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Deputies investigate bizarre kidnapping in Blount Co. MARYVILLE (WATE) -- A friend of 72-year-old Francis "Franny" Graham told sheriff's deputies Graham and his son were kidnapped outside Dubb's Restaurant in Maryville last week. "I last seen her go out the door," said Floyd Dockery, Franny's boyfriend of 25 years. That was Sunday, Sept. 18. She left with Floyd's son, Arthur Dockery, to run some shopping errands in Maryville. But when Arthur pulled over in the parking lot of Dubbs Restaurant on Highway 129, Floyd says, they were attacked by men in two vans and wearing uniforms. "They seen her flash her hundred-dollar bills and that's the reason they kidnapped her," Floyd speculates. "They put him in one van and her in another one. Took him in one way and her in the other way. He lived in the back of that van for about four or five nights. And he woke up one morning and there was nobody, he couldn't hear nobody, and he ran again

To be honest- with all my short term memory issues that I previously hit on for you ( here ), I can not clearly remember how it is that I came across this blog. It's a rather nice blog, "lot's stuff" going on there. But while looking around I found one particular post that I would quickly recommend ya'll read. It seems to be by a guest columnist, working for a Michigan Sheriff's Office. They've been assigned court duty- and by the sounds of it, get to listen to the bull as it spills out of the mouths of sicko perverts regularly. Not a job I would want- it'd just be too tempting to take those cuffs and lock them onto the back of a semi preparing for a cross country trip. The writing of this entry is very well done- and in honesty from a side of the story I have never actually thought about. So go over and have a little read - really I insist

Normally I do not endorse certain groups. However I have decided in favor on endorsing one, on one particular view. I am siding with the Iowa Civil Liberties Union today. They want the Iowa sex offender residency law overturned. I know many of my readers are scratching their heads at my position right about now. But there is a valid point to their position. The law passed in 2002 requires sex offenders to live at least 2,000 from schools and day care centers. The ICUL believes, and thus has filed a petition with the court that this law is unconstitutional. The director of ICLU says that the law is breaking up families, causing homelessness and is an enforcement nightmare for police. Yes, we must do something about this law. So I have proposed some changes to it, that I feel will be profoundly fair to both sides of the situation. I here by recommend these changes to be made, original in black- changes appearing in red. 692A.2A Residency restrictions -- child care facilities and schools.

If you are going to be caught on drug charges in Spokane and have child porno- rest assured that those child pornography charges won't even matter. Well, you have to register as a sex offender- but you'll be able to combine the time from the drug charges with the child pornography time, which is a pretty great two for one deal. Unless in this case you are the victim, or a family member of the victim- or just a regular citizen trying to protect your family from these sort of deviant monsters. In those cases this "deal" seems more like a swift kick in the ass against you; rather than fair punishment for the felon who is getting away with it. A few comments to the ol' state of Washington: First fix the little spot in your laws that makes it such a difference between " possessing child pornography without sexual motivation" and "possession with sexual motivation". That's just pointless. Pornography is by all intents of the word- sexually relate

I've written about it before , and now there seems to be more news coming in from the case of 5 year old Evelyn Miller who's body was found five days after she went missing from the home she lived at with her mother and her mother's boyfriend. This case has been questionable from the beginning. The last time Evelyn's father saw his daughter was on his wedding day back in June, the next time he was suppose to pick her up, she disappeared. Questions continually have floated around Evelyn's mother and her boyfriend Casey. From the father's prospective- things in Noel Miller's home where more than questionable for his daughter. Reports indicate that the father had reported them to DHS after Evelyn begun making strange comments. One has to start wondering just what was going on in that house, and whether or not it was just sheer misfortune that Evelyn went missing the day she did- or if it happened in order to help cover something up. *Recently the boyfriend has

For those that faithfully read Steve Huff's Darkside, you are aware that his site has been experiencing some tech difficulties. I know those of us out there who click onto his site only to find it down are dreadfully disappointed- but we will no longer have to wait for his excellent posts until the server errors get fixed. Steve's started a blogger blog just for those very times, which will contain cross posts made when he can not post to the original Darkside . Without any undue suspense- here's the Darkside Annex address : http://darksidesteve.blogspot.com/ , I strongly recommend that you bookmark it now. And everyone make a little wish that his Planet Huff site is soon up and running full time again.

I have to say- I am starting to LOVE the way this man thinks! If for no other reason that this post Riehl World View: Think About This I insist you click over and see it!

