IL – Law may deter sex offenders

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By KATE THAYER 

Law-enforcement officials hope that a new law will help solve cold cases while deterring repeat sex offenders.

The law, which takes Monday, requires convicted sex offenders to provide DNA samples as part of their sex-offender registration process. Officials say people convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses are those affected by the change.

Although treatment professionals support efforts to find repeat offenders, some say the new law won’t necessarily deter sex offenders.

The new law joins others addressing sex offenders in 2007. Other initiatives include revamping the state’s sex-offender registry so the public can look up offenders by a specific address; a global positioning system for paroled sexual predators; and stricter requirements on where offenders may live in relation to child-care facilities.

Sex offenders now will have to renew their driver’s licenses every year, as opposed to every four years. Another law prohibits custody or visitation by a father who was convicted of a sexual crime that resulted in the child’s conception.

In the new DNA law, samples will be kept by the Illinois State Police for analysis and comparison. State law already requires those convicted of sex offenses to provide their address, employer and other information to police.

Australia – Pedophile left alone with girl

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Carly Crawford

December 31, 2006 12:00am

A CONVICTED pedophile has been sleeping in the same bedroom as a nine-year-old girl.

And horrified friends of the girl say he has tried to befriend her with gifts of cash.The Department of Human Services launched an investigation into the scandal and wants a formal ban on contact between the child and the tradesman, 28, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

The man served eight months’ jail after a jury convicted him of six counts of sexual penetration of a child under 16.

He and a friend abused two 14-year-old girls in 2003 after plying them with alcohol and marijuana.

The judge presiding over the case said the man’s history of lying to police, theft and driving offences indicated he disregarded the law when it suited.

The man was freed from prison in August and has lived in Melbourne’s outer suburbs with his sister, who has three children – a boy, 4, a girl, 3, and the girl aged nine who is in the permanent care of a family friend.

A concerned friend of the carer told the Sunday Herald Sun of the situation.

The friend said the man had given $50 notes to the girl, who stayed at the home every second weekend.

“He’s been sleeping in her room and showering her with gifts and he has no respect for the law,” the friend said.

“How can a mother put her children in that sort of danger?” The girl’s mother repeatedly hung up on the Sunday Herald Sun yesterday.

Department of Human Services officials investigated the arrangement in early December after the girl told her carer.

The girl also told worried department workers the pedophile slept on a mattress on the floor of her room while she slept on the bed.

The department has asked the Children’s Court to change her access orders so that contact between the man and the girl is explicitly banned. The matter is before the court.

The man is on the sex offenders’ register and Victoria Police said he was complying with the monitoring conditions.

A department spokesperson said it was “satisfied” the man no longer resided at the home.

 

 

PA – Sexual abuse of 2 girls nets woman time in jail

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By Joe Pinchot
Herald Staff Writer

GROVE CITY AREA— Laura M. Shaffer probably should not have been associating with 13-year-old girls, but she probably didn’t have any other friends, said her defense attorney Randall T. Hetrick.
Hetrick laid out a grim picture of his client, who admitted indecently assaulting and corrupting the morals of two 13-year-old girls.
Ms. Shaffer, 20, of 111 Dale St., Grove City, who will spend at least 8 months in Mercer County Jail, has a lengthy juvenile criminal record and mental health problems, Hetrick said. She has only a ninth-grade education, and a low IQ and self-esteem, he said.
“We would just ask the court for whatever leniency is possible,” Hetrick said Friday.
According to state police, Ms. Shaffer inappropriately touched a 13-year-old girl Sept. 15, 2005, at a home in Springfield Township. The girl told police the touching occurred more than 10 times over a year’s time at the home and a nearby park.
A second victim, also 13, told a similar story of multiple contacts over a month’s time. Ms. Shaffer was charged with more than 100 counts of corruption of minors, indecent assault and harassment.
In a second case also involving the first victim, Ms. Shaffer broke into the girl’s home Aug. 15, 2005, and awoke the girl by assaulting her, police said. She was charged with burglary, aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors, harassment and indecent assault, a total of nine counts.
Ms. Shaffer pleaded guilty Oct. 10 in each case to six counts of indecent assault and one count of corruption of minors.
Assistant Mercer County District Attorney Timothy Bonner called Ms. Shaffer’s conduct “reprehensible” and said it was “damaging to the victims.”
Common Pleas Judge Thomas R. Dobson agreed.
“They move on,” he said. “Do they recover? Not really. They are changed. You have changed them for the worse.”
Dobson said that, in cases when juveniles are involved, you have to inquire if there is a level of horseplay involved.
“This seemed to be far more than horseplay,” he said. “An incident of bullying, perhaps.”
Both victims told police Ms. Shaffer ignored their pleas to stop.
“She is much bigger than me,” one victim said of her inability to thwart Ms. Shaffer.
Dobson sentenced Ms. Shafer to 8 to 18 months in jail, followed by a term of parole when she is released for the remainder of the 18 months, and then a year of probation.
He also ordered her to pay costs, be evaluated by Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission and obtain her general equivalency diploma.
While Ms. Shaffer was not deemed a sexually violent offender by a state review board or Dobson, she will have to report her whereabouts annually to state police or, if she moves out of state, to the local police department. She also will have to report when she moves or changes jobs.
Dobson also forbade her from associating with anyone younger thaan 18.
“You cannot be around young children again,” he said.

Herald Staff Writer Matthew Snyder contributed to this report.

 

MO – Man loses appeal in molestation

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A man convicted of first-degree statutory rape and statutory sodomy has lost an appeal in a Lawrence County case.

Daniel P. Skipper was accused of molesting a child younger than age 12 in early 2000.

A public defender argued on appeal that Skipper’s trial attorney was ineffective for not objecting to a jury instruction.

Appellate judges determined in an opinion released this week that if the attorney had objected, there was no “reasonable probability” of a different outcome.

MD – Ex-teacher gets 1 1/2 years for sex abuse

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By Gina Davis

Sun Reporter

Originally published July 14, 2007

A former teacher who was hired by Baltimore City schools after leaving the Baltimore County system amid questions about his relationship with a 13-year-old student was sentenced yesterday to a year and a half in jail for committing a sex offense against the girl.
Before the judge announced his punishment, Timothy Nicholas Gounaris, 50, of the first block of Cardor Court in the Perry Hall area, apologized to the girl, who is now 15, as she looked on from a front-row bench in court with her parents. He also sought forgiveness from his family for “the terrible mistakes I’ve made.”

“I developed a wonderful bond with a great kid,” said Gounaris, whose voice trembled as he choked back tears. “I had this young lady’s trust, and I violated that trust. … In moments of complete weakness, I did something destructive and stupid.”
Baltimore County Circuit Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr. sentenced Gounaris to 10 years in prison but suspended all but 18 months. He also ordered Gounaris to register as a sex offender and barred him from having any contact with the girl or any children not related to him.
Gounaris, who will serve his sentence in the Baltimore County Detention Center, will be eligible for a work-release program after nine months. Within 30 days of finding a job, Gounaris must begin paying $10,000 restitution – in monthly increments of $150 – for medical expenses the girl has accumulated, and monthly payments of about $200 to cover costs of her continuing therapy. The girl has been hospitalized twice after suicide attempts, her mother said.

WA – Zina Linnik: Tragedy In Tacoma

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Amanda Rogers
July 14, 2007

Tacoma, Washington: On the evening on July 4th, 2007, 12 year old Zina Linnik walked the alley behind her home to find her siblings and bring them home. Within moments her father heard a scream. He ran into the alley just in time to see a grey van speeding away and Zina gone. The little girl would never be seen alive again.

Several days later a tip to authorities led police to a shallow grave near a hiking path not far from the girls Tacoma,Washington home. The tip came from the prime suspect in the girl’s murder, one Terapon Adhahn. Adhahn is a 42 year old native of Thailand who is also a registered sex offender.

Adhahn was convicted in 1990 of violently raping his half sister. He served an unbelievable, mere 2 month sentence for this crime. Additionally, he was ordered to undergo sex offender treatment. While in therapy, many things were discovered about Adhahn which should have sent “red flags” waiving to those responsible for his care long before the death of Zina Linnick.

