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Clearly, we don't have enough good teachers anymore. It seems that not a week can go by without some lunatic teacher having sex with her students... WYFF4.com - News - Police: DNA Evidence Supports Claim By Schweikert's Accuser UPDATE: It seems that Schweikert has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the rape of the young student . She was charged with eight counts of sexual misconduct and three counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of lewd act upon a child. LE found that she had preformed oral sex on the child, and taken him to a parking garage for sex. Her defense was the usual run of mental issues that everyone likes to throw around: battling depression for years, she'd been abused as a child, has a borderline personality disorder, a sexual disorder and was recently diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, Yeah. Right. Wendie Ann Schweikert, 37, was arrested in May 2006 and charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor and committing ...

Evidently the heat in Seattle wasn't enough for Jack McClellan , admitted pedophile and sicko behind the sick Seattle Girl Love website. Nope, Jack's decided to take a small vacation... and is looking for a new home in Cali . On May 18 I left the state of Washington amidst another flurry of media hysteria over the return of my site. I didn't expect such attention and anger this time because I removed all the pics of LGs from my site -- which is still up, and apparently STILL pissing off people in Seattle nearly 2 weeks later (I just saw the GC post about another KOMO-TV item on me this week). The main reason I left Washington was because my family (who I'd been living with) was being hassled again by the media, and I didn't want them involved in my controversies anymore. I first drove to remote and sparsely-populated southeastern Oregon to trip-out on the stars and Milky Way under the darkest night sky in the lower 48 states. I'd always wanted to go there, and i...

Months ago, I brought you a case of a "father" who had placed his two young children in a dyer and turned it on. Thanks to a recent comment on that post, there is a update to the case, which is just as disturbing if not more so. I know... you're asking what on earth could be worse than putting a 2 year old and a 3 year old in a dyer. Aron Pritchard, 27, was jailed Friday after prosecutors dismissed the original child abuse case and filed a new one, adding 10 sexual assault counts to the original charges. The charges are filed in the alternate, and depending on a jury's findings, Pritchard could face multiple life sentences. I can almost understand dropping the charges for more serious ones... but I can not even begin to understand why on earth the Judge in this case LOWERED bail . Especially after having read this part: Pritchard is charged with four counts each of aggravated sodomy and indecent liberties with a child, two counts of rape, and single counts of abuse of...

This week the team at America's Most Wanted is covering the following cases: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania … ALEXIS FLORES…It was a nightmare come to life for a tight-knit Philadelphia, Pennsylvania neighborhood. A 5-year-old girl, Ariana DeJesus, was found sexually assaulted and strangled to death in an empty apartment complex near her house on August 3, 2000. Ariana had gone missing a few days before she was found, and the community was outraged by her horrifying murder. For years, the case went unsolved, until March 2007, when the FBI in Philadelphia got the break they were looking for -- a DNA match from a convicted criminal in another state. Manhattan, New York … UNKNOWN MIDTOWN JANE DOE KILLER…When an old Manhattan apartment building once known as a magnet for pimps and prostitutes went under construction, workers dug up something horrifying -- a young woman's skeleton. Now, detectives are piecing together clues, hoping to find out who the woman was, whether or not she was s...

Once again, it's time for the Carnival of the True Crime Blogs, this week however- I have the pleasure of hosting, so here's a little peek at what the very best True Crime bloggers have been writing on this week: Trench at CrimeNews has the story of Michelle Dohn Michelle Dohm is a grade school teacher from Thurmont, MD. who was arrested and convicted for sending threatening notes to some students at her school. Even after she had been under investigation it is alleged that she still sent correspondence out to some of the students. Now the news is that she was in a court hearing today and was ordered to have no more contact with her victims. HomeSweetHome has the tale of a deadly fire, and a man named Robert L. Drown Jr Two weeks ago fire department officials were called to a mobile home for a report of a fire. Inside the home, the fire department found 3 bodies. The home was occupied by Jennifer Ison, 31. One of the bodies found was identified as Mrs. Ison. Jennifer Ison had t...

