Chelsea King

Another solid case for ONE STRIKE LAW

John Albert Gardner III received a very light sentence in 2000 after prosecutors ignored a a psychiatrist’s warning and suggestion of a stronger sentence.  Prosecutors noted John Gardner’s lack of criminal history, and tossed in the standard “wanted to spare the victim the trauma of testifying” card when seeking the five year prison term for the sexual assault of a 13 year old girl.


Chelsea King, 17, beloved daughter, honor student, athlete, friend to all, has gone missing and John Gardner is behind bars. He is being charged with her rape and murder.
 
But now Amber Dubois, who disappeared last year on her way to school, was identified through dental records after police found her remains Saturday in rugged terrain near Pala. Police had refocused attention on the Dubois case after Gardner was arrested last week in connection with the murder of Chelsea King, a high school senior from nearby Poway.
 
Another woman has identified Gardner as the man who tried to attack her Dec. 27, 2009 while she was jogging in the same general vicinity where both Chelsea and Amber vanished. The woman in that attack managed to escape.
 
John Albert Gardner III, lived a couple of miles from where Dubois vanished near Escondido High School.
 
Want to know how to stop child molesters?  Lock em up the first time!
 

Sex offender waives hearing in rape case of 3-year-old

A convicted sex offender recently charged with additional sex assault cases after his DNA was examined since being imprisoned, yesterday waived his right to a preliminary hearing in connection with the kidnapping and rape of a 3-year-old Wilkinsburg girl in 2002.

Police said that in April 2002 a 3-year-old girl was taken from her home in Wilkinsburg as she slept in bed with her mother. The mother woke up around 2:30 a.m. and called police.

A passer-by found the girl in Highland Park about three hours later. She was taken to Children's Hospital, where an examination showed that she had been sexually assaulted, police said.

After DNA tests had been done, Mr. Lipinski was charged with kidnapping, rape, burglary, reckless endangerment, indecent assault, corruption of a minor, and two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse in connection with the child's abduction.

Safety strategies from Megan's Law champion Maureen Kanka

Kanka said raising her other two children, Jeremy and Jessica, became a hard lesson in how little control parents can have over children's actions.

"Those rose-colored glasses come off and you see things differently," she said.

Teaching her son about who in the neighborhood was safe made Kanka aware of the mixed signals children receive every day. Getting candy from grandpa can make an elderly man's offer in the grocery store less threatening to a child.

Melissa Buonocore, another township parent who came to the presentation, said the idea had never struck her before.

"I never really thought about all the mixed signals," she said. "It has to stop."

Kanka emphasized the importance of teaching children about private body parts without shame and to educate them about inappropriate touching.

"As silly as it sounds, you're setting a basis for them on what is good touching and what is bad touching," she said.

Keeping information as specific as possible can only help, according to Kanka.

Lopatcong PTA Vice President Karen Kosar said she was motivated to invite Kanka to speak because of what seems like a constant surge of sexual crimes in the news.

Grant Helps Put Sexual Predators Behind Bars

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is getting some help combating child sexual predators.

They have just been given a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.

The grant will help fund the Internet Crimes Against Children task force for its efforts to protect children and put sexual predators behind bars.
Minnesota and Ohio were the only two states that received the full $500,000 grant award.

The money will be used to increase forensic evidence capacity, monitor offenders on parole and probation, and expand the task force's partnerships in Minnesota.

Overhauling Vt. Sex Offender Laws

Attorney General, says a proposal to be introduced this week for a Jessica's Law for Vermont will probably get his support.

"The devil will be in the details but I'm hopeful that this is going to be a real step forward for us: prosecutors and police," Sorrell said.

The call for a Jessica's Law started this summer after 12-year-old Brooke Bennett was raped and murdered and the public discovered that mistakes in the criminal justice system helped the suspect Michael Jacques avoid prosecution for prior sex crimes.

Sexual predator faces life sentence thanks to "brave girl"

A 50-year-old Bristol man who was convicted earlier this month on three counts of using his computer to sexually exploit children, is facing a sentence of life in prison.

John E, Hargrove, under the screen names "sun warrior48" and "master_4younger_f_slave," used instant messaging from his computer to lure four different minor females into chats in late 2006 and early 2007, according to documents revealed in U.S. District Court.

Evidence revealed in the three-day trial that ended Oct. 3 showed that Hargrove approached the victims after viewing their profile pages on MySpace. Of the four girls, two were actual teenage females and two were undercover law enforcement officers.

Evidence was presented at trial that Hargrove used the Internet to transfer images of child pornography. The photos were of a teen with whom he had an online relationship. The 15-year-old testified at the trial.

"In this case, a very brave girl took the stand to testify against the defendant and proved that victims will stand up for themselves and their rights," said Sharon L. Potter, U.S. attorney for the district, who oversaw the prosecution.

500 Children Names Found In Porn Suspect's Room

A man was caught in a dumpster with child porn.

Now, his case could impact hundreds of young girls. Racine police were looking for a thief near Dr. Jones Elementary School in Racine, when they found Steven Marcsis, Jr. hiding in a dumpster. When police found him, Marcsis had a camera and lewd pictures

Police seized Marcsis’ computer which Marcsis admitted had some 200 illegal pictures of young girls on it.

They also found a list with 500 names, birthdates and addresses of girls.

Those girls and their parents could be getting a surprise letter in the mail Tuesday.

Predator Almost Snatches Girl

Suzanne Campbell is worried about the safety of children in her neighborhood after her great-granddaughter was almost kidnapped while getting the mail outside her home on Sept. 12 in Spring Lake.

A man had pulled up, opened the passenger door, and asked the pretty blonde girl to get in. Sensing stranger danger, the girl, who won't be identified by name for this story, did exactly what Campbell had always told her to do. She ran.