SOURCE FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Massachusetts authorities are investigating the death of a 1-year-old girl who apparently died after being left strapped into her mother's SUV in a store parking lot for seven hours. Fall River police are trying to determine whether criminal charges will be filed, reported Boston TV station WCVB. No one noticed that the girl was missing until the baby's grandmother asked where the child was when the toddler failed to return home on a day-care school bus Wednesday. The grandmother reportedly said, "'Where's my kid?'" according to Denise Monteiro, of the state Department of Social Services. "She calls the school, the father, the mother, then they discovered the baby in the car seat," The girl was strapped into her car seat parked at a strip mall where her mother was working all day. The child was supposed to have been dropped off at day care and then return on a day-care bus with two older siblings.

Source SPOKANE — A letter purportedly sent by convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan III was listed on an Internet auction site specializing in selling items related to serial killers. The letter was listed for auction starting at $20 on a site called murderauction.com. The seller was listed as jerry4516. Efforts to e-mail jerry4516 were kicked back with an error message. The four-page letter, written in pencil, was allegedly written by Duncan from the Kootenai County Jail in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where he is being held without bail on three murder charges. The Web site included a picture of part of the letter, in which the writer thanked a person for support and discussed possibly posting the person's comments on his blog. Duncan operated a blog in the two years before his arrest. "Thanks again for writing and for your support," the letter concluded. "P.P.S. can you type fast? I have a lot to blog about!" He signed off with a smiley face. The picture a

I know some may be surprised by this- I'll state it and then explain it. I believe that if they have to be released, if for some forsaken reason our government failed us by not creating laws strong enough to keep them behind the cool steel of prison cells doors- sex offenders should be allowed and encouraged to work. I would prefer they be locked up, however present laws allow them to be free. And if they must be free they should be able to pay their own way. The thought of my tax dollars supporting them as they run through towns all over the country, coming and going as they wish at my expense is offensive. If I have to pay for them- I prefer to pay for them while they are locked up. I do not want to pay while they run free. Granted there is a great limit to the types of jobs they can hold. They should not have contact with children. They should not be able to work at MC D's- it's a kid place for crying out loud. Nor should they be able to work where they have contact with

It's not life, but 50 years does have a nice ring to it. SOURCE ATLANTA - Republican leaders of the Georgia House unveiled the first draft Wednesday of a proposed new sex offender law that would sharply increase prison time for those convicted of all types of sex crimes - especially those involving children. Among the proposed new provisions: sex crimes committed against those under 14 years old would be punished by up to 50 years in prison , and offenders deemed to be "sexually dangerous predators" would wear electronic monitoring devices for the rest of their lives after leaving prison. "We want it to be the toughest" in the country, said House Majority Leader Jerry Keen, R-St. Simons Island, who presented the bill Wednesday on behalf of the GOP House leadership to the criminal section of the House Judiciary Committee. "My intent personally is to make it so onerous on those that are convicted of these offenses that when they are paroled

From Fox News Lima: Allen County leaders need *your* help to monitor sex offenders. They are applying for a grant to help keep a closer eye on convicted sexual predators. Judge Richard Warren and other local leaders are asking you to write to state leaders asking them to give the grant to Allen County. Mr. Karhlton F. Moore- Executive Director Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services Ohio Department of Public Safety 1970 W. Broad Street Columbus, OH 43223 Reference jag grant: Allen County Sex Offender Risk Reduction Court (a-sorrc) Dear Director Moore: In the Lima region, over 822 registered sex offenders are supervised by various agencies, a 24% increase from 2003 to 2004. Of these, almost 60% are designated as sexual prefators or habitual sex offenders. These offenders present unique challenges to the Allen County Common Pleas Court, the Allen County Sheriff's Office, the Allen County probation department and the Adult Parole Authority, the agencies r

"I didn't do it" Dean Schwartzmiller, most likely Americas most infamous child molester known for the amount of young boys he is suspected of molesting over his life span- reports go as far as to say 36,000- has had his day in court. Sort of. He pleaded not guilty Monday to charges stemming from the alleged assaults of two South San Jose boys. Why am I not surprised? But lets look at this case. Here is a man with a criminal record dating back into the 70's for child sexual abuse crimes. Every case since the first has had a reoccurring theme- he befriends young boys. Normal activities such as video games, bike riding, sports became a means for him to meet and get to know his victims. After a period of "grooming" them he lured them into elicit sexual relationships- many of which he wrote of in his notorious "sexual journals". From Alaska to Idaho he has sprung victims everywhere. Each one telling a tale of similar behaviors. Each time, he avoided tou

