Category Archive for : ‘SENTENCING’

January 10, 2020
David Whisenant
WBTV

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) – A man who was shown on a televised sex sting operation in Oregon several years ago, has now been sentenced to at least 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes in Rowan County.

This week, Kevin Lee Miller, 48, entered a plea to two counts of felony indecent liberties with a child and received two consecutive active prison sentences of a minimum of 19 months to a maximum of 32 months (essentially, 38 months to 64 months).

The Court recommended Miller

January 10, 2020
David Whisenant
WBTV

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) – A man who was shown on a televised sex sting operation in Oregon several years ago, has now been sentenced to at least 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes in Rowan County.

This week, Kevin Lee Miller, 48, entered a plea to two counts of felony indecent liberties with a child and received two consecutive active prison sentences of a minimum of 19 months to a maximum of 32 months (essentially, 38 months to 64 months).

The Court recommended Miller

December 20, 2019
Donna Thornton
Gadsden Times

A once prominent Alabama youth evangelist on Friday received the maximum sentences after pleading guilty in Etowah County to 28 sex offenses committed against boys, ages 12 to 16, whom he encountered through his ministry.
Acton Bowen’s consecutive sentences total 1,008 years, and maximum monetary fines of $840,000 were imposed.
Bowen pleaded guilty to all charges against him — multiple counts of second-degree sodomy, enticing a child for sex, traveling to meet a child for sex, facilitating travel of a child for sex and second-degree sexual abuse.
Bowen was

December 10, 2019
Misha Dibono
Fox 5 San Diego

VISTA, Calif. — A former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who groped, hugged and tried to kiss more than a dozen women while on duty was sentenced Tuesday to 44 months behind bars followed by 16 months of post-release supervision.
Under his sentence, however, Richard Fischer will not have to register as a sex offender.
Fischer pleaded guilty in September to four felony counts of assault under color of authority, two misdemeanor counts of assault under color of authority and one misdemeanor count of false imprisonment.

December 20, 2019
Aljazeera

A court in India has sentenced a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator to life imprisonment for raping a teenager in Unnao in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, his lawyer said on Friday.
Kuldeep Singh Sengar is the highest-ranking Indian politician to get such a significant jail term in recent years in a country where convictions for sexual violence are low and cases drag on in courts for long.
Sengar, who was expelled by the BJP, was convicted on Monday under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

December 22, 2019
Bradford Betz
Fox News

A Kentucky woman who operated a BDSM business was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison plus 20 years of supervised release for sex trafficking two female victims, according to the Department of Justice.
Cleoretta Allen, 41, had operated a BDSM business – dubbed the “Playhouse of Domination” – from an apartment she rented in Louisville, the DOJ said in a press release. The business provided non-sexual services to adult clients.

Allen expanded her business in 2017 to include illegal prostitution after two of her employees quit