Lost In Lima Ohio - A true crime blog

This Saturday, at 9 pm on your local Fox station, America's Most Wanted will air the following cases: Terrence Washington: He's one of the slipperiest fugitives we've ever encountered, and Terrence Washington has made a long career out of breaking out of prison and laying low. Most recently, he broke out of prison, seduced a woman, moved into her house, and made her believe that he's a law-abiding tool salesman before disappearing once again. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=25010 Reigh Storrow Boss: Boston police call Clark Rockefeller, accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter Reigh and going on the run, a "mystery man." Cops say he recently liquidated his assets into gold, possibly preparing for a life on the lam. It turns out the man who claims to be from the famed "Rockefeller" clan isn't a Rockefeller at all. In fact, cops aren't sure who he really is. http://www.amw.com/missing_ children/brief.cfm?id=57690 ...

(Disclaimer--- I'm rambling about a local criminal case, which is the result of a raid in which a police officer shot and killed a woman. It's a main attraction in town these days, with the forth day of the trial being today. The case, while very cut and dry, has opened a floodgate of racially charged articles from our local news, and seems to have removed every bit of common sense from more people than you can imagine.) One of the defense lawyers attempted to 'judge' the racism of a potential juror by asking him which candidate he was going to vote for, Obama or McCain. Evidently the man answered that it was none of his business, good answer. But I think I would have been slightly more rude about it. Because although it really is no one's business- I get rather annoyed with the thought that the color of the person I'd vote for is used as a measuring stick for whether I am a racist. I could spend all day complaining about just that part of the case... but it see...

A while back I told you about David Hardman. He's a 'photographer' who sells his work on the web, in image and video form. While that isn't unusual for a photographer these days- the fact that the 'models' he used were barely dressed minors was. Well, it looks like just when we'd thought that he couldn't sink any lower- pervert opted to gravel a little bit more into the filthy desires of pedophiles. According to recent news, he's once again doing websites- except this time he's selling something other than DVD's and photos. The changes a Melbourne photographer made to his controversial teen modeling web site are raising new concerns. In November of 2006, Channel 9 first investigated parents' fears that David Hardman was sexually exploiting teen models by posting nearly nude photos online. They are the kind of pictures you'd find in a steamy magazine, but the pictures are of teenage girls. Suzanne Mark said Hardman tracked down her...

It seems that Vermont, home to the judge who sentenced a man to 60 days in jail for molesting a child over a span of years- on the pretense that the man needed 'therapy' rather than prison, the same state that allowed a man who repeated sexually abused a boy to go free , the state that is really sex offender friendly - is about to get a little tougher. Maybe. When a state Senate committee begins deliberating later this summer on how to respond to the kidnap and killing of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, it also will be under pressure to deal with a new federal law named for another slain child. Vermont to Deal with New Sex Offender Laws The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 establishes new mandates for the way states set up their sex offender registries -- mandates Vermont currently does not meet. Lets hope that after years of failing the victims of sexual abuse, the leaders of Vermont can pony up the courage to actually do approve something that resembles justic...

One of four teenage boys who picked a then 16 year old girl up from her home and proceeded to get her drunk before taking turns raping her was sentenced to juvenile custody until his 21 birthday. According to testimony and police, after the four boys raped the girl, they bragged about the incident on various social networks and through email. It was also reported that the boys had discussed killing the victim in order to prevent her from testifying against them. During sentencing of the 3 attacker, the judge cited the boys "utter lack of remorse" as reasoning for the sentencing. While sentencing the boy in King County Juvenile Court, Judge Michael Hayden revealed that the victim, 16 at the time of the attack, became pregnant as a result and later had an abortion. [...] But Hayden said that what "struck me the hardest" was a section of a presentence report in which the boy was quoted as calling the girl a liar for accusing him of rape. Other presentence documents in...

