Tag: child assault

  • Scott Shefelbine arrested again

    Scott Shefelbine arrested again

    Scott Shefelbine

    Sex-Assault Suspect Faces More Charges:

    “Alleged” child rapist Scott Shefelbine from Connecticut has been arrested again. You can read about all his exploits here.

    TOLLAND — Scott D. Shefelbine was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly preying on another teenage girl for sex.

    This time, the 31-year-old Tolland man was charged with restraining and attempting to rape a 15-year-old girl in the parking lot of Tolland High School. State police from Troop C served Shefelbine with a warrant Wednesday night charging him with criminal attempt at first-degree sexual assault, second-degree unlawful restraint, third-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. Police did not say when the incident took place.

    Shefelbine, of 167 Mountain Spring Road, was already facing multiple charges of sexually assaulting young teenage girls, some of whom he met on Myspace.com, a social networking website that is popular with teenagers. Prior to his arrest Wednesday, he was free on $1 million bail posted by his parents, who run a computer business from their home.

    He is now accused of assaulting at least seven girls. One of those, from West Hartford, told police that she had sexual contact with Shefelbine on numerous occasions, including at least once when she lived in Tolland before she turned 16.

    In court documents, the accused is described as portraying himself as age 17 or 19 to teenage girls and their parents. Police searching his home have recovered hair pieces that investigators say he used to hide his receding hairline and bald spot.

    According to this article, Shefelbine posted bond and was released. So now this scumbag is back out on the streets.

    What I find strange is that Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has repeatedly called for MySpace to make their site safer for children, yet the state can’t keep repeat offenders like Shefelbine and David Leonard off the streets.

  • David Leonard arrested again, and again, and again

    David Leonard arrested again, and again, and again

    Vernon man charged again with MySpace sex assault:

    David Leonard, our favorite Connecticut child molester, has been arrested AGAIN!!! You can check out just some of his earlier exploits here and here.

    NEW BRITAIN – A Vernon man was served with an arrest warrant Monday morning for another sexual-assault charge stemming from his use of the profile Web site MySpace.com

    The man, David Leonard, 22, was charged with second-degree sexual assault, risk of injury to a minor, employing a minor in an obscene gesture, promoting a minor in an obscene performance, and enticing a minor, according to the New Britain Herald.

    The incident took place in 2004 in New Britain, and involved a 14-year-old girl, New Britain police Sgt. Gregory Wright said.

    Leonard, a former Central Connecticut State University student, was first arrested on Jan. 30 on charges of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old Vernon girl he met through MySpace.

    Leonard was arrested a second time and accused of fondling a 12-year-old Newington girl and her friend of the same age in a wooded area.

    Leonard was arrested a third time on June 16, accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in New Britain, and was arrested for the fourth time in early August and charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Wethersfield.

    In October, a Superior Court judge signed a fifth arrest warrant against Leonard.

    After the last arrest in October, Assistant State’s Attorney Louis Luba told the Herald that police are expecting to arrest Leonard again on allegations of sexual assault against minors in Torrington and Vernon.

    Leonard also was arrested recently on a warrant out of Litchfield County, Luba told The Herald.

    Luba added that this would bring the total number of suspected cases to around 10.

    In addition to the sexual assault charges, Leonard has pending charges for carrying a weapon in a motor vehicle, failure to appear, and resisting arrest after police said he tried to run away from them when they came to his house in January.

    How many times does a child molester have to be arrested before they stop arresting him and just put him in jail?

  • Peter Kennedy

    Peter Kennedy

    MySpace sex case prompts Internet parental warning:

    SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Macomb County’s top cop warned parents Tuesday about the potential dangers their children face on the Internet after a 22-year-old man was charged with having sex with an underage girl he met on the popular MySpace.com Web site.

    His comments come a day after Peter Kennedy, 22, of West Bloomfield was charged with having sex with a 14-year-old girl in Shelby Township.

    Police are not disclosing the girl’s identity because of her age.

    “He apparently had contacted the girl days before through MySpace.com,” said Sgt. Stan Muscynski of the Shelby Township Police Department’s Detective Bureau.

    Kennedy was arraigned Monday before Magistrate Michael Osaer in the 41-A District Court in Shelby Township on a first-degree criminal sexual conduct charge. Kennedy faces up to life in prison for the charge.