Campbell is telling the story today because she wants neighbors to know: there's a sexual predator on the prowl.

12-year-old girl helps catch sex offender

The 12-year-old was walking in Sterne Park when a man in a green Subaru drove up and tried to lure her into his car, Lt. Charles Broadhead said.
"He made sexually suggestive gestures to her," Broadhead said.
The girl ran off, but not before she memorized the man's license plate.
Before she could get home and call police, a woman who was in Gallup Park told a police officer who was passing by that she had seen a man making similarly suggestive gestures to her - and he was driving a green Subaru.
The officer flagged down the man and talked to him, but the woman left the area before she could give a good description of the man.
Luckily, by then, the 12-year-old had called police and described the man.

Help Pass Senate Bill 1738—The PROTECT Our Children Act

Hundreds of thousands of children are victims of sexual abuse each year. Due to the sheer lack of resources, law enforcement is unable to follow up on the majority of leads they have.

The PROTECT Our Children Act will:

* Authorize over $320 million over the next five years in desperately needed funding for law enforcement to investigate child exploitation.
* Mandate that child rescue be a top priority for law enforcement receiving federal funding.
* Allocate funds for high-tech computer software that can track down Internet predators.

Act Now!Your U.S. senators will be voting on the bill soon, so it is crucial you contact them immediately.Go to www.senate.gov to find contact information for the senators in your state. Search for your senator by name or state by clicking on the arrow from either dropdown menu. Contact information is provided here. To send an e-mail, click on "Web Form" below his or her name, and e-mail your letter to make a difference!

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20080911_tows_predators

Idaho NEEDS Jessica's Law

Idaho routinely releases sex offenders like Bradley Stowell.

Bradley Stowell, a former Boy Scout counselor who admitted molesting several boys, served three years of a 14-year sentence before walking out of prison last month. The parole commission granted Stowell's release in December and he was paroled June 2, a decision that outraged his victims and called attention to how Idaho handles sex offenders.

His case is not unusual. The parole commission regularly releases people just like him.

Stowell, 36, was convicted on two counts of sexual abuse of a child under 16. He originally served 150 days and went to prison in 2005 only after violating the terms of his probation by being around children and watching Internet pornography.

What? 3 out of 14 years? No treatment? Gosh, I'm really surprised he violated his probation! WTH is wrong with these states who haven't enacted Jessica's Law???

More Kids May Be Victims Of Accused Rapist

Parma police are looking for children who may have been victims of a man officers arrested on rape charges.

Parma investigators said they think Richard Geiger may have been involved with more than one child. Officers took the 63-year-old into custody earlier this week.

A 14-year-old boy told his mother that Geiger assaulted him at his Broadview Road apartment. Police said Geiger picked the boy up, showed him pornography and then attacked him sexually.

The suspect was charged with one count of rape.

This isn't the first time Geiger has been investigated. Police said he served time for gross sexual imposition after an arrest in 1981.

If you have any information that could help investigators, they're urging you to call the Parma Police Department.

I have a secret

From Absolute Zero:

Jon Savarino Schillaci was arrested yesterday in San Jose De Gracia, Mexico.

Jon Schillaci was released from prison in Sugarland, Texas in the summer of 1999. He had served his full sentence of ten years for molesting a young boy and established a pen-pal relationship with a family in Deerfield, New Hampshire. He wrote letters back and forth with an editor of a student literary magazine at the University of New Hampshire. The charming and heartfelt letters struck a cord with the young woman; she was convinced that he had become a better person. Schillaci convinced her through his manipulative writings and poetry that he was a changed man and asked if he could stay with her, her husband and 5-year-old son when he got out of prison. The family happily agreed.

49 days after he moved in, the 5-year-old told his mom, "I have a secret to tell you."In October of 1999, cops say Schillaci was seen boarding a Greyhound bus and heading South. The last confirmed sighting of Schillaci was in 2000 in a small town in Mexico. Unfortunately before U.S. Marshals could arrive, Schillaci was gone again, leaving behind allegations of improper sexual relationships with children in that town.

Schillaci was placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list on September 7, 2007.

Schillaci was living in Guadalajara, Mexico from approximately February 2003 until September 2006 under the alias, Dylan Natchitoches Pierce, aka Dylan N. Pierce. He also operated under the alias Dylan Thomas as a "DJ" for the boychat-associated web-based radio show, "The Dylan Thomas Show". Investigation also determined that Schillaci was the current Webmaster of pedophile website www.boychat.org.

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Convicted Santa Cruz child molester gets life in prison

A convicted child molester could spend the rest of his life in prison, a Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday.

Jason "Seth" O'Connell, 37, was sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison for the 1998 molestation of a 3-year-old girl in her family's Santa Cruz home.

O'Connell, who grew up in Santa Cruz, broke into a family's Blaine Street apartment in November 1998 and sexually assaulted the little girl as her parents slept. The girl's cries awoke her family and O'Connell fled, but he left behind items that allowed police to identify him.

Court takes sex predator's home

Chances are sexual predator Brian R. Gillingham won't be returning to Englewood after serving his 11-year sentence for gross sexual imposition of a 6-year-old boy.

Last month, the U.S. District Court approved the forfeiture of Gillingham's house to the federal government.

Gillingham, 41, was convicted in 2004 of the sex charge, plus seven counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor and one of possession of criminal tools — the computer.

He was sentenced to 11 years in prison and labeled a sexual predator. It was not his first prison term. In 1995, Gillingham was sentenced to three years in prison on federal child porn charges.

Sgt. Mike Lang, who was the lead investigator in the case, called Gillingham a "monster given the forethought and planning that went into satisfying his depraved sexual fetish."