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The teacher, David Heil, 43, of 220 W. Ivy St., East Rochester, was charged Monday with first-degree sexual abuse stemming from a 2000 incident with a male student at School 28 on Humboldt Street, where he taught at the time, said Assistant District Attorney Doug Randall.
Heil, who most recently was teaching at School 19 on Seward Street, was held in lieu of $25,000 cash or $50,000 bond by acting City Court Judge Vincent Campbell.
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Baptist church leader accused of abusing two boys under 11.
By Larry Wilson
lwilson@stargazette.com
Star-Gazette Corning Bureau
October 31, 2006
WOODHULL — David J. Troup, pastor of the Borden Baptist Church, has been jailed on felony sexual abuse charges.
State police from Painted Post arrested the 39-year-old Troup, who lives in Painted Post, on Saturday evening following an investigation that lasted less than a week.
Investigator Curt Eaton said the investigation began last week after state police received a report from the New York Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment in Albany.
Eaton declined to say whether the children reported the alleged incidents to their parents or to other adults.
Eaton said the victims are two boys younger than 11 years old. The incident occurred in July 2005 in the town of Woodhull, according to a felony complaint filed in the case.
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10/31/2006 6:00 PM
(Matt Molloy, WROC-TV)
A Rochester elementary school teacher accused of sexually abusing a student has pled not guilty. David Heil pled not guilty in city court Tuesday morning.
The allegations stem from an incident at school 28 six years ago when Heil was a teacher at that location. The district says following an internal investigation Heil was transferred to school 19. Parents at that school are now on edge following Heil’s arrest.
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10/31/2006 12:00 PM
(WROC-TV)
A Rochester doctor has been charged with sexually abusing a child.
Dr. Carlos Torres is a pediatric neurologist at Strong Memorial Hospital. Charges were filed against him Tuesday morning.
Prosecutors say Dr. Torres is charged with sexually abusing a child less than 13 years old over a nine month period. It allegedly happened seven years ago. Authorites say the victim was not a hospital patient.
Torres is also accused of videotaping the child.
Hospital officials released a statement saying they are “simply stunned by these charges.” They are cooperating with police in this investigation. Torres is not permitted to see patients at this time.
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POSTED: 9:46 p.m. EST, October 30, 2006
CENTENNIAL, Colorado (AP) — A 32-year-old man convicted of using his youthful looks to befriend and sexually assault teens was sentenced to 508 years in prison Monday.
Authorities said Zuri-Kye McGhee targeted 18 boys and one girl between ages 13 and 15. His 54-year-old mother is accused of helping him in some cases by introducing him to families with young children, and she is scheduled to stand trial in February.
He was convicted in August of 63 counts, including sexual assault on a child with a pattern of abuse. McGhee’s attorney, deputy public defender James O’Connor, did not immediately return a call.
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October 30, 2006
By Roy Mark
A Nashville man faces a minimum of 15 years in prison following his Thursday conviction for online child pornography-related activities.
Following a two-and-a-half week trial, Timothy Ryan Richards, 25, was charged with a number of offenses, including distribution and conspiracy to distribute, advertising, production and possession of child pornography, as well as violating the record-keeping requirements associated with the distribution of sexually explicit material.
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10/30/2006 5:00 PM
(WROC-TV)
News 8 has learned a Rochester City schoolteacher has been charged with sex abuse of a child.
43-year-old David Heil was arrested Monday for an alleged incident that happened 6 years ago at School Number 28.
The school district had been working with police throughout the investigation.
Article(10-30) 16:44 PST SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco police officer has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse and “debauchery” in Cambodia related to a 14-year-old girl there, authorities said today.
Officer Donald Rene Ramirez, 50, a 25-year veteran, was arrested Thursday in Phnom Penh by Cambodian authorities, officials said. Ramirez is assigned to the police traffic detail and was on vacation at the time, authorities said.
Police officials had no comment on the matter.
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Last Update: 10/30/2006 2:41:28 PM
When police went to what they thought was Alfred Morey’s home on River Street in troy they found out he no longer lives here, so now Morey is behind bars. That’s because Morey is a convicted sex offender who served time for molesting a 10 year old girl, and police say he failed to register when he moved.
Morey is just one of 5 level 2 sex offenders caught up in Rensselaer County’s pre-Halloween sweep.
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Last Edited: Monday, 30 Oct 2006, 5:46 PM EST
Created: Monday, 30 Oct 2006, 5:46 PM EST
GUILFORD COUNTY – For the first time in North Carolina, there is a Halloween curfew for registered sex offenders.
The Department of Corrections crackdown is in effect for all 100 counties. Any registered sex offenders on parole or probation cannot
The Placer County Sheriff’s Department says its new Web site providing residents information on where registered sex offenders live is a safety tool for parents this Halloween.
The department debuted “Offender Watch” in early October. The program notifies residents when a registered sex offender moves into their neighborhoods. By going to the Placer County Sheriff’s Department or Placer County Sheriff’s Council Web sites and clicking “Offender Watch,” people can see where sex offenders live within a one-mile radius of the address entered.
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Elizabeth Green
A Pennsylvania man accused of sexual assault was in Wood County court today.
Adam Smoker pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of battery.
Police say the 23-year-old traveled to Parkersburg in February to have a sexual encounter with a minor that he met online.
The felony charge of assault was dropped as part of the deal, but Smoker will have to register as a sex offender for life. Prosecutors say the victim is happy with the plea agreement.
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Updated: 10/30/2006 5:46:10 PM
By: Kathy Young
For Gloversville Supervisor Michael Rooney, this mission is personal.