CA – Sentence puts pedophile away for 31 years

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By TERRY VAU DELL/MediaNews Group

Article Launched: 07/13/2007 12:00:00 AM PDT

A 31-year prison sentence was handed down Thursday to a Paradise man convicted of molesting a young girl over a period of several years and threatening to kill her brother if he told anyone.

Clifford John Vantilburg, 42, must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence before being eligible for parole.

After denying a motion for a new trial, Butte County Superior Court Judge Sandra McLean imposed maximum consecutive sentences on nine counts of sexual abuse of a minor, and single charges of possession of an assault rifle and dissuading a witness while armed.

The judge, sitting without a jury, had convicted Vantilburg earlier this year of the charges. Prosecutors alleged the defendant molested the female victim almost daily over several years, starting when she was about 11 or 12.

MO – Convicted molester loses appeal

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© 2007, Springfield News-Leader

A convicted child molester from Kansas City lost an appeal yesterday in a Phelps County case.
Richard Anthony Wagoner, 36, pleaded guilty to first-degree child molestation in 2004 and received 12 years in prison.
According to court documents, Wagoner performed sexual acts with a 4-year-old girl between Dec. 15, 2003, and Feb. 23, 2004. He had been working at a Rolla restaurant.
Wagoner�s attorney argued on appeal that Wagoner�s plea counsel was ineffective for not contacting a witness to refute statements made by the girl and her mother.
Appellate judges disagreed, noting the potential defense witness was hampered by Wagoner�s multiple confessions to police.

UK – Child rapist jailed for six years

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A Teesside man who raped a 13-year-old girl has been jailed for six years.

Balwinder Singh was arrested after his victim went to a teacher appointed to deal with pupils’ problems, Teesside Crown Court heard.

The 36-year-old of Coleton Gardens, Ingleby Barwick, pleaded guilty to rape and sexual activity with a child.

He was also ordered to register as a sex offender for life. The hearing heard how the girl had been too scared to tell her mother about Singh.

NY – Help is available for sex abuse victims

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06/29/2007

A local teenager who’d been raped since she was 11 years old finally put an end to four years of abuse and put the man behind bars.

It wasn’t easy.

The 16-year-old had to testify before a jury, in front of the perpetrator. She had to say painful, difficult and embarrassing things.

“It is very, very, difficult for an adult to sit in a room full of strangers and detail how they were violated sexually,” Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III said the other day. “It is 100 times more difficult for a young person.”

But she did what she had to do. And as she pieces her own life together, she should be proud to know that she is also protecting other potential victims.

“Her courage is extraordinary,” Murphy said.

There was no DNA, no witnesses, no confession. Just four years of sexual abuse.

“I don’t think he ever thought she would testify,” Murphy said.

But she did. And he faces many years in prison.

AK – Navy officer sentenced in abuse case

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JUNEAU, Alaska — The Navy’s former top ranking officer in Alaska stood at attention as a judge sentenced him to two years in prison for the attempted sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl.

A military man such as Cmdr. Robert Schetky should know discipline and should have been able to control his impulses toward the girl, Juneau Superior Judge Larry Weeks said Thursday as he handed down the sentence, which includes two more years that were suspended.

“No one will ever know the damage done to her,” Weeks said.

Schetky, 54, briefly apologized.

“The damage I’ve caused to my family, I can’t change that,” he said. “I ask for forgiveness and hope to amend what I did.”

PA – Man gets a 220-year sentence for the sexual abuse of children

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Article Last Updated: 06/22/2007 10:51:32 AM EDT

BROOKVILLE — A man was sentenced to at least 220 years in state prison for numerous sex crimes against two children.

“I could sentence you to over 500 years,” Jefferson County Judge John Foradora told Douglas D. Kesslar on Wednesday. “Out of all the child sex cases I’ve had … this case has the worst, twisted, heinous and cruel set of facts I’ve ever seen.”

Foradora sentenced Kesslar to 20 to 40 years on each of 11 counts of rape of a child.

A jury in October convicted Kesslar, 46, of Punxsutawney, of 89 sex crimes against the children, who were 8 and 10 at the time. The abuse took place in 2004 and 2005, authorities said.

Kesslar also threatened his victims with his own suicide and used witchcraft and black magic to intimidate them, the judge said.