I've commented on the missing Florida girl who ran off with a convicted sex offender to the home of another convicted sex offender. Some good news in the case: SOURCE " Missing Port St. Lucie girl, 15, turns herself in at Opa-locka police station By Akilah Johnson Staff Writer Posted September 27 2005 The 10-day search for a missing 15-year-old Port St. Lucie girl ended Monday when she walked into the Opa-locka police station, officials said. Erin Nembhard turned herself in to authorities at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. "She appeared to be in good health," said Officer Robert Vega, spokesman for the Port St. Lucie Police Department. Both Port St. Lucie and Miami-Dade police detectives spent hours talking to the Treasure Coast Christian Academy ninth-grader, trying to determine exactly where she'd been and what she'd been up to during her 10 days away from home, Vega said. The teen crawled out of her bedroom window Sept. 16. She had been chatting with several men

WASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who became a leader of the anti-war movement following her son's death in Iraq, was arrested Monday along with dozens of others protesting outside the White House. Sheehan, carrying a photo of her son in his Army uniform, was among hundreds of protesters who marched around the White House and then down the two-block pedestrian walkway on Pennsylvania Avenue. When they reached the front of the White House, dozens sat down — knowing they would be arrested — and began singing and chanting "Stop the war now!" Police warned them three times that they were breaking the law by failing to move along, then began making arrests. One man climbed over the White House fence and was quickly subdued by Secret Service agents. Sheehan, 48, was the first taken into custody. She smiled as she was carried to the curb, then stood up and walked to a police vehicle while protesters chanted, "The whole world is watching." About 50 people

Guilty of kidnapping, innocent of rape. That appears to be the disisionin the case revolving around missing 5 year old Emily Rimel. SOURCE Jurors in Columbus have convicted a man of kidnapping a 5-year-old girl who disappeared last winter. But they but acquitted him of raping her in a case built on the testimony of inmates and DNA fragments. A Franklin County Common Pleas Court jury deliberated for a week before convicting 24-year-old Lindsey Bruce. Emily Rimel hasn't been seen since her mother's boyfriend checked on her as she slept last December. A close match to Emily's DNA was found on Bruce's body, but the defense argued the match wasn't close enough to convict. Bruce's attorney also tried to discredit fellow inmates who testified that Bruce confessed to raping and killing the girl.

I was alerted to this by a friendly reader, who rightfully questioned the amount of time given to this disgrace to society. It hails in from Washington, and truly is disturbing. When looking a bit more into this case, I found that " Authorities declined to comment on court documents that suggest Welty is a suspect in another "very similar" case involving a 16- year-old girl who had sex in a house in northwest Spokane with a man who resembled Welty and drove a similar vehicle. " Three years doesn't seem to be fitting. He continued a sexual relationship with a child for two years- he only spends one extra year in jail. And looking at the fact that he had sex with the minor 6 to 10 times- one should question what happened to all the other charges of child rape seeing as he is only being held responsible for two. Looking at the fact that he possibly could be suspect in another case- the sentence seems extremely- kind. The reader who sent the story over to me commen

COURT TV Retired District Court Judge Donald Thompson, 58, could get as many as 10 years in prison on each of three counts of indecent exposure if convicted, and would be required to register as a sex offender. The charges stem from court personnel, jurors and trial witnesses who claim to have seen Thompson masturbate and use a sexual device known as a "penis pump" while presiding over two murder trials and one civil trial in 2003 in his Creek County courtroom. Creek County court reporter Lisa Foster told police she saw Thompson attach the pump to his penis while court was in session and operate the device, "causing air pumping sounds" in open court, according to a police report. Several jurors from the May 2003 trial provided similar statements to police, likening the noise to the sound of "pumping up an inflatable chair, or a hemorrhoid donut," a blood pressure cuff or a bicycle pump. Others witnesses claimed to have seen changing f

I have said it before, and I will say it again. Exactly when will the judical system realize that it is not IF a sex offender will reoffend- it's WHEN they will. Here's a perfect example of what I am talking about. Source HERE RACINE - A two-time sex offender who continued to display intense fantasies toward children was released from a sex offender treatment center without supervision last year after a Milwaukee court concluded he was not a high risk to re-offend. Then, just 10 days after his release, Eric Pletz was arrested in Burlington after he tried to lure a boy, 11 years old at the time, into his motel room with video games. The boy was waiting at a bus stop when Pletz approached him on Nov. 22, 2004. The boy, who is now 12 years old, did not respond to Pletz's advances and told a parent, which led to an arrest. Pletz, 30, is now behind bars at the Racine County Jail awaiting a jury trial that is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Racine Circuit Judge G