Or just willing to write about them? There are a few requirements, but rumor has it that a cushy blogging gig, complete with possible hate mail and trolls, has opened up over at CrimeNews. Other notes of interest: Georgia police are looking for a serial rapist , who has been known to attack women while they are with their children. In one case, he held a gun to the woman, forcing her and her small child into a car before driving off to a park where he raped her, and then threatened the child. For those of you who recall Kelsey Briggs , you might be feeling that anger all over again- yet another soldier has had to return home to bury their child due to abuse . A man beat his girlfriend's 4-year-old son to death after she left the boy in his care while she was deployed to Iraq, police said. Donell Parker, 23, was charged Friday with first-degree murder in the death of Cameron Smith. The boy was found dead in his bed Thursday in a suburb south of Chicago. Jury finds that sleepwalkin...

You can catch America's Most Wanted on Saturday nights at 9pm on your favorite local Fox station. These weeks show will be highlighting the following cases, along with others: Mamaroneck, New York … UNKNOWN MAMARONECK BUTCHER…New York police are piecing together body parts that washed ashore on opposite sides of the Long Island Sound. Medical examiners have determined that one leg belonged to the same person whose torso was found stuffed in a suitcase. Now, police are putting all of the pieces of the puzzle together to try and catch a killer. Mason, Ohio … ENRIQUE TORRES…A parent should never have to hear that their child has been brutally murdered, and a parent should not have to wake up every morning knowing that their child's alleged killer is on the loose. But after the events of August 26, 2006, this is something that the parents of Kevin Barnhill must experience every day. Norfolk, Virginia … Guillermo Ramirez…For Amber Fish, justice has been a long time in coming -- too ...

"Seattle Tacoma Everett Girl Love", it's the website that has shocked and angered parents all over the country. Up until a few months ago, Jack McClellan was happy to sit back and take photos of innocent children and publish them on his peodphile related website. He used his special rating system to alert other pedophile "girl lovers" as to which community events offered the best chances to see little girls. The entire site was nothing more than a "how to" for a pedophile. And, it was enough of an outrage that parents demanded the site be closed. Jack wasn't willing to shut it down, but his webhost was. And then Jack found another webhost- one that also hosts other pedophile sites such as the boychat forums. So, Jack McClellan put his sick site back up. Only this time, he is less than willing to "talk publicly" about it according to the latest news coverage : McClellan has not returned any calls for comment. His web site is now run by a M...

This weeks Carnival of the True Crime Blogs was hosted by JD of SlabTown Chronicles . Hurry over and see what your favorite crime bloggers have been up to.

Erlich Anthony Coker was serving several sentences on a variety of sexually related charges when he escaped from a Georgia prison. During his time on the run, he broke into a home where he raped the women that lived there and stole a vehicle. He was captured and sentenced to death by the jury that convicted him. This single case would have a lasting effect on the laws regarding the death penalty. Coker appealed to the Supreme Court of Georgia who upheld the sentence. In 1977 the US Supreme Court would take the position that the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution forbid the death penalty from being applied to a case of rape where the victim survives and is an adult at the time of the crime. They decided it was "cruel and unusual" punishment not fitting the crime. The quick read of the case can be found here . I bring the Coker case up, for two reasons- one because I prefer Chief Justice Burger opinion on the case, he dissented and said this about it: "th...

He attempted to hire a hit man, and might have succeeded except that the would be hitter was so distraught over his request- which included murdering his 7 year old daughter. Although, he did make one request in regards to her : ...that the girl be shot in the chest and not the head so she could have an open casket at her funeral... When requestioned about the little girl, he reassured the hitter that he did indead want her killed too. After all, this was about "his wife". Then we have this winning couple. He microwaves his infant daughter... and she said it's not his fault- the DEVIL made him do it : Eva Marie Mauldin said Satan compelled her 19-year-old husband, Joshua Royce Mauldin, to microwave their daughter May 10 because the devil disapproved of Joshua's efforts to become a preacher. "Satan saw my husband as a threat. Satan attacked him because he saw (Joshua) as a threat," Eva Mauldin told Houston television station KHOU-TV. Please people, remember t...