TX – Rosenberg Man Sentenced To 35 Years For Sexual Abuse Of Girl

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by FortBendNow Staff, Jun 07, 2007, 02 46 PM

A Rosenberg man was sentenced to 35 years in prison earlier this week as part of a plea bargain in which he pleaded guilty to two charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

According to a report from the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, Lenel enesto Pineda entered the guilty pleas Monday before 268th District Court Judge Brady Elliott.

The district attorney’s report said evidence presented to the court “showed Pineda repeatedly sexually abused a 9-year-old family member over the course of several years. The crime was not reported to authorities until another child in the family disclosed the abuse.”

“Unfortunately children don’t usually tell about sexual abuse right away, particularly when the perpetrator is someone they know,” said Suzy Morton, chief of the District Attorney’s Child Abuse Division. “Many times they’ll confide in another child. The little girl who told and the child who was abused were very brave to have come forward.”

Aggravated Sexual Assault is a first-degree felony punishable by 5 to 99 years or life prison, and a fine up to $10,000. Under current law, Pineda will serve one-half of his sentence – 17.5 years – before becoming eligible for parole.

Dear sex offender and those that defend you;

Do you realize what you did to the person you raped/sexually assaulted/sexually harassed/sexually abused?

Your actions have given your victims a life sentence. Fear. Anxiety. Depression. Worthlessness. And this barely touches the surface.

These feelings last a lifetime.

Sure, we get therapy. We heal. But we are never the same. Fear and anxiety and depression and worthlessness and everything else you have given us sneak in every now and then.

You take from us one of our most precious possessions.

Sometimes, you do it with violence. Sometimes you do it with lies and manipulations. Sometimes you do it with drugs.

And you wonder why we don’t want you back in society. You wonder why we don’t want you around our children. You wonder why we want to know where you are, where you are living, who you are.

You spout off about recidivism rates. The truth about recidivism:

For every sex offender that is caught and convicted, the chances are there are other victims the offender won’t be convicted for. It has been estimated that an offender has an average of 117 victims.

For every sex offender that is caught and convicted, there are 12 offenders that aren’t caught, let alone convicted.

Recidivism data is thrown out the window. This data is based on convictions and re-convictions. If 12 out of 13 sex offenders are running around and never caught, and only 3 or 4 victims out of 117 are coming forward… recidivism rates are WAY OFF.

Chances are you are reoffending, just not being caught.

It’s absolutely that epidemic.

Recidivism rates have no bearing.

And to those who defend you:

Most sex offenders and your supporters LOVE to use the rationalization that children lie.

So do sex offenders.

In order for a sex offender to be successful (taking out the violence aspect for a moment), he or she must be successful at lying and manipulating. Many of them are so good at it that they convince those around them they are good, kind and well-intentioned.

That’s what they want you to believe; NEED you to think. And you do.

IF they are finally caught, those closest to the offender can not, WILL NOT, believe that their uncle, brother, father, grandfather, favorite teacher, coolest coach, daycare provider, parish priest… is possible of committing such an act.

Parents (with the exception of the molesting parent) are not to blame either. As good as the sex offender is at manipulating his victim, he is that good at manipulating the parents.

And when an adult “has sex” with a minor… it is called rape/sexual assault. Some places call it sexual battery.

No matter the name, it is a crime. Minors can not legally consent to having sex. If you are an adult, and sexually assault a minor… even if the minor says yes, even if the minor seduces you, you are the adult, you say no. If not, you face the punishment (see below).

Teachers, priests, coaches – anyone in authority – know this better than anyone. The ones who abuse their authority to rape a child NEED to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

One of the most used defenses by a sex offender and those that support you is the lack of physical evidence.

Physical evidence is often not available. When your victim does come forward, it isn’t always right away.

Can you blame them?

Sex offenders, in your little arsenal of lies and manipulations… you are also known to utilize threats and other abusive tactics to keep your victims silent. Threats of violence, death, and anything else the offender believes will be effective on your victim are used.

These threats are especially effective on children, especially if the offender threatens the child’s guardian, a pet, or anything else the child cares about.

And children are very insightful. They know the monsters who hurt them are well liked and trusted. It’s how they gained the trust of the child and the child’s protectors in the first place.

Along with whatever the monster told the child to help keep his/her silence, the child usually believes if she comes forward, she will not be believed. Instead, the child believes there will be punishment by those who the child is supposed to be able to trust. The child is in danger, and has no where to turn.

When the victim is finally able to come forward, it isn’t pretty.

Have you witnessed what happens when a victim comes forward?

First, there is the sexual assault examination, known as a rape kit.

It’s invasive, painful, and uncomfortable. And it usually takes longer than the sexual assault itself.

Second, media and public opinion come into play.

Too many people say stupid things.

“She was drunk.” (Read as she deserved it.)

“She was wearing a short skirt.” (Read as she wanted it.)

“She was kissing him. They were fooling around.” (Read as she consented to it.)

A woman has every right to drink what she wants, wear what she wants, and say NO at anytime!

Too often, these simple rights are forgotten, not only by you, the offender, but by those trying to rationalize your crimes.

The media often misuses the phrase “having sex” (which implies consent), instead of using the rightful “sexual assault.” Stick alleged in front of it if it makes you feel better.

Berkeley Brean from a local news station, just the other night, was reporting on an adult man being arrested for “having sex” with a minor.

Mr Brean, When referring to a case of an adult “having sex” with a child… it is not “having sex”. The correct phrasing is either sexual abuse, sexual assault or rape. “Having sex” with someone under the age of consent implies that there was no crime committed. It implies the victim may have consented, when, in fact, a 14-year-old (in this case) is incapable of giving legal consent. Thank you for taking this into consideration in future reporting. Sincerly, Lisa W., SadlyNormal.org

I received no response.

Although later, when Janet Lomax reported on the same case, she correctly reported it as sexual assault.

All of this being said, and all of this being the reality, you whine about your punishment.

A life sentence for a sex offender… it’s nothing. Whether that life sentence is served in prison, or served having to live at least 1500 feet from a school.

Why should we let a sex offender have easier access to our children? Of course you can drive to the school and take your pick. Maybe next, Ohio’s license plate idea will spread.

It’s not an easy life for a “freed” sex offender, but it isn’t an easy life for the victim either.

The fact is, these are the laws. When you commit the crime, and agree to your plea, and know what the ordinances are, and that they can change at anytime… that is part of your sentence.

Your sentence no longer ends when you leave that jail cell. Your sentence continues even when you are able to walk down Main St. and shop at your favorite grocery store.

Your sentence continues just like the victim’s sentence.

If you don’t want to have this sentence imposed on you, then don’t commit a sexual offense.

I dont agree with everything the legal system is doing, especially when it concerns the sex offender registry. There are some acts that don’t belong on the registry. Mooning someone deserves a kick in the buttocks. Urinating in a public place deserves some community service cleaning Port-A-Pottys with a toothbrush. But if you rape or sexually assault or sexually abuse; whether you abuse your authority, or use force, or violence or lies and manipulations; you belong on the SOR even after jail.

Also, I need to state that I am not stupid. I know some lie about being sexually assaulted, for whatever reason. But it isn’t the norm, as many of you and your supporters like to claim.

Anyone who would willingly go through any of this for attention or money or notoriaty or whatever their reason is, has serious issues. Anyone who lies about being raped or molested, should be punished to the same extremes as a sex offender is. It’s crimes like these that make doubting a real victim easier.

Sex offenders, supporters thereof… think twice.
Think twice before you act out your impulses.
Think twice before you misuse your authority.
Think twice about the lies and manipulations.

And make that second thought about the sentence you will serve… SOR and all… before committing your crime.

ACLU Thinks Sexual Predators Have More Rights than Children

by Jay Sekulow
Protecting Your Rights

We frequently battle the American Civil Liberties Union on a host of issues including pornography, prayer and religious expression. Now, we are engaged in a legal battle on a new front – this time the issue pits the rights of children against sexual offenders.

In a recent series of cases in New Jersey, the ACLU has opposed legitimate efforts to protect children from sexual predators who attempt to live in their neighborhoods. The ACLJ is now representing the Township of Galloway, New Jersey, in the defense of an important law designed to protect children against convicted sex offenders. Not surprisingly, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit claiming that the ordinance designed to protect children violates several of New Jersey’s constitutional provisions.

