Lost In Lima Ohio - A true crime blog

I'm pretty sure the last 'mom's new boyfriend abuses baby' post is still showing on the front page of here, so the fact that I have another one is disturbing. Sort of a 'here we go again' feeling, although thankfully this child isn't dead as a result of his mothers choice in men. Police say that after Christian Perez dipped his girlfriends 16 month old son into boiling water badly scalding the child , he decided the best people to call wouldn't be the police, the hospital or even someone capable providing the smallest amount of medical help. Instead, he decided to call his sister, who picked him and the child up. They didn't think it was important to call for help right away either. During the next two hours, police say, the trio drove the toddler several miles across Hayward to a Walgreen's drugstore, bought ointment off the shelf and tried to apply it on the child. They allegedly called relatives in Mexico to ask for advice, and tried to put th...

As much as I adore new stuff, I've been reluctant to test out this Twitter thing, but the other day I read a story of some guy that was arrested and he GOT OUT by using twitter to alert his friends . Okay, sure there was a little more to it than that. But the important part is that HE had twitter, and I didn't. So- I reluctantly decided to try it out, for a moment. It was okay at first. Then I realised that Trench had it too. And OMG John had it. And CNN had it TOO!!! And even FoxNews has it!!! Suddenly, my love for twitter grew. So, for those of you that have twitter... you can find me here. For those of you who don't have it- what on earth are you waiting for? You can get updates from the blog(s) as soon as I post them AND even better- you can check out what I'm doing at any moment. Here's a preview of what I'm talking about, for those that have no idea what I'm talking about: My twitter feed: follow lostinlimaohio at http://twitter.co...

They ought to have a special semester in teacher school in which they cover things like not having sex with your students. And for people like Stephanie Ragusa, they should follow that semester up with one about not continuing to have sex with your students after you've already been caught and suspended for sleeping with with your students. And you certainly shouldn't be getting caught a third time. Stephanie Ragusa, 29, was arrested for the third time in about six weeks on charges of sex with a minor, The Tampa Tribune reported. "She's in need of help," Hillsborough County Sheriff's Lt. Fred Asteasuainzarra, one of the detectives who interviewed Ragusa on Monday, told the Tribune. Officers discovered Ragusa and the now-16-year-old boy at his house about 12:20 p.m. Monday, the arrest affidavit states. Ragusa had gone to the teen's house to discuss the criminal case but wound up in bed with him, police said. Detectives nabbed the woman as she was leaving an...

I have to tell you, some of the most interesting cases I read aren't ones that I find while reading the news, but ones that are sent in to me. And, while this isn't the usual sex crime case- I have to say that it perked my interest a great deal. Something about the possible serial murders of around 40 young men, from various states around the US... and the possibility that the serial killings are the work of more than one person. University of Minnesota college student Chris Jenkins was found in the Mississippi River in February of 2003. Minneapolis Police began investigating the case, which also caught the attention of two retired NYPD detectives. Turns out, Jenkins' death was the missing part of the puzzle for Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte. They think Jenkins connects dozens of other deaths around the country over the last decade. The stories are the same all over the country--an athletic, intelligent, well-liked college student goes missing. Family and friends launch a...

Yep. That's all. Verbrechen!

I'm not sure how we got to this- but clearly it's time for a us to sit down with people who insist on bringing children into this world without first actually taking any time to figure out what they should/shouldn't do with said children. These idiot breeders evidently need the rest of us to draw up a list of 'proper behaviors for raising children' and 'things you shouldn't do with kids'. I figure I'll start the list- but you all can feel free to speak up a little and add to the list. It should read like the warning labels put on electrical devices for the protection of stupid people- short, simple and simple little images help. DO: Feed the kid Keep the kid warm Provide for the kid DON'T: Drive drunk with a kid in the car Try to leave the kid at a strip club Have drug paraphernalia on you when the cops arrest you for doing the above Sadly, this list doesn't come in time for some people. Robert Hancock faces child neglect charges after he tri...

The Union Leader of New Hampshire has been so kind as to offer the perfect case which proves the importance of Civil Confinement - except that it doesn't. Let me explain the case a little, and then we'll get on with the reasons it doesn't prove the need for civil confinement over the need for judges who will sentence properly. From the time Lawrence Woodard was 19, he's spent a good deal of time in prison- 33 years in fact- all stemming from violent crimes committed against women- rape, kidnapping, assault. From the time he was 19 years old, any time Woodard was free, he preyed on women. He had been sentenced to life in the state psychiatric hospital, but after seven escapes and numerous crimes he finally was found competent to stand trial and was locked up for 33 years, the Concord Monitor reported this week. When he was released two years ago, "I knew damn well he was going to do it again," Thomas Winn, a retired state police trooper, told the Monitor. But N...