Nevada police are on the lookout for a sexual predator: Henderson police say a man resembling this sketch stalked a 13 year old girl on her way home from school, broke into her home and raped her. It happened in a neighborhood at Green Valley Parkway and Paseo Verde last month. The suspect is described as a Hispanic man, over 6 feet tall, with a medium complexion, brown eyes and black-straight hair. If you have any information that could help call Henderson police at 267-4765. You can see the sketch here .

It's not that I don't understand the right for the accused to face their accuser in a court of law. I get that sometimes- a victim is going to be required to testify as to what happened to them. It's part of the entire "right to a fair trial" issue. I understand it- I just don't always like it. Now, in defense of defense attorneys- most tend to tread lightly when it comes to questioning a child about an allegation of abuse. Most, but not all. They tend to understand the emotional trauma that a child endures while testifying, and a good lawyer will remain mindful of that while still attempting to give their client the best representation as possible. It's not always that way. Sometimes, a defense lawyer will go above and beyond what is needed to present a "reason of doubt". And, even worse- sometimes the accused represents themselves. Self representation is a legal, and important option to many people. Some feel that they can better present their ...

Some people ought to have not been parents. I say that, not because the lack the basic ability to be a parent- but because they are just naturally terrible people. Some of these people shouldn't have pets, let alone kids. Take for instance, Christine Cole, 32 and her sister Judy Chamberlain, 33 . Both were recently charged with second-degree cruelty to a child. I'm not sure why they didn't get slapped with neglect, endangerment, and just plain being stupid. The mother and aunt of a legally blind 10-year-old boy were booked on cruelty charges after briefly leaving him on the side of a highway because he was misbehaving, a sheriff's spokesman said. A driver reported seeing someone pick up a child from the side of Interstate 12 on Wednesday about 40 miles east of Baton Rouge and put him in a van. Authorities feared they were dealing with a kidnapping, said Jason Ard, the Livingston Parish sheriff's spokesman. Investigators found the boy had actually been dropped off as...

Crime Scene Blog is reporting that everyone's least favorite Washington State freak is back online. I discussed the pedofreak previously . As if the world wasn't sick enough already- now Jack is back. For those interested- Michigan police have released a poster on pedophile symbols, which include their logos for "girl lovers" and "boy lovers" or as I prefer to call them- predators. This list might come in handy, given the amount of "Jacks" out there. You might also enjoy one parents response to this terminal cancer on society.

This weekend, America's Most Wanted is featuring the following cases, in hopes that you can help bring these wanted criminals to justice: Dallas, Texas FRANCISCO JAVIER RAMIREZ…Cops in Dallas say Francisco Javier Ramirez murdered his wife and stuffed her body in a car trunk. He has distinctive tattoos and may be working as an air conditioning repairman. Michigan City, Indiana LARRY WOODS…Everyone thought Larry Woods' fate was sealed when he was sentenced to 111 years in jail for shooting his boss. But cops say Woods had different plans. According to police, Woods escaped prison in a garbage truck in 2001 and hasn't been seen since. Lakeland, Florida JEFFERY HOLDER…Police say when Jeffery Holder thought he had found the man who allegedly raped his girlfriend; he pulled out a gun and started firing. Police say Holder recklessly took the law into his own hands, and in the process nearly killed an innocent man. Plainfield, Illinois LISA STEBIC MISSING…Lisa Stebic left her hom...

And I'm not talking about just the priests either. A while back Fox reported that a family had been forced to leave their church, when the leaders of the church decided to show love for the child molested who abuse the little girl. The reaction or "defense" from the church went like this: College Park Church, which one counseling director called a “hospital for sinners,” would not be doing its job if it did not help "both the crime victim and the victimizer," Doug Pabody, a counseling director, told The Indianapolis Star. "I've been in churches where things like this would happen and no attempt would be made to minister (to the accused), which is a shame," Pabody told the newspaper. "They're pushed out the door and made to go away, and I, for one, am very proud to be part of a church family that isn't afraid to go into the trenches." Not long after that, the sicko's at the pedologs were discussing how one would volunteer at h...

