Lost In Lima Ohio - A true crime blog

Every now and then, I get the chance to read something that really sums up everything I think. Today I had one of those chances. Keep in mind- we have laws requiring some people to report suspect child abuse. We have laws that make bartenders who knowingly serve someone who is drunk more drinks responsible if the drunk goes out and kills someone on the way home. We have laws that say if you enable someone to commit a crime, you can be asked to defend yourself in a court of law. This... just follows that perfect logic of making all parties step back and rethink their position before allowing a demented sexual predator go free with a quick rubber stamp that declares them 'safe' 'fixed' or unlikely to offend very often. Record Bee letter to editor: I do not know what the statistics are on how many child molesters go onto molest when released from prison; I do not know why they are released in the first place. Maybe we need a law that says: "when a child molester is re...

Christi Ann Zelek was innocently teaching a class on early childhood development at Union Grove High School when some meany cops busted into the room and arrested her. Just not fair huh? After all, this professionally trained school official shouldn't be faulted over something as small as her grandkids. And, to be frank- when I say 'small' I'm being literal. Clayton County police charged the grandmother and parents of 13-month-old twin boys with child abuse after discovering the children weigh less than 10 pounds each — far below the 27-39 pound range for children that age. The grandmother, Christi Ann Zelek, is the special education coordinator for Henry County schools. Clayton County police Chief Jeff Turner said she is also charged with failing to report the child abuse as state law requires education employees to do. Zelek was teaching a class on early childhood development at Union Grove High School when Clayton police took her into custody. "During the interv...

For currently unknown reasons some psycho bitch decided to stab her 12 year old nephew in the eyes. Details aren't completely out yet, but I have this odd feeling it's another case of some worthless piece of trash deciding to inflict pain on a child because they A) can't control their tempers B) need serious time spent in a doctors office on a couch or most likely C) their parents didn't get the message that Roe vs Wade was a success for the thousands of 'pro choice' supporters out there. Seriously people... I'm getting a little tired of having to read some story about some damn adult behaving like a wild rabies infected animal. Authorities in Lauderhill said a 12-year-old boy was stabbed in both eyes by a family member. Police said his aunt stabbed him around 1 a.m. but authorities were not notified for another 10 hours. The cause of the attack and the reason for the delay to contact authorities are not yet known. But police said the aunt also injured her ...

Okay, I actually love em. I mean, where else can you find such an entertaining amount of people, who are hired by normal folks to lie, thieve and waste time? It's completely amazing- and almost as interesting as the crime section of the news- you never know who's going to be the next one busted soliciting sex from someone they shouldn't, or convicted for some crime while they cry to the voters that they are 'sorry'. But, I have to admit- I have no interest in the recent hostage taking at the Clinton head quarters. The alledged possible suspect seems to be shaping up as Troy Stanley, a married man (20 years or so) with at least one child (who is insisting that the 'bomb' is just a couple of flares, and his dad just has some medical issues). CNN is all over it, as is every other news outlet in the nation. BUT wait... if you're watching the TV instead of reading the news from the internet, you might be wondering who the hell this Troy Stanley I'm talkin...

After a recent incident, police are now searching for a sexual predator: Thursday afternoon at 3:30pm an 8-year-old boy was walking home on Augusta near Sinsheimer Park when he was approached by a male driving a black four door car. The male asked the child if he wanted any money. The child declined and the male got out of his car and took his wallet out as if to show the child that he really had some money to give him. The child continued to decline the male suspect’s offers of money and went directly to his nearby residence where he told his father what had happened. The male suspect is described only as an average sized college-age white male wearing a black jacket. The vehicle he was driving was described as a black four door that was not new. Source, and updates please see Key 3

There currently are hundreds, if not thousands of people all over the United States longing for a child to raise and love as their own. And, while not perfect- almost every county in the US has a child services program designed to care for those children that some parents are either unwilling or unable to care for. As the reader who forwarded me the story said, "If you don't want your babies anymore give them to someone who will love them." Sadly, Jeanette Michelle Hawes decided that rather than give her children a chance at a life in a loving home- or even giving her children a chance at having a life at all... she'd just kill them. This, after Richmond County investigators say Jeanette Michelle Hawes allegedly killed her two children inside a restroom. SOURCE The news article I was sent is currently not available online- but this should give you as much of a image as needed to feel the same horror that I did upon reading it (update, link is live here : A worker at ...

This week on America's Most Wanted they will be featuring the following cases: Eric Rosenstrom: Eric Rosenstrom likes to write murder mysteries, but police say the fatal shooting of a hotel owner on August 16, 2001 is no whodunit -- they believe Rosenstrom is the perp. But with his vast knowledge of law enforcement, he could be tough to catch. http://www.amw.com/fugitives /brief.cfm?id=35780 Unknown Sean Taylor Killer: Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor, 24, was shot in the upper leg during a home invasion early Monday morning and passed away early Tuesday after losing a significant amount of blood from a damaged artery. A suspect still has not been named in the shooting. http://www.amw.com/fugitives /brief.cfm?id=51047 Unknown “Baby Grace” Killer: Cops in Galveston County are waiting for DNA results to confirm that 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers is the young girl they've lovingly referred to as Baby Grace. Cops have charged Riley's mother, 19-year-old Ki...