Years ago, there was a rash of missing girls up in Canada. And, there was a seemingly normal young married couple. Then police connected the married couple to the missing girls- and a case overflowing with sheer deviance and inhuman nature was born. And now, the case that captured the attention of a nation, and quite a few of us down south of there, is available on iTunes . KARLA gives an unflinching look at the disturbing true story of “the Ken and Barbie killers.” In stunningly acclaimed performances, Laura Prepon (That 70’s Show, Slackers) and Misha Collins (24, NCSI) breathe perverse life into their real life counterparts, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. Winter 1990 - the most notorious serial killers in the history of Canada begin their psychological dance with death and depravity as an entire country is held captive in fear. As the gruesome events unfold, and lovely young girls disappear, the utter lack of remorse from Paul coupled with his quirky charisma paint a delusional ...

A sexual offender spending 90 days in jail provides overwhelming proof that just as a cat can't change it's stripes, a sexual deviant can't be cured with a few months in jail. Christopher Dwayne Watson has been locked up in the Malheur County Jail for the past 90 days for a sex crime with a minor. Erin Landis with the Malheur County District Attorney’s office tells NewsChannel 7 that sheriff's deputies found a list titled "people to look up," written by Watson. The list contains the names of various children ages 6 to 17, and also includes the victim in the case he's now serving time for. Police say the list was detailed with information about the children, providing "everything short of an address to look these girls up". But wait, it gets worse. He's still going to be freed, they aren't going to keep him behind bars they are just planning on 'watching him'. I'm sure that brings peace of mind to all the parents of these chil...

Bonnie over at My Life of Crime sent over this case from CNN a few days ago, and to be honest- I just couldn't figure out how it is that anyone, let alone a judge, could assume that allowing this man who has been convicted to remain free comes anywhere close to actually bring justice to his victims. For nearly two years, the South Florida middle school art teacher forced the boy to have sex in a classroom supply closet. Sometimes, Aaron Mohanlal would call in sick to work, take the boy to his home for sex and drop the seventh-grader back off at school at the end of the day. To keep the abuse secret, Mohanlal bought the 13-year-old a cell phone and created nicknames for their genitalia. When police arrested him, the teacher was caught on hidden video trying to destroy letters threatening the boy if he ever told. He was arrested, he was tried and found guilty. He was even sentenced. But he's out on bail awaiting an appeal of his conviction. "The idea of that monster b...

This week, the following cases will be airing on America's Most Wanted, which can be seen on your local Fox station Saturday nights at 9pm. Emigdio Preciado: Cops say Emigdio Preciado, Jr. is responsible for the Sept. 2000 shooting of L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Schaap. Preciado has remained on the loose, but he's found a home on an infamous list -- the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=25012 Jason Derek Brown: As one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives and a member of John Walsh's Dirty Dozen, Jason Derek Brown is topping the charts as one of the country's most elusive bad boys. The former toy salesman, from Salt Lake City, Utah, is wanted for robbing and killing an armored car driver outside a Phoenix, Ariz. movie theater in November 2004. Cops say Brown fled the scene on a bicycle with more than $50,000 in cash. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=29538 Robert William Fisher: Cops in Scotts...

I've already detailed the deviant behaviors of James Colliton, here. But to summarize it, he's a convicted sexual predator who spent only 19 months in jail after fleeing charges that he sexually abused two young teenage girls, after 'buying' them from their mother. Oh, and he was a high profile hot shot lawyer at the time too. After the charges were filed against him, he ran off to Canada. Not being the smartest guy- he used his credit cards to check into a nice hotel. He has a defense for this "" You're not a fugitive if you sign into a major chain hotel using your driver's license and your American Express card," he says." See.. I told you he wasn't the smartest thing. Anyway, AE gave police information that he'd used his credit card in Canada, and that lead to his capture, and conviction. Now, this sexual deviant is suing American Express, claiming that when they provided information to the police, they breached some rules. A d...

The following cases will air this Saturday on America's Most Wanted. You can catch it at 9pm on your local Fox station. Jelmo Kirkland: Caught on Tape: Jelmo "Skeebo" Kirkland was taken into custody on Monday evening after a viewer tipped the police to his whereabouts. Kirkland was wanted for one of the most brazen murders ever caught on tape in the Miami area. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=45852 Happy Pham: Cops in Houston, Texas have been searching for 23-year-old Happy Tran Pham for almost two years. They say Pham was "unhappy" because the girl he was dating went back with her old boyfriend. Houston detectives believe Pham's jealousy led to the murder of 29-year-old Pierre Mai, and they have surveillance video of the crime. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=56807 Anibal Mustelier: Federal agents haven't given up searching for a fugitive who disappeared from south Florida in the late 1990's. Police say Anibal Mu...

16-year-old Elizabeth Pena and 15-year-old Jennifer Ertman did not deserve to die in 1993. At around 11:15 on June 24 the two girls, who had been best friends in school, left another friends home and headed back to their homes. Because the city curfew was at 11:30, and they wanted to make it home as quickly as possible, they took a shortcut. The path they followed went down railroad tracks and through a neighborhood park close to Elizabeth's home, but neither of the girls ever made it home. Four days after the girls disappeared, a person identifying himself as 'Gonzalez' called the Crimestoppers Tips number. He told the call taker that the missing girls' bodies could be found near T.C. Jester Park at White Oak bayou. The police were sent to the scene and searched the park without finding anything. The police helicopter was flying over the park and this apparently prompted Mr. 'Gonzalez' to make a 911 call, directing the search to move to the other side of the b...

Once there were three men, a Catholic School principal, his friend, and a man they met online.... See, it really could be a joke, except that once you read the entire story- it's not so funny. Greenburgh Police in Westchester County discovered three naked men having sex in the back yard of an abandoned home on Sunday night. Police say Francesco Autera of Thornwood and Gabriel De Jesus of Ossining have been charged with public lewdness, trespassing and disorderly conduct. Man number three was able to evade capture, leaving police searching for him. Backyard of an abandoned home... do they not have hotels around there?

I know I haven't posted screen captures lately, and I'm not really posting one now- as I don't have the means at this moment to grab an actual screen shot, but I am going to post the info from the page (copy and paste is sometimes a good friend). VISITOR ANALYSIS Referring Link http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=why not put pictures of children on ebay%3F Host Name fl-67-232-196-63.dhcp.embarqhsd.net IP Address 67.232.196.63 [Label IP Address] Country United States Region Florida City Leesburg ISP Embarq Corporation Returning Visits 0 Visit Length 0 seconds VISITOR SYSTEM SPECS Browser MSIE 7.0 Operating System Windows XP Resolution 800x600 Javascript Enabled Seriously, ' why not put pictures of children on ebay ' I'm not even answering that.

OMMFG. I do believe that for one the very few times ever- a a psychologist and member of the state's Sexual Offender Assessment Board actually might have looked at a pervert, and saw them for just what they really are. Untreatable, and a danger to society for as long as they live. He testified that Kauffman exhibited a longtime pattern of seeking adolescents for sexual interaction - a disorder for which " no successful treatment " exists. He said Kauffman formed relationships that involved invitations to his house, where alcohol was served, "for the purpose of sexual victimization." I wonder how long it will take them to figure out just how many perverts who fit that bill have already been released into society- on the false pretense that this 'sugar pill' they call treatment actually works. Timothy Brian Kauffman, 40, of Coatesville, pleaded guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and corruption of minors, stemming from a series of illicit enc...

Dwayne Dale Billings has had his trial for raping a 9 year old autistic girl postponed until he reaches a point where the system can determine that he is competent to stand trial. The Odessa American reports a judge today ordered Dwayne Dale Billings, a registered sex offender, to stay at least 120 days in the North Texas State Hospital in Vernon. The judge's ruling was based on the opinions of two experts who evaluated Billings. Defense psychologist John Howlett and another expert for the prosecution Perry Marchioni reached agreement on Billings' mental incompetence. I suppose we should just be happy that at least he'll be locked up- even if it's not exactly in a jail cell. But what gets me the most is this comment: Defense attorney David Zavoda said he didn't know if Billings' time in Vernon would help because he said Billings had a long history of mental health issues. Sure, agree to send him somewhere for 'treatment' when even his defense lawyer admi...

A 5-foot-10, dark skinned man with an afro lost in a fight with a 63 year old woman. He attacked the woman about noon Sunday at a house near Southwest 28th Street and 84th Avenue. After a ''brief struggle,'' she fought him off, and the attacker took off running, Miami-Dade police said in a press release. Coolness.

It must be easy for the attorney general’s office in Waynesboro to ignore the fact that they have just released a sexual predator convicted of raping a teenager and molesting two young children go free. After all, when they are hit square in the face with the question of why they dropped the attempt to keep him civilly committed beyond his original prison release date- all they had to do was say that they don't discuss those sorts of things with the public. You know, the same public who now has to deal with the fact that after being convicted in 1997 for the first rape, and 1998 for the molestation charges, Jeffrey W. Small will be roaming free once again. Small, 32, was convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1997 as she lay passed out at a party at his Staunton home, according to court records. While free on bond and awaiting trial on the rape charge, Small molested two young girls, 8 and 6, in January 1998 as he spent the weekend at the home of a Waynesboro woman. Small was se...

Leonard Miles was given something that few in his position will get, and what even less actually deserve. The 17 year old was convicted of raping 3 women, although he was suspected in five different counts. In each instance, he approached female strangers, threatened them by claiming he had a gun and would shoot them, and then proceeded to rape them. At his sentencing he received 25 years, with a possibility of parole in 17 years. But that wasn't the only thing he received. Seventeen-year-old serial rapist Leonard Miles exchanged words with his victims at sentencing in Hennepin County District Court on Friday. He offered them apologies. They offered their sympathy and compassion. "I want you to get help for whatever reason brought you to do this," one woman said in her statement to the court.

There are sex offenders who pose a danger to society. And I've openly praised efforts to cast them as far away from the rest of us as possible. But at the same time, I am often teetering on the edge of annoyance over the laws that seem to be sweeping in people who clearly aren't any sort of danger. Rarely do I get to present my thoughts on the matter in cases that involve women- both coming from opposite ends of the spectrum. Brenda K. Baillargeon is 40 and a former teacher. She is in trouble for having multiple sexual encounters with a 16 year old boy. Her refusal to follow judges orders to remain away from the victim has lead to her being banished from the city in which they both lived. Completely justified. A judge ordered Brenda K. Baillargeon, 40, out of Amery for the next 15 years after she repeatedly violated court orders to stay away from the now 17-year-old boy. Polk County District Attorney Daniel Steffen said the sentence was appropriate given that Baillargeon had co...

"They" tell us all the time about how sex offenders don't reoffend. About how it is the very laws we've created which cause the problems of sex offenders today. How it's not about protecting the public, but about punishing the offender even more. We've heard them say time and again that the rate of offenders who go out and continue to commit sex crimes is so low- it's barely noticeable. That sex offender treatment programs work so well, it's hardly worth bothering to monitor these predators. I've heard it, other bloggers have heard it. The news media has heard it... and I'm sure if you want the nightly news, or read your paper, or visit a crime blog- you've seen all the excuses and heard all the 'guilt' that the sex offender supporters what you to feel. After all, they made a mistake- shouldn't they get another chance? No. Because for every time I've had to read about how sex offenders aren't the monsters we all believe ...

Now and then, I some how find myself in communication with a nut job. You know, someone who clearly should be locked up in a white padded cell- but for some amazing reason isn't. In three years, I've gotten all sorts of mail. A lot of good ones, a lot of bad ones. And then... well crazy ones. The other day, I got one of those crazy ones. Of course, being the *ever so sweet* person I am, I attempted to provide a response regardless of the fact that the author was clearly living in a 10 story building whose elevator only went two stories up. Suject: need help in discovery ... from Roberta Kelly roberta@mortgagegaleria.com to lilo@lostinlimaohio.com date Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 8:51 AM subject need help in discovery ... mailed-by mortgagegaleria.com no matter how i type it and no matter how much i do my best to find, i can't ... his childhood history appears to be disappeared and therefore we can't trace his use in grade school, of the drugs which the companies who wage war ...