A while back I explained my thoughts on a convicted child moleste r who had chosen to be surgically castrated with the hopes that it would allow him to be released from the mental hospital. He felt he was no longer a threat. His father was "bummed" that the family name would not carry on. His mother said "if it offends cut it off". I explained that it wasn't so much his penis that offended- it was the fact that his brain had allowed him to victimize children. It was his sick desire to gain pleasure from the suffering of others. And lastly on this- if a male member was indeed to blame- how do you then explain the female offenders running around out there? But back to the story. Clotfelter had his day in court. His attorney pleaded his case that he is no longer a treat to society and that he should be let free. Source "...The attorney for Bruce Lee Clotfelter, 45, blasted as "intellectually dishonest" California's 1996 "sexually violent pre

Any one the sticks around here long enough will know that I am a very big fan of Steve Huff's Darkside . His talent is overwhelming. I first starting reading his blog while writing on Joseph Duncan. He's always informative, and his investigative work is to be praised. One couldn't help but become a fan of his writing. So it pleases me to be able to congratulate him on a recent development in his writing. His on going coverage of Ben Fawley, and the missing 17 year old Taylor Behl has given way to a new writing gig- with Court TV's crimelibrary.com . Steve tells it best: "...A few nights ago I received what was to me an astonishing invitation. Marilyn Bardsley , crime writer, executive editor, founder of Court TV's crimelibrary.com , invited me to contribute new content to the article she has begun there about the Disappearance of Taylor Behl . You can now see my author bio here , and my first chapter here -- Jailbait Spelled Backwards . If you are a regular re

Portsmouth Herald Local News: Judge calls man the worst molester MANCHESTER - Before sentencing him to as many as 40 years in prison, a judge told a repeat child molester he was the worst of "a lot of sick, creepy garbage" she had seen in her court over the years. Superior Court Judge Gillian Abramson sentenced Kevin Larrabee, 48, a part-time Manchester resident, to 20 to 40 years for child rape. Larrabee did not make a statement during his sentencing Wednesday in Hillsborough County Superior Court. Victim advocate Catherine McNaughton told the court Larrabee preyed on a 7-year-old with the knowledge of a relative who was also molesting the girl. "You shattered the lives of every member of this family," McNaughton told Larrabee. Larrabee, a Dexter, Maine, resident when he was indicted last year, is due in U.S. District Court in Concord on Monday to plead guilty to interstate travel for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct and consp

SOURCE The rapist who kidnapped and killed a Cobb County woman apparently abducted her just a block from where a rape victim escaped from him six days earlier, and the dead woman's husband is furious that police never alerted the public. Further, the convicted sex offender was roaming unchecked because of a series of bureaucratic bumbles and lapses of common sense by police, said Michael Boyd in his first interview since his wife, Kimberly, was killed last week. Boyd plans to lobby state and banking industry officials to change procedures that he said could prevent such crimes. Michael Boyd says businesses, like the Budget rental company where his wife worked, should have been told of a rapist in the area. Kimberly Boyd was taken from her office on Glade Road in Acworth Sept. 12 by Brian O'Neil Clark. After a passer-by saw Clark beating Boyd on the side of the road, Clark threw Boyd into her SUV and sped off as the passer-by gave chase, police have said. During t

For a moment I am going to be personal here. Because some of us forget that when we where younger, we where wilder. Some of us will look at this story and perhaps think that this girl was asking for trouble. We'll forget that we ourselves may have perhaps been asking for trouble once too. In my younger days, I dreamed of meeting a older man who would swept me away. There where so many things I wanted to run away from- and lets face it, very few young men able to accomodate that desire. I had a fancy for older men. There weren't many- but I will admit once or twice my parents could have walked into my room and would have been left looking at a open window and a makeshift "me" in bed. I remember sneaking out that window, and sneaking back in. Now, I count myself lucky to have been ABLE to sneak back in. At one point I must have gotten caught somehow- the details of what lead to the conversation are not as clear as the conversation. I remember dad very clearly asking &qu

I am pretty sure that the headline wraps up the whole situation with the Catholic church's new decision to ban homosexuals from entering the priesthood. "... Homosexuals, even those who are celibate, will be barred from becoming Roman Catholic priests, a church official said Wednesday, under stricter rules soon to be released on one of the most sensitive issues facing the church... " I would think that this day and age the Vatican would be more concerned with the alarming number of pedo priests running around the Catholic alter boys than how many celibate homosexual priest there are. But hey- that's just me. Honestly- when it the last time a consenting homosexual sued the Catholic Church due to actions of a consenting priest? I am sure the headlines I have been reading lean towards non consenting minors being molested by pedo priest. But now, the Catholic church has chosen to take it's stand where does that leave us? Are they condoning the years of abuse suffered