Some people are just idiots ... A former Big Brother freed on bail while on trial for allegedly victimizing several boys was rearrested during the hearing after police alleged he continued to contact kids on an Internet chat line despite strict release orders not to communicate with youth under 18. Now the moms of the alleged victims want to know why the judge granted bail to the accused child molester a second time given the fresh batch of allegations, including violations of the previous bail. Really? Bail TWICE? Who the hell installed the revolving door in the jailhouse? They ought to be locked up for aiding and abetting.

I don't approve of telling people that they can not make themselves better by having a job. And, I wouldn't think to point to anyone and say that they shouldn't be allowed to own their own business. But I damn well am willing to point to someone and inform people that they should avoid that business like the plague. 54-year-old Harry Garrett is a registered sexual offender. He is classified as a "predatory sex offender" which is defined as the following by Oregon's sexual offender website: What does “Predatory Sex Offender” mean? Oregon law defines it as an individual who exhibits characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others and who has been convicted of certain sex crimes. Offenders are assessed on an individual basis to determine whether they will be designated predatory. The “predatory” designation allows law enforcement, or the supervising agency, to notify the community about a particular sex offender. Garrett, after being convicted...

Actually, I'll tell you about it. I know, I've been gone for a while. A short while. I'm back, and will quickly get busy blogging again. And, yeah, I missed ya'll too. Oh, and... read any news lately that you'd like to share? If so, you know what to do. Blog soon,

Just in, highlights from this week's episode of America's Most Wanted: (November 14, 2007) – AMERICA’S MOST WANTED becomes “The World’s Most Wanted” in a special broadcast Saturday, Nov. 17 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Host John Walsh brings television’s top crime-fighting show to London to hunt for international fugitives including Whitey Bulger, the elusive Boston mobster who is on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, and to search for new evidence in the disappearance of 4-year-old Madeleine McCann. Bulger has been on the run for years, and possible sightings of him have been reported worldwide, most recently in Italy. AMW will reveal exclusive new information about the fugitive from some of the people who knew him best. In their first-ever television interviews, the convicted mob figure who gave Bulger his start in organized crime and Bulger’s former longtime girlfriend offer new insights and information about Bulger that viewers can use to help authorities fina...

Turns out, Daniel Gene-Vincent Sorensen 's status as a sex offender had nothing to do with his recent murder. Neither did the small fact that at the time he owed money to people. Rather, the 26 year old was killed, mutilated, and burned because two delinquents had too much free time on their hands. Two teens have been charged in the brutal decapitation death of a registered sex offender in Michigan whose headless body was left to burn in a subdivision in what prosecutors are calling a "thrill kill." A thrill kill. "They lured him in the garage where they prepared a space to kill him," Worthy said. A tarp had been spread on the garage floor, and Sorenson was stabbed multiple times in the back. His head was sawed off and his body wrapped in the tarp, authorities said. There, on a tarp they allegedly spread out for the attack, they slit Sorensen's throat with a knife and repeatedly stabbed him before cutting off his head with a hacksaw, prosecutors said. They a...

Cicero Offerle was convicted of being a pervert... or to put it in legal terms of molesting a child. The conviction carries an 8 year sentence, but Offerle isn't serving it just yet- but there is reason for that. It seems that after the guilty verdict was read, and Offerle was lead out of the court room, he opted to take a short cut out of the court house... by going straight out the third floor window. Source- "Ran right between the pillar and bench here," Jarboe showed Newschannel 15. "He leap off the third floor railIng and landed on the second floor. It was slow motion. I couldn't believe he did it." Down below Brent Dubach with courthouse security watched. "I looked up and that way and saw an object falling from the third floor. At the time, I didn't know what it was," explained Dubach. "The object struck the railing on the second floor and at that time I could tell it was a person." Sadly, he survived and was sent to the hosp...

Daniel Gene-Vincent Sorensen was a registered sexual offender, his father claims that his sex offender status was the result of a relationship with a underage girl. His mother claims that the status hung over his head like a cloud. Whether it was that status which lead up to the recent discovery of his beheaded and burned body is not currently known. Tazewell County State's Attorney Stu Umholtz says the 26-year-old was convicted in 2000 and was placed on 12 months probation for having sexual conduct with a 13 -17 year old, a misdemeanor offense. According to the father, the 2000 conviction was over a relationship he'd had when he was 17 (meaning it took around 3 years to make it from criminal act to a conviction): Jim Sorensen said the sex offender conviction occurred when his son was 17 and dating a 14-year-old girl that he met on the Internet. Daniel Sorenson thought the girl was 16 and went to Illinois to meet her. He was last seen alive on Wen night, he worked odd jobs doin...

