Category Archive for : ‘EXCUSES EXCUSES’

January 5, 2021
Michael O’Connell
Patch

WASHINGTON, DC — A former D.C. teacher was arrested Friday in connection with a first-degree child sexual abuse offense that occurred in the District over a period of five years, according to a release from the Metropolitan Police Department.
The woman engaged in sexual acts with a minor victim from 2009 to 2014, according to police.

Acting on a D.C. Superior Court arrest warrant on Friday, police arrested Joan Meyer of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and charged her with first-degree child sexual abuse.
Meyer was identified as a former teacher at

January 4, 2021
Neil Docking
Daily Record

A dad-of-three was caught downloading child sexual abuse images when high on drink and drugs.
Gareth Sumner pleaded guilty before a court and claimed he “descended” into paedophilia after his wife died of cancer.
Sumner married his wife Laura Pemberton, 29, the day before she dies in June 2010, just six weeks after being told she had a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
Our sister title The Liverpool Echo report Sumner appeared in the dock at Liverpool Crown Court, having admitted downloading indecent images of children when high

December 22, 2020
GJ Sentinel

Clifton resident Gary Harding, 73, is accused of multiple counts of sexual assault on a child and received a $50,000 cash-only bond from Mesa County Court on Monday.
The charges stem from alleged incidents that occurred between Aug. 1, 2009, and Nov. 13, 2020, involving two separate juveniles, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office reports.
Harding faces nine counts of sexual assault on a child, pattern of abuse and three counts of sexual assault on a child, position of trust, both class 3 felonies, and Jessica’s Law (a indeterminate sentence

December 15, 2020
Renju Jose, Richard Pullin
News Yahoo

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Wednesday welcomed an Israeli Supreme Court decision to approve the extradition of a former school principal accused of sexually assaulting students at a Jewish school in Melbourne.
Malka Leifer, who lost her appeal against extradition on Tuesday, is wanted by Australian police on 74 sexual assault charges, including rape, involving girls at her former school.
“The decision of the Israel Supreme Court, dismissing Leifer’s appeal is welcome news, particularly for alleged victims in Australia,” Australia’s Attorney-General Christian Porter said in a

December 10, 2020
Sarah Bullock
Cortland Voice

A city couple pled guilty to having sex with an underaged teen boy this afternoon in Cortland County Court as part of a plea bargain for no more than one-and-a-half years in prison.
Robert D. Lewis, 53, and Mary J. Cruz, 61, both admitted to committing the assaults on June 8 at a Port Watson Street residence. Lewis pled guilty to third-degree criminal sex act, admitting that he had the 16-year-old perform oral sex on himself. Cruz pled guilty to third-degree rape, admitting that she had sexual

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