Category Archive for : ‘EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECT’

December 7, 2020
Bill Wyatt
Martinsville Bulletin

A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to sex-related charges involving a 16-year-old girl from Martinsville was sentenced to 35 years in prison Monday during an emotional court hearing when his mother pleaded for leniency.

Cody Daniel Moore, 28, of Carlisle, Pa., appeared before Martinsville Circuit Court Judge G. Carter Greer handcuffed, shackled and wearing an orange inmate suit, to face sentencing on a negotiated plea.

“So this will be a guilty plea,” Greer said.

Martinsville Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Paula Bowen told Greer her office had agreed to drop

December 4, 2020
US News

WILLIAMSPORT, PA. (AP) — A Williamsport couple who mistreated their eight children with abuse that included severe beatings, starvation and molestation for over a decade have been charged with endangerment and other counts, authorities said Friday.
Their arrests capped a seven-month investigation that began when the father was arrested for firing a gun twice out the window of their home during an argument with his wife, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.
The children, who now range in age from 14 to 26, were interviewed after their father’s arrest

December 1, 2020
Chelsea Brentzel
KRDO

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Catholic Diocese of Pueblo failed to immediately report child sex abuse allegations to police after a victim came forward in February 2020, according to a report released by the Colorado Attorney General’s office Tuesday morning.
The victim reported to the Pueblo Diocese that Monsignor Marvin Kapushion sexually abused him in 1984 but police weren’t notified until two weeks after Kapushion died in April 2020, according to the report, which was published by former U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer.
The former U.S. attorney wrote that

December 4, 2020
US News

WILLIAMSPORT, PA. (AP) — A Williamsport couple who mistreated their eight children with abuse that included severe beatings, starvation and molestation for over a decade have been charged with endangerment and other counts, authorities said Friday.
Their arrests capped a seven-month investigation that began when the father was arrested for firing a gun twice out the window of their home during an argument with his wife, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.
The children, who now range in age from 14 to 26, were interviewed after their father’s arrest

November 23, 2020
Ann McAdams
WECT

BENNINGTON, Vt. (WECT) – Police in Bennington, Vermont arrested 67-year-old Peter Drutchal Sunday night on warrants out of Wilmington, NC. Wilmington Police took out the warrants against Drutchal after two victims came forward alleging Drutchal had molested them in the 1970s and 1980s when he lived in the Wilmington area.

The victims, who requested that we not publish their names at this time, told WECT they first met Drutchal when he worked for the Boy Scouts’ High Adventure program. The program utilizes outdoor recreation facilities to teach youth

November 3, 2020
Lawrence Budd
Dayton Daily News

An ex-Springboro gym teacher is expected to be resentenced for sex crimes against first grade girls during classes in his first full-time year teaching in the school district.
On June 3, Judge Robert Peeler sentenced John Austin Hopkins, 26, of Springboro to eight years in prison and designated Hopkins a Tier II sex offender, concluding a three-hour sentencing hearing in Warren County Common Pleas Court.
On Monday, Assistant Warren County Prosecutor Kirsten Brandt filed a brief in the Twelfth District Court of Appeals calling for Hopkins’ resentencing.
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