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  • Gagnon racks up more charges

    Former stepfather of Vermont girl indicted:

    I’m sure by now those of you who are following the Brooke Bennett story already know that her ex-stepfather has been indicted in San Antonio. Ray Gagnon was indicted on child porn charges there yesterday.

    Gagnon admitted to police that he had a friend/roommate/landlord dispose of his safe which contained a computer which contained a massive cache of child porn.

    Gagnon was already facing obstruction charges for disposing of said laptop while police were still looking for Brooke Bennett.

    For current up to the minute news on this subject, you can usually find it in this comment thread where the commenters are doing a great job of posting up to the minute updates.

  • Sex offender in mom’s basement

    Local Teen Meets Sex Offender On MySpace:

    34-year-old Dennis Boehm of Indiana met a 20-year-old girl over MySpace. Except that the girl was actually 15. When the girl told him she was 15 that didn’t discourage him any. He picked the girl up from her church in his van (windowless I’m sure) and took her to an American Legion parking lot where they had sex.

    Dennis had a secret of his own though. He’s a registered sex offender who spent 11 years in prison for the attempted rape of two kids ages 9 and 11.

    Boehm lives with his parents, no shock there, and they’re in complete denial. They claim the girl never told him her real age. But it’s not like he’s a registered sex offender or anything. Oh, wait, yes he is.

    He’s now looking at 6-20 years behind bars.

    UPDATE: What do you know. Mom’s basement dweller is a Juggalo. Thanks, Nancy.

  • Bobby Brewster pleads guilty

    Another Plea Deal in Megan Williams Case:

    It’s been a while since there’s been any news about the Megan Williams torture case out of West Virginia. There are so many suspects I’ve lost track of who has been sentenced and who hasn’t.

    Bobby Brewster has pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree sexual assault, malicious assault, and conspiracy to commit kidnapping or holding hostage. Under the plea, he’ll go to prison for at least 13 years and possibly up to 40.

    In case you needed a reminder on why this case was so bad here it is…

    When Brewster was indicted in February, Logan County Prosecutor Brian Abraham said Brewster stabbed Megan Williams in the leg two or three times, and “by threat of force, coercion or compulsion he required her to perform oral sex [on] his mother, Frankie Brewster.”

    And that was only the tip of the scumberg.

  • Garden State Creeper

    Plainsboro man charged with luring 13-year-old via MySpace:

    28-year-old Derek McDonough of Plainsboro, New Jersey was arrested on charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl he met on MySpace.

    If the allegations are true then McDonnough is a loser and I’m sure someone who knows him will give us some excuse. And if they do they might have a surprise coming their way but I’ll save that for later. Anyway, I have an issue with the girl’s parents because of this quote…

    …the girl’s parents became suspicious about their daughter’s internet activity…

    If you haven’t figured it out by now you should be suspicious of all your teen’s internet activities. They’re either up to something or they’re not savvy enough to protect themselves from predators.

  • Russell Frantom sentenced

    Teen accused of planning Columbine-style attack at Penn sentenced:

    Russell James Frantom IV was sentenced yesterday for his part in a plot to attack Penn High school in Indiana. He was told he could be held in juvenile detention until he’s 21. So I guess it wasn’t much of a sentence but more like a suggestion. Anyway, he’ll be spending some time in a “boy’s school”.

    He apologized and said he would have never gone through with the plan. Uh-huh. That’s what they all say.

    Even his mom is happy with the sentence…

    “I feel comfortable with the decision. I think he can go on and learn from his mistake and come out a stronger person and maybe a better person. That’s what i can hope for,” Kelly Stetler tells NewsCenter 16.

    We can only hope.

    No word if he’ll testify against his interstate cohort Lee Billi.

  • Mutant king gets probation

    Newark man who threatened Columbine detective given probation:

    So if some guy in his late 20’s from Ohio e-mailed threats to a police officer, claimed he knew a mass murderer, then claimed the mass murder was his idea what kind of sentence do you think he would get? You’d think he at least get a few years for violently threatening a cop right? Wrong!!!!

    Patrick Gauchel threatened one of the Jefferson County Sheriffs who investigated Columbine and all he got was five years probation, a $750 fine, and has been banned from the internet for 5 years.

    Add Judge Thomas Marcelain to the list of judges that must be on crack. At the very least this nutbag, Gauchel should have been sent to the squirrel factory for an extended stay.

  • Would be craigslist rapist on trial

    Prosecutors say Meridian man intended rape:

    Last July 33-year-old Stephen Newman of Meridian, Idaho was arrested for attempted rape last July. he is accused of placing an ad on craigslist for a free iPod then laid in wait for the woman who responded to the ad.

    Luckily the woman was smart enough to smell some kind of scam. The woman followed the instructions given to her by the ‘seller’ which led them to a porta-potty outside of a park where a man just happened to be lying in wait.

    Officers say they found Newman wearing a black stocking cap, and they also found a knife, BB gun and ski gloves.

    Police seized a laptop in Newman’s SUV which later was found to contain home movies that prosecutors say showed Newman having sex with a woman who was pretending that she was being raped by him.

    His defense is that he was playing a prank. You want a prank? Here’s one. SURPRISE!!! You’re going to jail.

  • Johnson fit to stand trial

    Jonesboro shooter fit to stand trial:

    Mitchell Johnson, he of the Jonesboro infamy, has been ruled competent to assist in his own defense for his upcoming theft trial. I don’t see why this was an issue since he was competent for his federal weapons trial.

    His trial date has been set for October.

  • Dunbar suspect refuses to go to court

    Teen charged in Dunbar Village assault refuses to come to court:

    Yesterday a hearing was scheduled for all of the suspects in the Dunbar Village gang rape. Except one of them refused to leave his jail cell. That one of them would be Tommie Lee Poindexter.

    “It’s not an invitation. It’s a directive,” said Circuit Judge Sandra McSorley. “Mr. Poindexter is not at liberty to decline.”

    McSorley then authorized the sheriff to use “reasonable” means to bring him over.

    How cool would it have been if the judge actually used the air quotes when she said “reasonable”?

    I haven’t seen any follow-ups to see if or how Poindexter was brought to court.

  • Drew trial rescheduled

    Drew’s trial rescheduled for October:

    Lori Drew’s trial for conspiracy and fraud charges has been rescheduled for early October. Until then Drew must stay off the internet and can’t leave Missouri or Illinois except to travel to California for the federal trial.