In the late sixties a series of grisly murders captivated the attention, and put a sudden fear in the lives of women in Michigan. It all started on July 10, 1967 when a college student from Eastern Michigan went missing. Her body was found weeks later, or most of it anyhow. She had multiple stab wounds and was missing both her hands and her feet. A year later in Ann Arbor, Joan Schell was found murdered, a total count indicated that she had been stabbed 47 times. In March of 1969, A law student named Jane Mixer was found murdered in Denton Cemetery. She had been badly shot, with a pair of hose tied tightly around her neck. A book was laying neatly beside her. Weeks later Dawn Basom's body was found. The 13 year old had been strangled to death. Next, Alice Kalom was found dead, with her throat cut, a gun shot to the head and multiple stab wounds. On July 23, 1969 Karen Sue Beineman went missing. Days later, her body was found, she had been strangled and beaten to death. The horri...

120 years that is. A former Pass Christian police investigator faces up to 120 years in prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing a child. A Harrison County jury deliberated nearly seven hours Friday before finding Tom Pustay guilty on five of the six counts he faced. According to the victim, whose family was friends with Pustay, the abuse went on for seven years starting when she was 9. During questioning, Pustay's wife said he had admitted to having sex with the child when she was 12 or 13. His defense claims she made the statement under "panic". Pustay worked in law enforcement for 23 years before he resigned after being arrested in March 2005. Pustay denied the accusations and said he lied to Harrison County sheriff's investigators about giving the child a flavored condom. Initially, he told investigators he gave her the condom because he knew she liked to play with them. The packaged condom was submitted as evidence. Pustay testified he gave it to her f...

Larry Akins sat in court and admitted his guilt. He wrote a letter saying all the "right things": that he was sorry, that he wished he could take it all back, that he was ashamed. The letter might have conveyed what he was suppose to feel, but the news reports that as he stood in front of the court, he was motionless, " If Larry Akins felt sorry about his actions, he didn't show it. He stood motionless at a hearing Monday in Crawford County, but there were tears from mothers who sent their daughters to the home-based daycare operated by his wife. " Akins plead guilty to using his wife's daycare as a hunting ground for victims, the charges against him included: 11 rape charges and 9 sexual assault charges. His victims ranged in age from three to eight. The mothers in the courtroom say the letter didn't offer solutions to the life they've faced over the past nine months, and the agony their daughters will face forever. "It's been a living hell...

When 19 year old Shane Edward Lee Pedal heard about the 17 year old sex offender, his gut reaction might have been one many of us share- disgust. But, what Pedal and the 16 year old girl who informed him of the sex offender status did crosses all lines of acceptable behavior. The 17-year-old victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also had a cigarette stubbed out on him and was force-fed cigarette ends and ash, Leeds Crown Court heard. The teenager was labelled "a dirty paedophile" by attacker Shane Edward Lee Pedal, 19, of Cave Crescent, Lupset, who then squirted him with a fire extinguisher. A 16-year-old girl, who knew about the victim's sexual shame and told Pedal of it, also joined in the prolonged and violent attack. She beat him with a hand-brush and kicked him as did Pedal. Prosecutor John Storey said: "At one stage (the girl) told the complainant to kiss her shoe, which he did apparently out of fear." At one point in the attack, witnesses heard t...

Lorelei Corpuz, the woman who posed as a young boy to a young girl and her family before assaulting the girl was was set for June 18. For the background on the case, please see my previous post- Wrong Age, Wrong Sex . As for the sentence prosecutors say they are seeking... well it's sad. Especially since it was described as being "the maximum". It's not really a sentence, just sort of one. Prosecutors say they would seek the maximum one-year jail term for Lorelei J. Corpuz, 30, who entered her plea Wednesday. Guilty plea or not, this women should be seeing the inside of a cell for MUCH longer than a year. Sometimes I'm ashamed of what we call justice. Read full story from WHAS11

While nothing will ever amount to an even payback for the pain suffered at the hands of a sexual abuser- I am all for holding then accountable for their actions to the fullest degree of the law. That includes suing the bastards for the medical expenses that add up while trying to help a child deal with the abuse they have been put through. Child molesters should be rotting in jail for the rest of their lives... and let's face it- they don't need any of their worldly possessions while they are in there. I'm hoping they get every dime this man has... along with every dime he'll ever have in the future (including those that he might happen upon while walking down the street): The parents of two children molested by a Lower Southampton man want to hit him where it hurts — in his wallet. The plaintiffs, identified only by their initials in a lawsuit filed in Bucks County court in Doylestown, are seeking more than $50,000 in damages and want convicted sex offender John Barry ...