Over the weekend, a female student at Wunsche High School in Houston was sexually assaulted by a school mate. The father of the victim arrived at the school today with his wife to inform school administrators of the assault. That's when police say that the father noticed a male student who had evidently witnessed the weekend sexual assault... and stabbed the male . After the parents saw a male student who was allegedly present during the assault, the father stabbed the boy three times, a school spokesperson said. The stabbing victim was taken to a hospital in The Woodlands, where he was listed in good condition. The father was arrested by Spring ISD police. The girl's parents had reported the sexual assault to Harris County Constable Precinct 4 over the weekend, according to the school spokesperson.

All Gary Detrick wanted to do was get a teeny little library card. What he didn't want to do was fulfill his requirement to register and update his status as a sexual offender in Albuquerque. Detrick had been convicted for molesting three children in another area prior to his move to Albuquerque. He had however failed to update his registry information as required by law. SOURCE- Gary Detrick had been under the watch of deputies after moving to Albuquerque after molesting three children in Silver City, but he hasn’t updated his sex offender registration in recent months. None of this would have anything to do with getting a library card, except that Albuquerque has a law banning registered sex offender from city libraries. And, when Detrick applied to get his library card, officials cross checked his name with the state sex offender registry- and upon finding his information there, along with a notice that he was considered 'an absconder', they notified police. While Detri...

A jury sentenced, and a judge laid the sentences out consecutively rather than the defenses desired concurrent method, a child molester to 160 years after finding him guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child by exposure. Prosecution argued, and the jury evidently agreed that Keith Allen Porter sexually abused a now 12 year old boy. During testimony for sentencing, the jury learned that Porter had also sexually assaulted the victims younger bother although he was no charged in connection to that. His attorney, Stan Schwieger, said he will appeal the conviction and the judge’s order to “stack” the sentences instead of ordering them to be served concurrently. “I think it is a tragedy for everybody,” Schwieger said. “Certainly it is a tragedy for my client, certainly a tragedy for his family and certainly a tragedy for those who made the allegations. It was not a happy place in 54th Court this week.” Sloan said Porter deserved t...

An incredible deal, so good it's been shortened to incredideal in order to highlight the shortness of the deal. Ezequiel Serrano-Ginez seems to be today's lucky winner- because despite being a kidnapping, child molesting scum bag, he was able to walk away from his charges with nothing worse than "about a year in jail after accepting a plea bargain with prosecutors." Well, let's see what this winner did, that helped land him this awesome plea deal: The abduction occurred Sept. 23, after Serrano-Ginez dropped the victim's 15-year-old brother off at the siblings' home. The girl's mother said she and friends were eating hamburgers at the home when Serrano-Ginez, whom she has known for three years, grabbed the girl outside the family's front door, forced her into his car and drove off. Serrano-Ginez drove the girl to a shopping plaza at the 6300 block of 15th Street East, and allegedly molested her there. (First, small note to Bradenton Harold editors- ...

It's only 7 minutes into Monday- and I already have the feeling that this is going to be a very long day. So, in light of that feeling- I think I'll start the day off with a a little humor. I know, I know, sooo unexpected. But trust me, after I get a few serious posts up- you'll be thanking me for this one. click here.

A recent comment by a Florida education official is drawing some back fire, and while I think there might of been better ways to say it- he sort of has a point which reminds me of the old saying ' sometimes the truth hurts '. School board member Jay Wheeler's comments were made in an e-mail response to parents’ complaints that they cannot afford the new uniforms mandated by the Osceola County School District, according to MyFOXOrlando.com. "Everyone can afford Wal-Mart and if they can’t, they need to think about turning off their cable TV or stop buying alcohol or cigarettes and spend their money on their children," he wrote. There are many people who are putting their children first, and who are still struggling and having problems paying for everything- living on the necessities and not enjoying the extra's right now, that will have problems providing the needed garments for the school uniform policy. At the same time, there are a lot of parents out there st...

Michael Grimaldi had a sexual encounter with his kids babysitter in 1995, and it cost him a few years in jail. Now, he's living the dream with his family, in a new town and new home. He's trying hard to escape the label of' 'sexual offender', but at the same time he's accusing his neighbors of using that label to harass him and his family. Lori Paggioli, 44, faces a breach of peace charge in Superior Court in Rockville for saying to Michael Grimaldi during a boundary dispute last March, "If you so much as look at my kids, I will kill you," witness affidavits say. The court has twice denied her bid for accelerated rehabilitation. In the suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in New Haven, the Grimaldis accuse the Paggiolis of "extreme and outrageous" conduct that has deprived them of protections under the Constitution and federal and state laws. The suit also names the town of Bolton for subjecting them to "a different standard of enfo...

The best part of the week is here, and hopefully you're getting ready to enjoy it. Just be sure to be around Saturday night, for America's Most Wanted- which airs at 9pm on your local Fox station. This week, the following cases will be aired: The NorCal Rapist: Since 1991, police believe that one man has been responsible for a series of sexual assaults on women in various Northern California communities. He's been dubbed 'The NorCal Rapist' and since his last attack in October of 2006, cops have intensified the search for this serial predator. http://www.amw.com/fugitives /brief.cfm?id=43323 Unknown Sean Aquitania Killer: On Sept. 14, 2007, Elk Grove School District bus driver, Cathy Snow, witnessed an unforgettable tragedy. At the end of her shift, a man ran along side her bus with a dying baby in his arms. He handed the child off to a stunned Snow, but it was too late...the 7-month-old baby's injuries were far too severe. Now, authorities in Sacramen...

Few of us could imagine what it would be like to find a sexual deviant in our child's bed, touching them in the middle of the night. I don't imagine that any of us wants to find out what it would be like- although most of us can reasonably come up with an idea of what we'd do if put in that situation. Stop the ACLU has a case where a father found himself in that situation, along with video of him retelling the ordeal. Follow this link for more...

Well, perhaps not a full fledged murder, but a 'attempt to hire a hitman wanna be' murderer. Either way, he's pretty much scum. Cheating on the wife was bad enough, but then not having the balls to come clean and divorce her like a normal man? Attempting to hire a hit man to clean up his mess?? Yeah, this guy is a loser, and I'm sure that his wife- after getting over all the betrayal- will be glad to have a few prison walls between the two of them. Kenneth Griffin fell in love with a Venezuelan prostitute, decided she should move to America and concluded his wife must be killed, according to details in an affidavit released on Wednesday. Yeah, he had an affair with a hooker. Bet he feels special when he wakes up on that jailhouse cot in the mornings. According to the arrest document, the former Oklahoma City police officer went to Venezuela with an ex-convict friend, Jonathan Eric Conlon, in July 2007. While there, Griffin met a prostitute and decided he wanted her to c...

To be blunt-- I don't really like many people in my family. They are what most people would consider 'assholes'. Of course, it'd be wrong for me to consider them to be assholes, so I just focused on being thankful that I can go the rest of my life without having to talk to them again. But, that's not really the point. You see, even when I did like my sister- I don't think I liked her enough to cherish the thought of having to live with her, and I am really sure that I have never liked her enough to live with her dead, mummified body . An elderly woman lived for a year with her mummified sister in a home on Detroit’s east side, police said. Authorities made the discovery Wednesday after neighbors expressed worries over not seeing the sisters in some time. Investigators found the dead woman sitting in a chair inside the house on Buffalo Street near Seven Mile and Mound roads, police said. Most likely not a crime, other than failing to report the death- if that in...

I have to start by saying that single women do have a right to date, to experience adult relationships with men despite having the 'mom' in their name. However, it never seems to fail that every few days we hear of a case where mom, boyfriend and baby equaled one baby to many- and the boyfriend has taken it upon himself to take care of the extra baggage- sometimes with the mothers consent, but most often without. There's no excuse for a 'boyfriend' to beat a child. In fact, I find it seriously troubling that any man, regardless of the relationship he has with a mom, believes that he has the right to touch a child. I honestly believe that we ought to be enacting the age old lesson 'do unto others as you'd have done unto you' saying, and start beating a few of these assholes, as a sort of "How do you like it now, fucker?" experiment. I'm tired of reading the same old headlines, especially when they all seem to end the same way: Boyfriend Char...

After waiting five years to identify the little body of a child found in a dumpster in Houston, police say they now know who the child was- and how his life was cut short, and his body tossed out as if it was nothing more than trash. "Beloved Doe" was 5-year-old Jose Bernardo Martinez. He was found in a Dumpster at the Willowcreek Apartments on Office City Drive on March 13, 2003. FBI officials said Jose had been wrapped in a gray blanket and placed in a plastic bag. He was wearing only a diaper. His 30-year-old mother, Ma Dana Martinez, was charged with felony murder -- injury to a child by omission, officials said. Jose died from dehydration and malnutrition, an autopsy ruled. He weighed between 18 and 28 pounds at the time of his death. The little boys father, who is not with the mother, was evidently told that his son was ill, and had been in a hospital getting treatment, with a limited visitation schedule. Investigators said Martinez gave a partial confession. They said...

For those of you who pop in on a regular basis, you've likely come to realize that I tend to focus a bit more on certain types of crimes although I'm likely to post just about any crime that grabs my attention while browsing the news. However, the main focus has, and always will be crimes against women and children. Usually- we're talking physical abuse or sexual abuse. It's because I'm impassioned about these topics, because I believe that it's important to share these stories with you. I have however failed to give proper attention, at least here, to another form of abuse that often goes under mentioned by a lot of people. Fat kids. I know, that's not nice to say. But- lets face it there are some kids out there that pasted the 'babyfat' or chunky or big boned description all the way to the 'dear god that child is fat' stage. And I know, that's mean to say about anyone- let alone a child. However, I feel that even meaner than me saying i...

As passionate as I am against sex crimes, I have for a long time believed that while the sex offender registry is good in theory- there's a few places where it could be improved. Don't get me wrong, I believe we all should be warned when the rapist moves in next door, or the pedophile decides to make his home near our families. But- there's been this gray area... these Romeo cases where honestly- it wasn't a pedophile preying on a young girl, or a case where some teenage boy forced himself on an unwilling victim. No, there are the cases where two willing and wanting teenagers- no matter how misguided they were, made a choice to be together, landing one of them in jail. I don't believe that a few years age difference between two fools who believe they are in love should end with one wearing a lifetime scarlet letter. Maybe it's because in my younger years I 'loved' someone a few years older than me, and because of that- I can see not only the silliness in...

So, I'm scrolling through the news today and I start reading some halfwitted commentary on CNN about sex offenders, and the guy who had to put up signs all around his yard to help point out to his neighbors that he's one of 'those' people who can't keep their hands to themselves. It started out decent, but went on a downhill slop about the time that the writer decided to mention a conversation with a friend of his on the case. But child molesters get me riled up. I get angry, sad, hot whenever I hear a story about a child being hurt. Even other criminals get hot under the collar about child molesters. Child molesters in prison often have to be segregated from the general population lest they be beaten, raped or killed by other inmates. But other than locking them up for life in some prison, what do you do with a child molester? I have often wondered what we can do to keep these creeps away from our children. See, that is the logic part... the wondering what we can...

A convicted child molester who three years ago cam forward, still claiming he was innocent , has died while serving out his sentence at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. (linked above- which you'll want to read the entire post)The convicted child molester, who is serving a 130-year sentence, talked about growing up in Massachusetts and his dream to run a halfway house for sex offenders. He also gave advice to parents on how to protect children from sexual predators. But throughout the conversations, Bar-Jonah maintained he had nothing to do with the disappearance of 10-year-old Zachary Ramsay from Great Falls in 1996. Although Bar-Jonah was never convicted in that case, police allegations that he kidnapped, killed and cannibalized the boy captured international media attention. Prison officials are investigating Nathaniel Bar-Jonah's death after he was found unresponsive in his jail cell, and then declared dead after being taken to Powell County Memorial. Back On February...

The Silverman family isn't your average family. At one time it consisted of 4 year old Mikel,and his 4-month-old sister Keylee, along with his father Doron and mother Heather. It could have been the all around perfect family- except that Doron is a convicted child molester- having molesting a 5-year-old girl when he was 13. Even that wouldn't have prevented them from being a normal family... but like so many other cases, this one gets worse- starting with what -allegedly- happened to Mikel. During Memorial Day weekend 2006, Batya Silverman reported that he asked her to perform a sex act on him. When she asked him where he learned it, the boy and told her that "Daddy did it." according to Batya Silverman. Batya is Doron's sister, who has also accused him of molesting her as a child. Because of the suspicion of new sex crimes involving Mikel, police opened an investigation and were looking into the charges when Heather -allegedly- burned the families home down, with...

