Ohio man gets 44 years for underwear ploy

A suburban Cincinnati man convicted of sexually touching children while claiming to be a market researcher who wanted to measure their underwear has been sentenced to 44 years in prison.

Prosecutors said the 44-year-old Hawkins targeted boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 16, and sometimes convinced parents to let him be alone with their kids.

They say he arranged to meet parents and children at schools, hospitals or their homes and told parents he needed to measure underwear for research.

Hawkins pleaded guilty in December to nine charges of importuning and three counts of gross sexual imposition.

Hamilton Man Gets Life Sentence On Sex Crime Convictions

A judge sentenced a Hamilton man to life in prison after he was convicted on child sex charges.

John Mucher pleaded guilty Dec. 22 to six counts of rape, one count of gross sexual imposition, two counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, and 30 counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor.

Prosecutors said the 33-year-old Mucher began molesting an 8-year-old girl in 2004, and continued until last year, when the child told a friend in August.

Vancleave child molester sentenced to Life

A Vancleave man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for molesting two little girls.

Friday, Randy Lamar Tapper, 47, was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences plus 75 years in prison. It took a Jackson County jury less than two hours to convict him of multiple counts of sexual battery and touching of a child for lustful purposes.

"These victims were six and eight at the time of the crimes. The file is full of other allegations of possible child victims. I told the court in sentencing, Tapper not only robbed the victims of part of their childhood but also part of their future. I think the maximum was appropriate for a person who was found guilty of sexually abusing two small girls," said District Attorney Tony Lawrence.

Testimony revealed that the children had stayed at Tapper's trailer in Vancleave in the summer of 2006. The molestation came to light after the children's mother took them for an examination at Singing River Hospital. The girls had just returned from Tapper's house and reported being molested by Tapper.

During the trial, Lawrence revealed that Tapper's two previous wives were minors when he got them pregnant. Lawrence also told the court that Tapper had another pending indictment for child molestation.

"Tapper will be in prison for the rest of his life and he will never be able to harm another child," said Lawrence.

"Justice in this case was a long time coming. It is a good day for the citizens of Jackson County. There is no telling how many children he has hurt, but thankfully he can't hurt any others," said Assistant District Attorney Angel Meyers who assisted Lawrence on the case.

Under new law, child molester Aaron Michael Snyder gets life in prison

For the first time in modern Muskegon County history, a nonmurderer has gotten the toughest sentence Michigan has to give: mandatory life in prison without chance of parole.

That sentence was handed down Tuesday to repeat child molester Aaron Michael Snyder, 34, of 1547 Auble. Snyder pleaded guilty as charged Jan. 12 to first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person younger than 13.

Child Rapist to spend 56 1/2 years in prison

After her parents were deemed unfit, a 4-year-old girl and her siblings were sent to live with their closest relatives.

But their new home was no haven. Christopher Kenney, 36, repeatedly raped the girl over a two-year period, a Franklin County jury found. His sentence was handed down Thursday: 56 1/2 years to life in prison.

Kenney, formerly of Brehl Avenue on the West Side, had been convicted in November of rape, gross sexual imposition and child pornography.

Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Tim Horton called Kenney's crimes "hideous and foul."

"You have chosen not to accept responsibility for your actions. That is, in itself, a sad case," Horton said in handing down consecutive sentences, which included at least 40 years for rape. Kenney will not be eligible for parole until he is 92.

Utah Child Rapist Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Possibility of Parole

A St. George, Utah man was recently sentenced to life in prison without parole. Marc Clifton Bryant was convicted of the heinous crime of rape and torture of a 16 year old girl with a screwdriver and a blow torch.

After being charged, Bryant fled to Florida and did not appear at his April 2008 trial.

He was arrested in September at a Golden Corral restaurant in Jacksonville, Fla., after appearing on "America's Most Wanted" TV program.

A letter from the victim detailed her struggles with memories of the incident. Her struggles include nightmares, distrust of people and, when she becomes overwhelmed, she seeks shelter in a closet.

"You can see the scars on my face, and I will always have them on the inside," the victim wrote.