I know that I may seem to be a little opinionated on certain subjects, and some may be left to question whether I actually have a "lighter side". I can assure you, I do. In fact... I'm actually more prone to joke around than be serious. I just choose to blog about something which I am passionate about... and something that doesn't happen to be a funny subject. But, trust me- I know humor. That being said, I have to admit it's be a long stretch for me to ever make a connection between humor and rape. I just can't imagine what sort of joke about rape could ever bring someone to laughter. rape- NOUN: 1. The crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse. 2. The act of seizing and carrying off by force; abduction. 3. Abusive or improper treatment; violation: a rape of justice. Sorry, but I just don't see "the funny" in that. Sadly, other people evidently do: WASHINGTON — XM Satellite Radio shock joc...

Police in New York are looking for a teenager who they say followed a young boy into a building and molested him around 9pm on Monday night. Police released this surveillance video of a young man they say is responsible for a sexual attack on a little boy. The suspect allegedly followed the 8-year-old boy into the Washington Heights apartment building where he lives, on Monday. The boy claims the man cornered him in a stairwell, and fondled him. [...] Investigators say they want people to be on the look out for a Hispanic man, between 16-and-18 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 150 pounds, wearing a pink or red hooded sweatshirt. If you recognize the man in the video or have any information, police are urging you to call 1-800-577-TIPS Full story via 7online.

Bonnie of Bonnie's Blog of Crime has this week's Carnival of the True Crime Blogs .

Pennsylvania has made new changes to it's laws concerning who is required to report suspected child sexual abuse: Beginning May 28, psychologists, teachers and school counselors will be required to report any suspicions of sexual abuse against children to police or to a children and youth agency. In the past, only professionals were required to report abuse if the alleged victim was a client. Personally, I'm not sure why they waited so long. And, I wish that they had included more people in the new law. I believe that every person who has reason to suspect sexual abuse, or physical abuse of a child should be required by law to report it. I don't care if you are a teacher- or a relative, if you have a strong reason to think that someone is hurting a child it is your moral obligation to step up and do something about it. But, of course that's just because I tend to believe that if you fail to stop it... you're just as bad as the one doing it. To many children are lost...

(This is the second installment of a mini series of posts, the next installment will appear soon. Previous Post Here .) After changing his name, under the guise of "finding himself", David Alway could easily forget the family that had raised him, the values that his schooling had taught him and be free to investigate the world. An entire world, completely open to possibilities... In early 1992, David was living at 171 St Botolph St, in Boston, Massachusetts. It was here that his troubles really began. He was living in debt, owning money to numerous businesses. His credit was hurting, with outstanding debts with everyone from American Express to Discover Card. He had outstanding taxes due to the State, and medical bills coming in from as far as California. David, did the only reasonable thing for a man like him- he filed bankruptcy- begging the court to grant him pardons on his bills. Later in his life, he'd learn to make good use of his need for handouts. As bad as Da...

(This is the first installment of a mini series of posts, the next installment will appear soon.) In October of 1968, little David Alway was born, although his adoptive parents wouldn't marry until two years later- leaving questions as to just when David came to be in the deeply religious, Californian family. David spent most of his childhood attending Redwood Christian School (aka RCS). From first until 11th grade, he learned the very principals of RCS: To instill PURE MORALS in the heart of the student by: 1. Development of an appreciation for the values accrued from our past spiritual and cultural heritage. (Psalm 61:5) 2. Inculcation of the desire to choose right over wrong and to hold to one's convictions under pressure. (Daniel 1:8) IV. To generate a SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM by teaching: 1. Loyalty to our country and a recognition of unscriptural teachings which undermine our country's foundations. (I Peter 2:13-17) 2. Recognition of government as God-ordained. (Romans 13...