The Township of Galloway, like many other communities in New Jersey, enacted Ordinance No. 1616 to serve as a buffer zone for children, forbidding convicted sex offenders (over age 18) from residing within 2,500 feet of any school, park, playground or day care center in Galloway Township. This kind of stay-away zone makes sense.

WA – Navy chief suspected of attempted child rape

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MELANTHIA MITCHELL
the Associated Press

SEATTLE – The senior enlisted man at Naval Base Kitsap was arrested Friday for investigation of attempted child rape after a monthlong undercover Internet operation by police in Bremerton, west of Seattle.

Detectives alleged that Command Master Chief Edward E. Scott, 43, had been communicating over the Internet with whom he thought was a woman with 12-year-old twins, a boy and girl, but in reality was an undercover agent.

Over the course of a month, Scott used his computer at work to engage in chats that were sexually explicit and graphic in nature, Bremerton police Sgt. Kevin Crane told The Associated Press.

Eventually, Scott asked to meet the woman and her children and a meeting was arranged for 5 a.m. Friday at a Bremerton hotel, he said.

DE – Teacher Gets 10 Years For Raping Child, Woman Was Sixth-Grade Science Teacher

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A sixth-grade science teacher who seduced a 13-year-old male student has been sentenced to 10 years in prison — a sentence that her attorney argued was much longer than what teachers convicted in similar cases have received.

Rachel L. Holt, 35, holds a master’s degree in education and had no previous criminal record. Wearing a red prison jumpsuit, she sobbed in court as her sentence was announced on Friday.

Holt was initially charged with 28 counts of first-degree rape. Police accused her of having illegal sexual intercourse with the boy at least that many times during an intense weeklong affair. She was also accused of plying the boy with alcohol and allowing him to drive her car.

Canada – Pedophile gets five years

ArticleBy TONY BLAIS, COURT BUREAU

A city man was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for sexually abusing two nieces, including one when he cared for his jailed brother’s kids.

The pedophile, who cannot be named under a court-ordered publication ban, earlier pleaded guilty to unlawful sexually touching a female under the age of 14 and sexual assault.

Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Juliana Topolniski called the “unacceptable” attacks “a horror on two children” which violated the girls and robbed them of their youth.

As well as the prison term, the 45-year-old man, who has been assessed as a high risk to reoffend, was ordered placed on the national sex offender registry for 20 years.

According to agreed facts, the pedophile took custody of his jailed brother’s two children, including a then-five-year-old girl, for several months in 1999 and 2000.

WA – Sex offender gets 10 years in prison

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FORT LEWIS — A convicted sex offender who molested the son of a soldier in Iraq was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported.

Donald J. Streich, 26, of Fort Lewis was arrested March 21 when the 15-year-old victim disclosed that Streich had sex with him in 2004.

He had pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor.

Streich often offered house-cleaning and babysitting services to families of soldiers deployed overseas.

In exchange, he would ask to live with them, giving him access to children, court documents say.

Meanwhile, a warrant had been filed in Pierce County Superior Court charging Streich with failing three times to register his address with police. Streich was convicted of first-degree child molestation in 1998, court documents say.

The FBI, the Fort Lewis Military Police and the Criminal Investigation Division handled the case.

OH – Convicted child molester gets four years

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By BENJAMIN ROODE | Thursday February 01 2007, 4:56pm

SANDUSKY

Victims and family members wept and consoled each other after an Erie County judge sentenced a convicted child molester to four years in prison.

Joseph Buday, 100 block of State St. in Norwalk, will spend time in prison for inappropriately touching two young girls with whom he was acquainted during a two-year period from 2003-05.

Buday originally was charged with two counts of rape, three counts of gross sexual imposition and one count of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.

The rape and dissemination charges were dropped in the deal because the families and victims didn’t want the children to testify in open court, said Erie County assistant prosecutor Mary Ann Barylski.

The family agreed the three imposition charges were enough, she said.

The girls and family members reported the contact in August 2005 to Erie County Sheriff’s deputies at a child advocacy center.

One girl, then 14, said Buday molested her at a swimming pool in June that year. The other girl reported repeated acts during a two-year period beginning in 2003.