Lost In Lima Ohio - A true crime blog

I'm not sure how this happened. You see, what I have here is a crime blog. People don't come here for funny stuff. It's just not part of the whole presentation of my blog. I do funny stuff (sort of) at other places , for other people. So when I was "tagged" with a meme - I really had to scratch my head. However, after much soul searching, I decided I could work this into the whole "theme", sort of like WTW's, and Thursdays Anti ACLU posts. So here it goes: Here are the “Rules: “The first player of this game starts with the topic “five weird habits of yourself,” and people who get tagged need to write an entry about their five weird habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next five people to be tagged and link to their web journals. Don’t forget to leave a comment in their blog or journal that says “You are tagged” (assuming they take comments) and tell them to read yours.” And here are the 5 habits of highly neur...

A 16 year old boy has been arrested in the murder of registered sex offender James Garrett . A sixteen-year-old boy was booked into the Yakima County Juvenile Justice Detention Facility Wednesday night. Yakima Police said he shot Garrett, a convicted sex offender, whom he had a relationship with. Garrett was shot in the head at his home on 18th avenue on Tuesday. Police said their investigation led them to a string of teenage boys and men in their early 20's who had relations with Garrett and visited him on a regular basis. Police said he sometimes provided them with alcohol. Some of the boys and men were having a sexual relationship with Garrett. Source Police believe that Joshua Collette was a victim of Garrett's, and is currently being held on $1 million dollars bond. A hearing is scheduled for Jan. 3rd to determine whether the 16 year old will be tried as an adult. Categories: murders

As tomorrow is the official end of the year, I thought I would present a special review of the stories that touched me the most over the last months. On of the first crime stories I wrote on happened locally. It was the story that made me realize I had had enough, and that I could no longer ignore what what happening. my reaction to the Fort Jennings man who drowned his OWN child. Michael Luebrecht. I sat growing madder and madder as I watched the story unfold on the local news. Heres a 13 month old child, another innocent victim of it's parent(s) as the too familiar story goes. When did we forget that parents are suppose to protect, love, shield, and comfort their kids? How does one take any child- let alone a child who they have helped bring into this world, and decide to end their life? A whole country divided and cried over a case where an adult woman's parents fought to keep her alive- thousands mourned her passing, and her parents lingered even for a small chance of hope ...

OTTAWA — The family of the man who admitted to drowning his 13-month-old son wants treatment, not vengeance. Relatives of 36-year-old Michael G. Luebrecht don’t want to see him face a possible death penalty for his actions May 23 against Joel Michael Luebrecht, said the child’s mother and the suspect’s wife, Amy Luebrecht. “As Mike’s dad puts it, it’s not like he went out and harmed another family,” she said. “We are the victims here. He took Joel away from us. We are forgiving him. It’s not like the prosecutor has to seek vengeance on behalf of the victim.” Amy Luebrecht’s sister, Susan Darby, recently submitted a letter to the editor to a weekly newspaper in Putnam County on behalf of the family, asking Putnam County Prosecutor Gary Lammers to drop the death penalty specification from the state’s case against Michael Luebrecht. “We’ve felt the prosecutor hasn’t been listening to our wishes,” Darby said. “He’s really not looking out for the victim’s family in this situation. None of u...

While trying to throw something his girlfriend was cooking at her, a man instead hit the baby, burning 20% of her body with the substance. Police are saying that Samuel Johnson allegedly stabbed and cut his girlfriend, who is the mother of the child, and sometime during the argument tried to throw the contents of the pan she was cooking at her, she was able to move to avoid being hit, while the child in the highchair sustained the burns. The woman had only just moved back into the home last week, after being in a woman's shelter. Samuel Johnson, 32, appeared in court Tuesday on charges of attempted murder, assault, child endangering and aggravated burglary, reported NewsChannel5. Police say they were called to an apartment on North State Street on Saturday where Johnson allegedly stabbed and cut his girlfriend, who is the mother of the infant, Inyaunah Johnson. Police: Man Stabs Girlfriend, Scalds 1-Year-Old Daughter - Categories: assault , abused

11 year old Ricky Morales and his 13 year old brother Conrad had drifted from family member to family member while their mother served time in jail. Their mother was concerned about them being raised in southern California, worried that the place would hamper them through their "rebellious teenage years", and wanting a safer place for her young boys to grow up- she sent them to live with her sister in Washington. Conrad was the first to wind up in the home of Raul Sarinana and his wife Cathy, followed by Ricky six months later. A year and a half later, both are dead. The two young boys found dead at a Corona home this week may have been brothers, and authorities believe that at least one of the boys was beaten to death by his uncle, police said Wednesday.Charges were filed against Raul Ricardo Sarinana and Cathy Lynn Sarinana on Wednesday in connection with the death of their 11-year-old nephew, Ricky Morales. Detectives suspect that a second body found in the carport of thei...