Truck driver gets life for molesting child

A St. Louis County truck driver was sentenced to life in federal prison today for molesting a young girl in 2005.

Warren McKinney, 45, molested the girl in his truck while overnighting on long road trips.

Molester given 99 years in prison

A judge sentenced an Anderson man to nearly 100 years behind bars for repeatedly molesting a girl earlier this year.

Madison Circuit Judge Fredrick Spencer sentenced Lawrence E. Auler to 99 years in prison — one year short of the maximum — after Auler pleaded guilty to two Class A counts of child molestation involving a 6-year-old girl.

Deputy Prosecutor Pat Ragains sought the maximum against 45-year-old Auler due to the extreme nature of the crimes.

“He shouldn’t get out of prison, your honor,” Ragains said. “He shouldn’t ever get out of prison.”

Auler blamed the incidents on the girl.

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Child rapist gets 100+ years

The punishment for raping five young girls: a prison term of 129-189 years.

That sentence is what Kenneth Ashcraft deserves, one of his victims said.

"Mr. Ashcraft has stolen all of our innocence from us. ... We all were scared to tell what happened," a 16-year-old Middletown girl told Judge Noah Powers in Butler County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday.

The Middletown girl said Ashcraft, 41, of New Miami, needed a life sentence to give him "enough time to think about what he did to all of us." Her statement brought some courtroom spectators to tears.

But Ashcraft showed no emotion. He also said nothing on his own behalf, even after the judge gave him two chances.

"The court cannot help but be persuaded by the fact that the defendant preyed on child victims," the judge said.

When Ashcraft took the stand during his October trial, Ashcraft claimed the young women who testified against him were liars, Powers noted.

"What he did was wrong and he won't do it to another innocent little girl," the 16-year-old Middletown girl said after court.

Man Will Be Sentenced To Life For Raping Baby

One of Hawaii's most shocking sex-assault cases brings a life sentence for the defendant. Danny Friddle admitted Monday to having sex with a baby in his care and recording it on video.

The 31-year-old ex-army soldier and security guard showed no emotion as he pleaded guilty to 14 counts of sexual assault of a child and producing child pornography.

Two life terms for convicted child molester

Peter Petrosky Sr., was sentenced in Washoe County to two consecutive life terms with the possibility of parole after 20 years after Washoe County Sheriff's investigated the suspect for several months.

Throughout the course of their investigation, Washoe County Sheriff's against Children Detectives says Petrosky spent several months grooming young boys, lavishing them with gifts and other items in order to molest them.

Petrosky's sentence was handed down by Judge Jerome Polaha after he plead guilty to two counts of lewdness with a child under 14.

Man gets life for sex abuse charges

The feelings of Vincent Bernard Jones’ victims were attached by a paperclip.

They had plenty to say on paper. Jones, sentenced Wednesday to four concurrent life sentences for sex-related charges, didn’t.

“You’re a nasty, sick pervert and much more,” said one 17-year-old victim. “There is no words really to explain what you are ever since you touched me with your filthy hands ... and when you die in prison, I hope you rot in hell.”

Jones, 44, was convicted Oct. 29 of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse and incest. Jurors in the one-day trial decided that Jones inappropriately touched a relative in the summer of 2007. The acts occurred in several places across Russell County but more than once at a Sandfort Road home.

“You kept promising me you would leave me alone, but you didn’t,” said another 17-year-old girl, a relative of Jones’. “You hurt me physically and emotionally. Don’t nobody know how I feel unless they have been through what I’ve been through.”

Sun Valley child molester gets six life prison terms

A Sun Valley man was sentenced last week to six life sentences for a series of child molestations.

Washoe District Judge Janet Berry imposed the sentence Nov. 25 on Luis Reyes-Marquez, 44.

A jury found him guilty in June of two counts of sexual assault on a child and four counts of lewdness with a child younger than 14.

Reyes must serve at least 80 years.