“We had a friend who had a problem with a level-three sex offender, and it seemed that he was targeting their daughter,” said Michael Rooney, Gloversville 5th Ward Supervisor.
But after seeing sex offender residency laws passed in Albany and Rensselaer, Rooney thought he’d follow in their footsteps, proposing a similar law in Fulton County that would prevent sex offenders from living 2,000 feet away from a school or daycare.
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POSTED: 2:05 pm PST October 30, 2006
UPDATED: 2:48 pm PST October 30, 2006
LOS ANGELES — A registered sex offender who was allegedly caught straddling a 6-year-old girl in a South Los Angeles back yard and later accused of attacks on four other girls pleaded not guilty Monday to two new charges.
Dennis Alan Martine was charged last Tuesday with nine felony counts and now also faces one new felony count each of sex with a child under 10 and kidnapping for child molesting.
Martinez, 46, is also accused of one misdemeanor count of violating a new state law banning registered sex offenders from coming onto a school campus without permission from the school’s chief administrative official.
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MARCIE YOUNG
myoung@charlotteobserver.com
The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office on Monday launched a new database that will help residents track and monitor sex offenders living in their communities.
The program, OffenderWatch, enables residents with an Internet connection to search for sex offenders, including pedophiles, by a specific address, city or zip code, said Sheriff David Huffman.
Currently, 188 sex offenders live in Catawba County, Huffman said, and about 24 of those are pedophiles or considered sexual predators.
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Last Update: 10/30/2006 8:15:35 PM
Posted By: Tenikka Smith
Thousands of kids will be going door to door in search of goodies Halloween night, but it’s not just the safety of the treats that has law enforcement on high-alert. It’s who could be giving it out.
Since Halloween can create some unusual situations, the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole has placed several restrictions to help make sure sex offenders won’t be tempted to cross the line.
COLUMBUS, Indiana (AP) — An inmate accused of forcibly tattooing a slain 10-year-old girl’s name onto her killer’s forehead in an Indiana prison was the victim’s cousin, a family friend said.
Jared Harris, 22, is a cousin of Katlyn “Katie” Collman, family friend and spokesman Terry Gray told The Republic newspaper. He said he did not believe they knew each other well.
Harris, 22, who is serving time on a burglary conviction at Wabash Valley state prison in Carlisle, Indiana has been charged with battery and accused of tattooing “KATIE’S REVENGE” across Anthony Ray Stockelman’s forehead.
A MOTHER held her young daughter’s hand to comfort her while she was being sexually abused by a man at remote bush camps in the Northern Territory, a court heard today.
The story of the girl’s ordeal emerged as Walter Lance Cronin, 50, was sentenced to at least seven years in prison for molesting her for four years from the age of five.
Cronin made the child, known only as S, perform oral sex on him and forced her to watch him have sex with her mother over four years from 1993.
He also molested, hit and verbally abused S, calling her a “whore and bitch”, at a number of locations in the Adelaide River and Roper Valley region.
The little girl sometimes held her mother’s hand during the sexual abuse and on at least one occasion Cronin doused the child with petrol and threatened to “warm her”, the court heard during the trial.
Last week the former stationhand and bulldozer driver was found guilty of gross indecency with a minor and of maintaining an unlawful sexual relationship with a child under 14.
Justice Stephen Southwood today sentenced Cronin to 10 years’ prison with a non parole period of seven years for his “abhorrent and depraved” actions.
“He told S what to do and warned her that if she did not do what he told her things could get worse,” Justice Southwood told the Supreme Court in Darwin.
“It is clear that the offender committed multiple offences of a sexual nature over a substantial period of time.”
He said S often sported bruises and had suffered “overwhelming heartache”.
“S was utterly vulnerable, she had a total incapability to defend herself or remove herself from the situation due to her immature age,” he said during sentencing.
“The court must do what it can to protect such girls from this sort of behaviour.”
Cronin failed to show remorse for his crime and only stopped the abuse when S moved interstate in 1997, Justice Southwood said.
She reported the abuse at that time but Cronin denied the allegations and was not arrested and charged until 2004.
Justice Southwood said S had been traumatised and that her education and social development had suffered accordingly.
”(But) she realises that in order to have a good life she has to put the bad things behind her. Her courage and resolve to go forward with her life are to be admired.”
Despite an ongoing problem with alcohol, Cronin, who has fathered three children, had a good employment record and his former place of work, Tipperary Station, paid his court costs.
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Republican contender calls opponent’s idea ‘cosmetic’
Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006
Democratic Attorney General candidate Beau Biden on Saturday accused Republican Ferris Wharton of failing to supervise the state’s sex offender registry program when he served as second-in-command at the Delaware Department of Justice for three years.
Reacting to a News Journal investigation revealing that the state has lost track of about 800 convicted sex offenders since 1998, Biden said that’s why he has been pushing for a separate unit in the Attorney General’s Office to handle all aspects of child sex abuse cases.
In addition to prosecuting sexual predators, that unit would also monitor them once they are released from custody.
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By Jessica Bock
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Sunday, Oct. 29 2006
O’Fallon’s move to strengthen a state law and further restrict where registered
sex offenders can live did not go unnoticed by nearby communities.
Since O’Fallon passed its law on Sept. 28, Dardenne Prairie has followed suit,
and two other cities, St. Charles and St. Peters, have similar legislation on
the table. Elsewhere in the county, city officials in Wentzville and Lake Saint
Louis are discussing the measure with their police chiefs.