1*11*06 Arrest made Update HERE Toddler calls 911 after parents are murdered in Fort Myers -- Newsday.com A couple found dead in their home after their 2-year-old son called 911 were victims of a double homicide, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said late Wednesday.Steven and Michelle Andrews, both 28, were found dead at home in their gated community shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday. Police responded to a 911 call by the couple's toddler son, who was found unharmed, sheriff's spokeswoman Ileana LiMarzi said. Police are still investigating the double murders, and have so far ruled out a murder/suicide. No information on the cause of death has yet been released. Categories: murders

Yesterday would have been Kelsey Briggs 3rd birthday. It would have been a great day of celebration for her and those that loved her. Her dad would have watched as she blew out the candles on her cake, and smiled as she opened her presents. Kelsey didn't live long enough to have that joy of her 3rd birthday, instead she was coldly murdered by those who should have protected and loved her. Her father never got to say goodbye, and will never watch again as she blows out her candles. Yhe man accused of killing Kelsey, and the mother who herself should be held accountible- are walking freely right now. Mike Porter has made bail, and Raye Dawn has still not been charged. Categories: Kelsey , abused , murdered NewsOK.com | Powered by The Oklahoman and NEWS 9

A Florida State linebacker has been accused of sexually assaulting a 19 year old woman. The woman called police Thursday at 3 a.m. -- two hours after the team's curfew -- and said she had been assaulted by a Florida State player, later identified as Nicholson, police detective Carlos Negron said. The alleged assault occurred at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa, where the Seminoles are staying. Source 22 year old A.J. Nicholson has already been in trouble with the law twice this year, with a DUI charge and a resisting arrest complaint filed after a bar incident in June. Categories: assault

Payned of Southern Sass on Criminal Activity Today has the forth edition, and this weeks Carnival of the True Crime Blogs . Categories: bloggers

A 16 year old boy, already on parole for a 2003 rape conviction, apparently broke into a Bellefontaine Ohio Pizza Planet. Just that part of the story should make you question why this kid was out on parole. Just was is the sentencing guidelines for Rape in Ohio? But, like so many others, this story took a serious turn for the worse when police found the body of a 72 year old woman during their investigation. Christopher E. Tindall, it seems wasn't just robbing places that morning, rather he decided to break into the home of the Sunday school teacher and child care provider, and rape her. And then, because he's clearly not done enough bad things for the day- he decided to add murder to his list. The teenager is currently charged with aggravated murder, rape and abuse of a corpse. Source Categories: murders , assault , predators

Hevin was just two years old, a three foot tall little boy sprouting a buzz cut on his head, with a life ahead of him. He'd had some medical problems in his young life, diganosed as having autistism. For the last few weeks of his young life he'd been in the care of his aunt, as his mother had been busy with working and dealing with personal problems. The first sign of trouble came when the aunt reported that she had left the child in her car while she rean into a store, only to come our and notice not only was her car missing but Hevin was missing with it. An Amber Alert was not released in the small town of Teays Valley. The State Police found the car about 15 minutes later in a nearby parking lot, but the boy was not in it. The aunt and her boyfriend were being questioned Monday evening at the State Police’s Winfield detachment, said investigating trooper Cpl. P.S. Mills. State Police officials would not release the identity of the boy’s parents or aunt, or of the aunt’s boyf...

In her short life, the four month old child has seen more than her share of abuse. The baby girl was examined by doctors at Primary Children's Medical Center on Dec. 19 after her parents brought her in. Doctors found the baby to have "numerous fractures in the bones of her body," court documents state. Among those broken were her collar bone, three leg bones and several ribs. Police were called and a 23-year-old man was questioned. According to court documents, he told police he caused the injuries because he was angry with the child. He said he had twisted her ankle once, until he "heard a loud pop," documents state, and on another occasion had squeezed her and once more he had thrown her into the air, holding her by one arm. The incidents of alleged abuse occurred between August and December at the family's residence in Murray. Jeremiah Thundereagle is charged with three counts of second-degree felony child abuse and is being held on $100,000 bail at the S...

In 1994 James Garrett was convicted of annoying or molesting children, in 1998 he was convicted of second degree attempted child molestation, on Tuesday he was shot a single time and died. A neighbor gave police a limited description of the man they encountered, who police say might have been involved in the murder. The nieghbor , who occupied a nearby apartment had heard a noise and the sounds of galss breaking around 7 Tuesday morning, they evidently passed the man on the way to check on Garrett, and then returned later only to find his body. Police in Washington's Yakima County are not indication whether Garretts status of being a Level II Sexual Offender had any motive in the crime. Source Categories: murders , molesters

OK. State Rep. Kris Steele is currently working on what may be the most important legislation under way- one that would reform the state's child protection system which so horribly failed 2 year old Kelsey Briggs. "Right now it's called the Child Protection Reform Act, but I fully intend and hope to rename it the Kelsey Briggs Law when the appropriate time comes," said Steele, R-Shawnee, chairman of the House Health and Human Services Committee. The Meeker girl died Oct. 11 after nine months of alleged intermittent abuse during which she suffered a broken collar bone, two broken legs and numerous bruises. Eleven referrals were made to the state Department of Human Services during that time, records show. At various times, she was placed in the care of her paternal grandmother, maternal grandmother and DHS. A judge had placed her back in the home of her mother and stepfather at the time of her death. Michael Lee Porter, her stepfather, is charged with murder. Steele sa...

On Thursday, a motorist taking a drive down a local road spotted a empty car sitting at the edge of the road. While it's not unusual to see such a thing, what they found next was certainly out of place for the sleepy little town of Elida Ohio. About 100 yards off the road, and into the woods was a local accountant, hanging quietly from a tree. James Imbrock had been in business as owner of a CPA firm for nearly thirty years, and during many of those years served as the accountant for a local Attorney and his father. Earlier in the week, the lawyer began going over business records and examining his fathers and his own pension plans when he noted something strange with the accounts. The discrepancies lead him to call Imbrock to arrange a meeting. When the meeting took place, the accountant seemed oddly uncomfortable, another meeting was arranged- to which Imbrock failed to show. According to a complaint filed in Allen County Common Pleas Court earlier that day, the William B. Balyea...

Video Link , view discretion advised Mike Porter- the man, and only person arrested, charged with the murder of Kelsey Briggs walked out of jail last night after posting 1 million dollars in bail. He must wear an ankle bracelet, give up his passport and not have contact with anyone involved in the case, except for his own daughter. There seems to be more developing in the story, but I will confirm it before publishing it. SOURCE UPDATE: Another news source is providing conflicting information on the bail: CHANDLER, Okla. (AP) -- A Lincoln County judge reduces the bail of a Meeker man accused of killing his 2-year-old stepdaughter, paving the way for his release from jail Wednesday.Special District Judge Dawson Engle lowered Michael Porter's bail from $1-million to $250,000, and Porter's sister put the family business up as collateral.Porter is accused of striking Kelsey Smith-Briggs in the abdomen October 11th at their home, causing her death. He's been jailed since his Oc...

A six year old girl was beaten, raped and almost killed by two Ashville Ohio adults. According to sources neighbors of the couple have showed concern over what has been going on inside the home of Charlotte Hodge, and William McClaskey, Hodge's boyfriend. Neighbors said they contacted authorities several times about one of their neighbors and the treatment of her 6-year-old relative. But what they allegedly saw inside the Ashville apartment frightened them, NBC 4's Barbra Flannigan reported. "(There was) a lot of blood, a lot of bruising around her eyes," said Tiffany Castle, a neighbor. "You could tell she had been strangled." Neighbors said a relative of the child, 28-year-old Charlotte Hodge, and her boyfriend, 25-year-old William McClaskey, were hesitant to call for help. But their neighbors insisted. "They actually let him carry her to the ambulance, which, that upset me because I already knew what was going on," said Amanda Byerly, a neighbo...

Some years back, right around this time- I was sitting in the hospital waiting to deliver what would be the most beautiful baby the hospital had ever seen. Really, she was. And even now- she is the most beautiful girl the world has ever seen. Smart, kind and as sweet as one could ever imagine. It was that first moment when I became a mother that I knew- my whole world had just changed. I suddenly had someone that was more important, and that required all the love I could possibly give. She was my first, followed by two sweet boys. And although I love them equally, she was the one that made me a mother. Everyday as she grows, she becomes more incredible, more special, and my challenge to always protect her becomes more difficult. Only 8 years old now- she has years ahead of her which are sure to test me. I know that with her comes new issues to face, and new discoveries to be made, and that beyond all, there is the challenge to shield her, protect her, and raise her well. The task is no...

A ruling has come in against Michael and Sharon Gravelle, the Ohio couple who locked some of their 11 adopted children in cages. Huron County Juvenile Judge Timothy Cardwell ruled that while forcing them to sleep in the cages was abuse- there where no signs of neglect and therefore dismissed the neglect charges completely. The Gravelles have not been charged with a crime and have denied abusing the children. They say they built the cages in 2003 to protect the children from each other and themselves. The children, ages 1 to 15, have health and behavioral problems such as fetal alcohol syndrome and a disorder which involves eating nonfood items. The cages had alarms that would go off if the children got out of them at night. A school-age Gravelle child testified that the couple forced him to stay in his "box" for up to two weeks for taking peanut butter, bread and cereal from the kitchen. He said another time he was forced to live in the bathroom for nearly three months for ur...

I meant to pass this link on to you a few days back. A incredible blogger had a story -not for the faint of heart- on the dangers of teens and webcams. I know, most of you are thinking- what could possibly be wrong with giving my teenager a webcam to chat with friends and make strange faces with. Well, read the story Ala posted, and follow the links. It'll be sure to make you think twice about putting that new webcam under the Christmas tree. blonde sagacity: Webcams - I've Always Said They Were Shady... Categories: bloggers , predators

The third edition of the True Crime Blogs Carinval is up and running over at The Trenchcoat Chronicles . Categories: bloggers

Captured The 34 year old man accused of a committing a series of rapes on victims who where anywhere from 11 to 79 years old has escaped in Florida. MIAMI — Police have launched a massive manhunt for the suspected "Shanandoah Rapist," who escaped from a correctional center in Miami-Dade County Tuesday night. Reynaldo Elias Rapalo, 34, is accused of committing a series of rapes in Southern Florida before he was captured in 2003. He is the sole suspect in the rapes of seven victims, ages 11 to 79, and in the attempted attacks of four others since September 2002. Rapalo is considered armed and dangerous. Rapalo escaped from an opening in his sixth-floor cell at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at about 9 p.m. on Tuesday, The Miami Herald reported, citing a Miami-Dade corrections spokeswoman. It is unclear what tools he used to burst out. FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - 'Shenandoah Rape' Suspect Escapes in Fla. Categories: predators

If ever there was someone deserving of the White Trash Wednesday award- it is this man. PAINESVILLE, Ohio{...} Ryan Brady, 21, went before Judge Michael Cicconetti Tuesday, pleading guilty to setting up a fake fund for war veterans, and pocketing the money. Man Sentenced To Spend Christmas With Vets The man has been ordered to 180 days jail- and to what I believe is one of the most justified sentences ever- he will be able to spend Christmas with our National Heros- as the judge has ordered him to spend time with veterans. Perhaps he will benefit from having an experience like this, where he gets to be with men and women of honor. Please stop by these other great sites to read more WHITE TRASH WEDNESDAY Bloggers And Rightly So! Area417 basil's blog BOBO BLOGGER Cranky Neocon Dangerous Logic Feisty Republican Whore Fistful of Fortnights HECTOR VEX It Is What It Is Lost In Lima Ohio MacStansbury.org Mean Ol' Meany Merri Musings MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Pirate...

Another child has been murdered at the hands of a adult. Isaac was just six months old when his mothers boyfriend became angry that the child would not stop crying. Court documents say Kerl was trying to feed the boy when, he said, the infant's nose accidentally hit an open cupboard. Kerl also told investigators he accidentally dropped the baby in the living room. Records say that Kerl tried to get the baby to stop crying by covering up the boy's mouth with his hand. Kerl also admitted to intentionally dropping Isaac into his crib with his head hitting the rail, according to the records. After that, according to court documents, the baby continued to cry. Kerl told investigators that he went to several nearby apartments knocking on doors to use the phone to call 911. He told police no one answered the door, and even though he had a vehicle and a baby seat, he never made the decision to take Isaac to a hospital. "Through further investigation and an autopsy, we determined t...

Navy Reservist Paul Berkley seemed happy about his recent return home from serving in the Middle East after almost a year. While he should have been welcome home by loving hearts and a warm home- he received a bullet wound to the head- which took his life. By Sunday, the 46-year-old sailor was dead, shot once in the head during a walk in the park with his wife, Monique. She now stands charged with his slaying, along with two men — her alleged teenage lover and her stepdaughter Becky’s boyfriend. Full Story The 26 year old, now widowed, Monique Berkley is currently sitting in jail- without bond. Andrew Canty, Monique's boyfriend who had moved into Berkley's home in April after her husbands deployment; has also be denied bond. Paul Berkley had been home just four days before he was gunned down during a walk in a park with Monique. Categories: murders

Yates to Leave Prison for Mental Hospital RUSK, Texas - Andrea Yates, the Houston mother who drowned her five children in the family's bathtub, will soon move from an East Texas prison to a state mental hospital as she awaits a new capital murder trial. It's nice to know that if you murder your children, you can be comforted at a mental hospital. Nothing like drowning a bunch of little kids- and not getting put to death by the state. I watch Law and Order daily, but I can tell you this halfcocked excuse to give this woman a new trial has little to do with the show. They've killed enough TV kids at the hands of family members that almost any show could easliy be said to resemble the case. Shame on the state for letting her live longer than the children she killed. Categories: murders

Nick Jr., Nickelodeon, it's all about kids. The whole concept of Nick is entertainment for children. Evidently the whole concept for one emplyee was to entertain himself with the children who visit the studio: BURBANK, Calif. - A convicted sex offender who worked as a production assistant at Nickelodeon Animation Studios was arrested on suspicion of molesting a boy at the studio, police said. Ezell Channel, 36, was arrested Thursday at the studio's parking lot and charged with two felonies. The mother of the victim, a teenage boy, became suspicious of Channel when he began spending time with her son, said city police department Sgt. Jay Jette. She later checked his name on the state's Megan's Law Web site and found he was a registered sex offender with a listing for "lewd or lascivious acts with child under 14 years." A subsequent investigation found allegations that Channel had fondled the teenager, Jette said. Channel was a freelance, tempora...

Canada loves me. Okay, so they don't love me- but Sam said I can take a tiny almost invisible amount of credit for the fact she won some great Canadian awards for her blog . She had first place for the "Best Personal Canadian Blog" award. Which is something that she really deserves, because I seen the other ones in that category and they where no competition. On, wait that is mean. They where good. But she is much better. Here's where I get to take credit, she won "2nd Place" for the "Best Humor Category". I believe she was demoted from first place for letting an American guest blog on her site, and for the fact that the American she picked isn't all that funny, at least I am not as funny as she is. Even more recently she won another award for " Best Canadian Blog ", where the nice award giver person was willing to overlook the fact that Sam let me post on her site. If you haven't stopped by yet and seen her site- do it now. She...

Click to Enlarge the letter I received from the Office of Governor Brad Henry of Oklahoma. I encourage all of you to continue to fight to make Kelsey's story heard. Categories: kelsey , murders , abused

Reading the news today, I was taken back to see that the Florida Sex Offender registry was being criticized. Having had the chance to look at it previously, I had always found it rather informative, and well organized. The issue that many are having with it now wouldn't be noticed by the occasional browser on the site. Which makes it even worse. A review of the FSR has found some rather unsettling statistics: The News-Press analyzed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement database of 36,306 sex offenders and found: • 9,205 of them are incarcerated • 7,037 have run away or can't be found • 824 have been deported; and • 516 are dead. Of the 15,573 sex offenders listed as released and not on parole or probation, only 11,355 of those actually live in Florida. Sex offender registries can only be usefully, and only fully do what they where designed to do when they are updated, maintained and monitored continuously. When you are relying on the SO registries to monitors how safe your...

A sex offender in Des Moines who was already wanted by the police was located and arrested over the weekend. Sadly, he was able to sexually abuse two more young victims before being caught. James Conway skipped out from the hotel he had used as his address when he registered with the sex offender registry. When police stopped by to validate his address, they found that he was gone. A warrant for his arrest was issued. A call to police over the weekend lead them to the sicko, who had been babysitting two young boys at the time of the sexual assault. The two boys where friends, Conway had been staying in the home of the mother of one of the boys. She had left earlier in the night to run errands. Conway has a prior conviction for lascivious acts with a child under 14, from 2000. The new charges are fro second degree sex abuse. He is being held on $200,000 bail. At this point one has to wonder how he was able to avoid capture since Sept., why he was living in a home with a child in it- an...

A 13 year old boy has been arrested for taking a 7 year old girl into a Detroit Library bathroom and molesting her. The child reported the incident to her mother who had the police called. Source Categories: molesters

A nine month old baby was found dead in a dresser drawer, after the mother called police to report the child missing. After an investigation- the child was found in the basement inside the dresser. Under questioning by the police, the mother confessed, although details on just how the baby dies have not been given. Source HERE Categories: murders

**This post was predated and has begun to move on the front page, and although I can not move it because it will effect the links to this story, there is a catagory dedicated to Kelsey's case which will take you to all the posts on her on this site. You will find it HERE. Please continue to check it for updates to this tragic story. Complete news coverage on the case can be found HERE Thank you, L. I wanted to share with everyone the great news that our efforts to continue to bring this story attention has been highlighted on the news in OK. You can find the video from the news cast here: Blog Spot: Meeker girl's death sparks outrage **UPDATES BELOW To those wanting to follow this story, my first post on it and links to all the other posts can be found here , or at the bottom of the post. Full news coverage can be found here. This afternoon I heard from a member of Kelsey's family. For all the grieving they must be doing at this moment, they have the right to receive inf...

This from CNN.com Witness Wesley Gifford said he was walking in the area of the University of Memphis campus when he saw an officer draw his gun on the suspect and try to pepper-spray him. He said the suspect turned his back to the officer and stabbed himself in the neck. "He fell over, keeled over, down on his knees -- blood spread everywhere. He tried to get up one more time, and he wasn't getting up," he told CNN-affiliate WHBQ. Linda Bonnin, the university's associate vice president for marketing communications, said a university employee spotted Braunstein on campus at 2 p.m. and alerted police. Another official said the employee had seen Braunstein on television, and knew he was a fugitive. Police recieved a tip on Braunstein's location after he was seen on America's Most Wanted. According to the report, Braunstein had donated blood for $20.00, trying to get money to make it to Kansas. So far, Braunstein has been said to be in stable conditio...

What happened after Dateline's first report? As they always do, Frag and Del, volunteers from Perverted-Justice turned over all of their online evidence, from the pornographic photos to the online chats, to law enforcement. Just last week Lt. Jacoby’s detectives brought “Specialguy29,” the man who stood naked in our kitchen, in for questioning. They also executed a search warrant for evidence in his car and home. They seized a computer and other property. Charges have not yet been filed. Since some of the men were in the Army and Navy, Del contacted the military. "Dateline" was told that those men are under investigation. Full Story I just finished watching the new report on Dateline' investigation into internet perverts predators. I was relieved to see that the Fairfax County has begun looking into the case, and had even brought in some of the men for questioning. We knew that two of the sickos in the report had already lost their jobs due to the investigation- sour...

Foxnews is reporting a large bust in a child sexual abuse prostitution ring that runs from New York to Hawaii. I read the following story with complete disgust, and horror at what these children where made to suffer at the hands of these sick monsters. Nineteen people have been arrested among 31 who have been indicted for sexual trafficking in children, taking minors across state lines for prostitution and other crimes, Gonzales said.The indictments, in Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, target the purported operators of four child prostitution rings. Some of the children had been reported missing or had run away because they had been abused at home, FBI assistant director Chris Swecker said."The abhorrent acts alleged in these charges include children being herded around the country as sex slaves, forced to work as prostitutes in brothels and at truck stops, and beaten at the hands of pimps and peddlers," Gonzales said at a Justice Department news conference. FOX STORY ...

There is a predator on the loose. With a history that sends chills down my spine, I'm sure that it isn't a matter of if he'd stick again, but whether he gets the chance to do it before law enforcement catches up with him. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The federal government is now turning its attention to John Fail, 39. Fail is already facing more than 10 charges of child sex abuse and now a federal grand jury says he used a female under the age of 15 to make child porn and put it on the internet. Fail faces three counts of producing child porn and one count of possessing it. A warrant was issued for his arrest earlier this week. Fail was originally arrested in June of this year while he was living at a home in north Charlotte. He was in a Mecklenburg County court room on Tuesday to face six charges of statutory rape and five charges from June are linked to the new set of federal charges. Source This man was released from custody, and returnint to his home when he was met by a relativ...