Parents, I'm not saying that the predators aren't completely to blame for their behaviors- but at the same time I can not possibly stress the fact that if you are completely careless with your children that you don't stop to think that it's a little odd for that grown man to be spending weekends with your son- if you don't stop to question what your 12 year old is doing on MySpace, if you don't pause and wonder just how healthy it is for your kid to be camping out overnight with an adult, and driving his BMW, and working on his BMX bike with him.... if you actually take so little interest in your child that he comes home molested on NUMEROUS occasions by the SAME person- you are NOT doing your job. You are lacking in the 'taking care of your responsibilities' department... and that is not okay. Having said that, Hubert Haraszewski, 32 of Vista California is a deviant sexual predator- grooming at least one of his two victims- and using all the usual metho...

I'm going to be frank about something, and all I ask of you is that you hear (or read) the entire little rant of mine through before making any assumptions about it. Up until recently I was a huge supporter of 'child abuse awareness month'. And then I started thinking what a waste it really it. An entire month to promote the fight against child abuse? A month of having proactive, safe child, anti abuse messages tossed around endlessly. TV commercials, nightly updates on the current 'anti child abuse' activities going around, those little reminder flags that child protective service agencies feel compelled to put out on lawns. Even the marathons, the fund raisers... all of- wasteful. A slight distraction to our normal everyday life, which does nothing to change anything at all. You see, there really is a series of problems with this whole 'child abuse awareness month' idea. One month out of twelve, that's what we dedicate to raising awareness and preventi...

I don't condone murder, I don't believe that anyone should take the law into their own hands because honestly- justice should be delivered via a courtroom. That being said, I have to agree that this child, who was for years sexually and emotionally abused by the very person responsible for her care and upbringing- doesn't belong in jail. What she needs more than anything else is a safe place to recover, surrounded by people who are willing to love and protect her. A 14-year-old girl acknowledged killing her father with a 12-gauge shotgun blast to the face to end years of sexual abuse and could be on juvenile probation until she turns 21, her attorney said Thursday. Defense attorney Patrick Nightingale said the girl accepted an offer from the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office to be adjudicated delinquent, the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty plea. She was placed on probation on a charge of involuntary manslaughter, the least serious grade ...

I recall once listening to a friends mother describe how her folks had attempted to discourage her from marrying my friends father because they were of different religions and her parents feared it would lead to strong problems when they had children. And it did. The mother wanted to raise the kids in her Catholic religion, and the father was dead set on raising the children in his Jewish beliefs. Holidays were a ball of entertainment- as long as you weren't actually a member of that family. In my own personal life, I'd received the greatest advice ever when it came to being a parent- make sure your mate has mostly the same child rearing beliefs as you do, or be willing to settle for arguments throughout the kids' childhood. Sadly, Joseph Manzanares and his girlfriend must not of received any of the related advice prior to having their four year old son. Even worse is the fact that these two losers were able to have a child at all- let along together. A fight about the deci...

Edward George has been where few of us would willingly go, both physically and emotionally. His book, Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars, is evidence of that. He spent 8 years as a prison counselor to Charles Manson, and now offers readers a rare glimpse at the man who led his followers down a deadly road. The following is from Mr. George: The Legend of Charles Manson I who write these verses, Expands his dirty deeds. Perhaps the worse that I can do Is immortalize this Beast. Charlie went to prison, By way of death row. That’s where I met this murderer, At San Quentin, years ago. He had a mother who didn’t care, And a father who wasn’t there, Nobody there to wipe his ass, And everybody treated him just like trash Scram, little shit, you’re in the way. Get lost, you idiot, go out and play. The little bastard had no place to go, So like a stray dog, his meanness grew. Down dark alleys, asleep in parks, He wandered the streets in the dark. He met some friends who help...

Since it seems like the MySpace 'fad' isn't going to go away anytime soon- and more than likely your child or a child you know has an account, there's a suggestion floating around that you might want to consider. We all know that online predators are out on the web in every one of the places that our kids will want to be- it's just in their deviant nature. But, more and more often local police agencies are popping up at those same places, hoping to bring a little online assistance to your kids. The suggestion is that you add a police department (local if possible, but any will do really) to your or your kids tops friends lists. It puts a direction connection to law enforcement in case of predators, or online bullies... making assistance just a few clicks away. There are dozens of them out there, available to 'friend' you or your kids, but just as a random sampling- here's a few to get you started. NEWTON ...