Jacob Randles was shot by police. But, don't start feeling to sorry for him just yet. It seems that he was at a party and sexually assaulted two women there, when police arrived to investigate, they found the rapist holding a gun to a woman's head. After hours of negotiation, the SWAT team moved in, shooting Randles and rescuing the hostage. Neither woman was seriously hurt. The officer involved, a 20-year veteran of the Phoenix Police Department, is on standard paid administrative leave. Randles is a level-three sex offender, which means he's considered at high risk to re-offend. High risk to offend again. But, let's just let them back out into society and wait to do anything until they commit another crime. Anyone else tired of being reactive, and more interested in starting to be proactive?

There has been an Amber Alert set for a 14 year old NC boy. Police say the boy was able to contact someone via his cell phone after two while men assaulted him at a community center and then abducted him. Derrick Taylor. is a 14-year-old American Indian male, 5' 5", 124 pounds. He has sandy hair, and green eyes. He was last seen wearing a green hat, green shoes, green shirt and blue jeans. The suspects are two white males who beat him up and threw him in the back of a gold-colored vehicle. FoxNews (TV, sorry no link) just reported that he indicated that although he was unaware of the location where he was, he believed he was in a shed or storage building. If you have any information regarding this abduction, call the Cherokee Tribal Police Department immediately at (828) 554-6168 or dial 911. NBC 17 is reporting that the Amber Alert has been canceled, although no information is coming out from police as to his whereabouts, or condition.

As mentioned before, Kelsey Peterson - former school teacher and current "baby gurl" to 13 year old Fernando Rodriguez took the child and ran off to Mexico. In a new update to the case, as Peterson has been arrested and the boys has been turned over to relatives. SOURCE :They were found and apprehended by Mexican authorities without incident just after 3:30 a.m. EDT. Peterson was in FBI custody and transported back to the U.S., and the boy was released to relatives in Mexico, Waterman said. "I'm really relieved, especially that the individuals are well and unharmed," Waterman said. Peterson and the boy fled after police began investigating whether the pair had an intimate relationship, authorities said. Court documents said the boy was last seen Oct. 26. A judge issued an arrest warrant Monday charging Peterson with kidnapping, child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Peterson also faces federal charges, including transporting a m...

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Kelsey Peterson has reached the much sought after title of "teacher who has sex with students", which has been held by the likes of Jaymee Lane Wallace , Debra Lafave , and Alison Mosbeck . I'm sure her fellow teachers, her family and her students are delighted that she made headlines for her involvement with a 13 year old student. Kelsey Peterson, a sixth-grade teacher and basketball coach at Lexington Middle School, was placed on administrative leave last week, and police issued a warrant for her arrest on Monday. She is wanted on suspicion of child abuse, child endangerment and kidnappping, authorities said. Even better, this female sexual predator opted to run away with her teenage victim: Police believed she was traveling with 13-year-old Fernando Rodriguez, and court documents showed authorities had recovered several e-mails and letters between the two from the school and Peterson's father. In them, Rodriguez and Peterson professed their affection for on...

"He loved her." That might have been Jeff Banks best defense of his client, but in the end it doesn't hold water. His client, a former priest who viciously attacked a woman in his church office was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in state prison in connection with the attack . Prosecutors dropped other charges, including attempted murder, sexual assault and kidnapping, that could have resulted in a sentence of life in prison with parole. The duration of his sentence hinges on whether he is approved for parole. In court Thursday, Chaanine denied he sexually assaulted the woman and offered an apology and a rambling statement about his feelings for her before he was led from the courtroom in handcuffs, court information officer Michael Sommermeyer said. "He loved her," Chaanine's court-appointed lawyer, Jeff Banks, said later. "His emotions got the better of him. It was the biggest mistake of his life, and he's going to have to come to grips with it." ...

A mother seemed to have misplaced her pot, at least until an aide for a school teacher found it in the backpack of the mothers four year old child. The mother of the boy admitted the pot was hers. More drugs were found in her west-side home, according to police. The woman has two children, who were both put into child protective services after their mothers arrest.

One day out of the year that I LOVE shopping is Black Friday. It used to be that I'd panic while basting the Turkey that 'omg, the newspaper might lack one of the ads'. I'm talking extreme panic. To the point that I had to have multiple copies of the paper, in order to ensure that every ad was there. Then, after cooking, eating and cleaning all day- I'd spend hours going over every single sale item from every single store. I'd hop online to compare 'regular' prices with the advertised sale price. My eyes would drift between the computer, the ads sprawled across the floor and the clock- cause everyone knows that you have to be at the store a good 1/2 before it opens at 5 am. That was way back, before the best discovery ever. bfads.net . Between now and Black Friday every ad from every major store (and not so major stores too) will be scanned and posted for your viewing pleasure. Oh... and don't forget to download and SAVE the ads to your computer. So...

Another reason to support Ohio SB 183..