Fostoria man given life sentence for 2006 child rape

A Fostoria man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a 5-year-old girl in 2006.
29-year-old Paul Stacey was convicted of the rape Thursday by a Seneca County Common Pleas Court jury. The jury deliberated for two hours before returning a verdict.
Stacey had been baby-sitting the girl when the rape occurred at his residence on September 22, 2006.
DNA taken from the girl's clothes and from a swab taken during a pediatric sexual assault examination the day of the assault matched Stacey's profile.
Stacey received a mandatory life sentence for raping a child under 10 years of age. Under Ohio law, he will be eligible for parole after serving 10 years in prison.

Serial pedophile's molestation convictions and long sentence upheld by San Jose appeals court.

A state appeals court has upheld the child molestation convictions and 152 years-to-life sentence of serial pedophile Dean Schwartzmiller

In Wednesday's ruling, the San Jose-based 6th District Court of Appeal rejected Schwartzmiller's arguments that his trial was marred by legal errors and that his sentence was excessive. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Edward Lee imposed the sentence on the 65-year-old Schwartzmiller in January 2007, after a jury had convicted him of 10 counts of child molestation, one count of possessing child pornography and one count of taking a picture of a minor in a sexual position.

"We note there was an abundance of evidence of appellant's guilt, and we are satisfied from an examination of the entire record that there was no miscarriage of justice,'' the unanimous three-justice panel wrote.

Schwartzmiller, who police believe may have molested as many as 300 young boys around the country, had previously been convicted at least nine times in various states. Schwartzmiller became a jailhouse lawyer during many of those prison stays, succeeding in overturning four convictions in appeals he wrote while locked up.

Aptos Man Gets Life For Child Molestation

Santa Cruz District Attorney Bob Lee announced in a prepared statement that Stanhope Miller, 67, was found to be a habitual sex offender, having been previously convicted in 1972 of the same crime against the current victim's mother.

Miller received the long sentence due to mandatory sentencing under the Three Strikes law.

Child molester decries sentence in Fayette

Whaaaa, cry me a river pervert!

A convicted child molester who was sentenced Wednesday to 14 to 40 years in prison told the judge he might as well have handed him a life sentence.

"That's life," lamented Raymond Edward Addis following his sentencing yesterday before Fayette County Judge Ralph Warman. "Forty years is life."

A jury convicted Addis, 48, of South Park, Allegheny County, of 23 counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault and corruption of minors. Testimony during his May trial showed that Addis sexually assaulted five girls and a boy between October 2006 and July 2007 at locations in Fayette, Allegheny and Adams counties.

Child molester gets 90 years

Joshua Upton pleaded guilty to 5 counts.

A Kokomo man arrested last December on 10 felony counts of child molest was sentenced Friday to 90 years in prison in Miami Superior Court.

Miami County deputies arrested Joshua M. Upton, 26, on Dec. 12, accusing him of molesting two young boys he was baby-sitting, according to the sheriff department.

Police also allege Upton has been downloading child pornography on a computer inside a trailer in Maple Lawn Mobile Home Park on U.S. 31, north of Kokomo.

Wash. man sentenced to 50 years in prison

A 51-year-old Chehalis man who was convicted of being a child molester has been sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison.

A jury found Dobyns guilty of three counts of first-degree rape of a child, two counts of first-degree child molestation and five counts of rape of a child in the second degree.

Dobyns was arrested in 2006 after a 16-year-old girl said Dobyns molested her when she was between the ages of nine and 12. Police said Dobyns was a Tae Kwon Do teacher who had instructed the girl before developing a relationship with her mother and moving in with the family.

Child rapist gets life in prison

A Madison Twp. man charged in March with raping an 8-year-old girl was sentenced to life in prison today, according to the Butler County Prosecutor's office.

Chris J. Landry, 31, of Keister Road, was indicted May 7, on two counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition involving the 8-year-old child and a 10-year-old girl.

"There isn't enough punishment for a man who puts his hands on innocent little children," said Prosecutor Robin Piper in a news release. "In coming forward with their truth, these heroic little girls prevented others from becoming victims. For the damage and hardship he has caused, Landry deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison."