisoning the 7-year-old girl, identified only as Jane Doe, on Jan. 17. That's the day that a woman at the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park said her daughter had apparently been drugged with muscle relaxants during a visit with Huckaby.... Huckaby was also charged with drugging a man identified as Daniel Plowman on March 2. The substance... San Fran Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256366/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 16:22:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2246426/posts LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- A Los Angeles judge has dismissed Roman Polanski's bid to throw out a 31-year-old sex case because the fugitive director failed to appear in court. . . . The judge said Polanski's lawyer informed him the director doesn't intend to submit himself to the jurisdiction of the court. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2246426/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 21:51:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239358/posts Lawmakers have secretly approved awarding an illegal immigrant child molester more than $4 million because he was beaten by fellow inmates while in custody. Fernandez Ramirez, 24, is an illegal immigrant from Mexico who molested a 6-year-old girl in a park. The back door settlement, paid with tax dollers, gives the illegal alien's family $3.75 million and $900,000 will go to medical liens rendered while in custody. Orange County (CA) Board of Supervisors refused to comment on the settlement even though constituents have the right to know since it's their money. Judicial Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239358/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:25:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237972/posts The judge in the Sandra Cantu murder case agreed to seal her autopsy report Friday, saying if the results were released, there would be "public outrage." "We haven't seen anything like this in San Joaquin County," Superior Court Judge Linda L. Loftus said. "A lot of courts have never seen this kind of case." Both prosecution and defense attorneys were in favor of sealing the report. "In the interest of a fair trial, for both sides in this case, that is the only option," Loftus said. "There would be overriding prejudice if the record is unsealed." She said there would... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237972/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:51:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2226335/posts SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- A Santa Maria elementary school principal has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old girl. Police arrested 32-year-old Brookann Collier at her home Thursday morning. . . . AP via SacBee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2226335/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:59:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215629/posts LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A former county official in Magoffin County has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he used a computer to attempt to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. Federal prosecutors say former deputy Judge-Executive Walter Edward Hardin also pleaded guilty on Wednesday to receiving child pornography images. He faces a minimum of 10 years in prison. Hardin was charged after chatting online with an undercover officer from the Kentucky State Police. A statement from the U.S. Attorney's office in Lexington says the officer was posing as a 14-year-old. Hardin was arrested after arriving at... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215629/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:10:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210996/posts A former crossing guard who admitted molesting seven children in Columbia was sent to prison for at least 230 years and up to 460 years. A judge in Columbia County said Dale Hutchings of Berwick is a sexually violent predator and should never able allowed near children again. That's why he was sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars. Assistant District Attorney Anthony McDonald said the evidence in the case was overwhelming. A former crossing guard who admitted molesting seven children in Columbia was sent to prison for at least 230 years and up to 460 years. A judge in... WNEP TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210996/posts#comment Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:10:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177409/posts LOS ANGELES -- An appeals court has rejected a bid by Roman Polanski's attorneys to disqualify all Los Angeles Superior Court judges from considering a request to dismiss a rape case against the fugitive film director. A three-judge panel of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal on Monday also lifted a stay on all proceedings in the 31-year-old case, sending the case back to Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza. The court will schedule another hearing to decide whether Polanski has to be present for the court to hear his motion to dismiss a charge that he raped a 13-year-old... AP via SacBee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177409/posts#comment Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:59:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152928/posts What I loved most about my father, was that we had the same name, Mark Johnson, but only mine included the middle name Antoine. By the time I was three, I had only seen my father, Mark Johnson Sr., two or three times. He had been in prison for molesting two children. He claimed he never did molest those children, and I used to believe him. I was nine when my father got out. God knows how happy I was to see him - the father I had always wanted to have in my life. My father found work doing... http://www.radionetherlands.nl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152928/posts#comment Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:59:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2144979/posts KOKOMO, Ind. -- A man was arrested Monday on two counts of child molesting after the victim's father caught the man in the act with his 5-year-old daughter, police said. Larry Joe Nester, 46, of Kokomo, was taken into custody in the 3100 block of North Washington Street. Police said their investigation began on Nov. 28 when the girl's father reported the incident. Investigators said they found that Nester had also molested the girl on several occasions prior to the Nov. 28 incident. Theindychannel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2144979/posts#comment Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:36:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2113415/posts RIPLEY, Tenn. - A former West Tennessee teacher accused of having sex with a student has been convicted of child abuse. Amy Elder, a 28-year-old former teacher and softball coach at Ripley High School, was accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl. She went to trial charged with sexual battery and statutory rape by an authority figure but was convicted Wednesday night in Ripley on lesser charges of child abuse. Elder testified in her own defense and denied having sexual contact with the teenager. AP via KnoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2113415/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:49:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090467/posts EAST PALO ALTO -- A woman beat up her brother after she caught him sexually assaulting her 2-year-old daughter in his East Palo Alto home, police said today. Joel Aguilar Guizar, 23, was allegedly attacking the child when his sister broke down a locked bedroom door about 1 p.m. Wednesday, said East Palo Alto police Detective Jeff Liu. The woman, whose name was not released, saw Guizar pulling up his pants, grew enraged and "beat the crap out of him," Liu said. Police were called to investigate reports of a domestic battery in progress. When they arrived, officers heard the... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090467/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:04:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084716/posts Spokane, Wash. (AP) -- Sherry Jones knew it would be hard to get her first novel published. Getting "The Jewel of Medina" into bookstores was even harder. After overcoming the formidable hurdles any new author faces, Jones was overjoyed to sell the book to Random House. Then Random House canceled its publication at the last minute for fear the historical novel about Aisha, child bride of the prophet Muhammad, would incite riots in the Muslim world. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084716/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:40:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045178/posts Raynham father warns Market Basket shoppers of ‘predator’ employee he says groped his 4-year-old son A father says he was horrified to find out that a janitor accused of groping his son in a bathroom stall at Market Basket is still working there. RAYNHAM, MA — One Raynham father is taking justice into his own hands, warning other parents this week about an alleged “predator” who he says groped his 4-year-old son in a supermarket bathroom last month. Police said the suspect, an elderly janitor at Market Basket, allegedly reached under a bathroom stall partition and touched the boy’s calf... Enterprise News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045178/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:16:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018071/posts SOLEDAD - A 30-year-old convicted child molester is dead after being killed at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad. Lt. Eric Moore of the prison said Donald Jones was assaulted by a group of prisoners Friday morning in the general population maximum-security yard. He was pronounced dead about 90 minutes later. Prison officers recovered a stabbing weapon at the scene. Jones had been in the facility since 1995, serving a 20-year sentence out of Los Angeles County for sodomy on a child under 14. Authorities said six men are suspected in Jones' death. They already are serving sentences for convictions... AP via CoCoTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018071/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 14:44:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003443/posts In broadening the legal definition of rape, Maryland's highest court has rightly expanded women's rights, recognizing the importance of their being able to assert control at times of particular vulnerability. The seven judges may have relied on different legal reasoning, but they were unanimous in concluding that a woman can change her mind and withdraw consent during sexual intercourse - and that a man has to honor her decision. Making that more clear in the law is a welcome advance that should help juries as they weigh the facts in individual cases. Rape generally involves physical or psychological power and... Baltimore Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003443/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:55:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1983497/posts A team mother of a private basketball team has posted bail following her arrested for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old boy on the team, police said Monday. Janice Marie Niccoli, 37, was arrested at her Vacaville home Friday on two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor more than 10 years younger, Sgt. Charlie Spruill said. Niccoli posted bail Saturday afternoon, Spruill said. Niccoli, the single mother of two boys, allegedly met the victim while traveling with a private club boys basketball team last year. Spruill said the alleged sexual encounters happened at Niccoli's home in April and... NBC-11 San Francisco http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1983497/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:46:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966555/posts A top official in the Patrick administration has been placed on unpaid leave because he was arrested in Florida and charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old male in a steam room at a $500-a-night Gulf Coast resort. Carl Stanley McGee, 38, assistant secretary for policy and planning, is scheduled to be arraigned next week for sexual battery in Lee County, Fla. McGee helped draft Patrick's casino bill, life sciences legislation, and his plan to bring broadband Internet service to the farthest reaches of the state. According to police reports, McGee was arrested Dec. 28 and accused of performing oral sex... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966555/posts#comment Thu, 7 Feb 2008 18:39:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962889/posts Omaha, Neb. (AP) -- A 14-year-old boy who fled to Mexico with his former teacher will be allowed to return to the United States for a year, his lawyer said Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security has granted the boy, an illegal immigrant, humanitarian parole, according to a letter sent to his lawyer, Amy Peck. "(The boy) is going home," Peck told reporters. "At the very least, he gets to speak about what happened to him." Marilu Cabrera, a spokeswoman for Citizenship and Immigration Services, said she couldn't comment on specific immigration cases. The boy's former teacher, Kelsey Peterson, 25,... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962889/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:59:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948418/posts Atwater, Calif. (AP) -- Prison officials say a convicted child molester and kidnapper died last month after choking on a hot dog. Forty-five-year-old Frederick Fretz was serving a 20-year sentence at the federal penitentiary in Atwater. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948418/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:07:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942136/posts 13-year-old initiated sex, judge says Article from: Herald Sun December 17, 2007 01:51pm A JUDGE has labelled a man's rape of a 13-year-old boy "adolescent experimentation" and said the teen and the perpetrator were "both victims". Judge Michael Kelly's comments come a month after a prosecutor accused him of making inappropriate and disrespectful statements about the sexual assault victim during a plea hearing. The Melbourne County Court was told that in March 2001 a 24-year-old man began a relationship with a 13-year-old boy. Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942136/posts#comment Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:14:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941503/posts Men Jailed in Sudan for Selling Book on Mohammed's Child-Bride By Patrick Goodenough CNSNews.com International Editor December 18, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - A Sudanese court reportedly has sentenced two Egyptian men to six months' imprisonment for harming Islam after they marketed a book deemed critical of one of Mohammed's wives. The men, who work for an Egyptian publishing house, were arrested at an international book fair in Khartoum while promoting a book on Aisha, who Muslim historians record as one of Mohammed's 12 wives and concubines. According to an authoritative Hadith -- the traditions and sayings of Mohammed -- the middle-aged... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941503/posts#comment Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:19:35 GMT