    Osaer set bond at $250,000 bond. Kennedy remained in police custody Tuesday at the Macomb County Jail.

    Kennedy’s attorney, Bloomfield Hills-based Elias Muawad, said the girl voluntarily left her home and met with his client and is now claiming forced sexual conduct.

    “Force is the key thing here,” he said. “My client also believed the girl was 16 because of statements she made to him.”

    The girl may have also told Kennedy she was 16 in exchanges they had over the Internet, Muawad said.

    “I’m hoping she doesn’t ruin this young man’s life and tells the truth about (giving her consent),” he said.

    A preliminary exam for Kennedy is scheduled for Nov. 20 before District Judge Douglas Shepherd.

    Kennedy was arrested after a police officer on patrol found him engaged in sex with the girl in a car at about 3 a.m. Sunday, said Muscynski.

    The car was in a parking lot in the 24 Mile and Van Dyke area, he said.

    The old “she said she was 16” defense. You know, just because it may be legal for a 22-year-old to have sex with a 16-year-old doesn’t make it right.

    Anyway, I was unable to find a current MySpace for this loser.

  • Harry Denney

    Harry Denney

    Police say Bethel man met teen on MySpace:

    Yet even another MySpace creeper from Connecticut. Is it something in the water?

    BETHEL — The 46-year-old Bethel man charged with attempted sexual assault after police found him in a parked car with a 15-year-old girl last week met the teen on MySpace.com, police said.

    Bethel Police Chief Jeffrey Finch said Monday that Harry Denney, of Rockwell Drive, met the underage girl on the popular social networking Web site about a year ago.

    He wouldn’t say if Denney and the teen had contact prior to the meeting that resulted in Denney’s arrest in the high school parking lot Friday.

    Officers who were patrolling the lot during a football game between Bethel and New Milford found the pair in a “suspicious vehicle” parked in a rear corner of the lot. Finch wouldn’t say what attracted attention to the car.

    In addition to the sexual assault count, Denney was charged with risk of injury to a minor and loitering on school grounds. He was released on $10,000 bond for an appearance Nov. 14 in Danbury Superior Court.

    The age difference between them is almost my age.

    I was unable to find Denney’s MySpace. Hopefully, a tipster will provide.

  • Valentine Lopez

    Valentine Lopez

    17-year-old sex assault suspect goes before judge:

    A registered sex offender who had been attending classes at Pasadena High School went before a judge Friday.

    He was there to hear the newest charge against him.

    Valentine Lopez, 17, is accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl he met on Myspace.com.

    The school district said it was already aware of his conviction three years ago for a sex crime against another child.

    But, officials added, there was nothing it could do at the time to separate Lopez from the other students.

    More details from another article

    Lopez was taken into custody Wednesday, according to police.

    According to the DPS Website, Lopez is a registered sex offender, convicted in 2003 for a sexual assault case that involved a three-year-old victim.

    Pasadena ISD Superintendent Kirk Lewis explained that though the district was aware of Lopez’ past record, there was nothing they could do aside from providing the teen with an education.

    “The district will do everything it can always to protect its’ students,” he said. “In this particular instance, there were legal restrictions that prevented us from doing anything more than what we had already done. My understanding is that they’re currently working through the process for suspension, and completing the paperwork to have him moved to an alternative placement (facility).”

    According to Lewis, any student that lives within any school district must be provided an education by that school district. People were not notified of Lopez’ past convictions, said the superintendent, because the teen was protected by juvenile and privacy laws.

    It’s nice to know that a sex offender’s right to privacy outweighs the safety of the other kids attending that school.

    Thanks to Melissa for the tip. And thanks to Mr. A, we have Lopez’s MySpace. It says he’s in a relationship. I wonder if his SO knew about his record.

  • Another victim of Shefelbine comes forward

    Another victim of Shefelbine comes forward

    Another teen girl comes forward in MySpace assault case:

    Another victim of scumbag rapist Scott Shefelbine has come forward…

    The latest girl to come forward about her relationship with Scott D. Shefelbine claims the last time they were together, the 31-year-old Tolland man and former Ellington High School teacher’s aide physically forced her to have sexual relations with him, according to an affidavit supporting his arrest.

    Shefelbine already is facing charges he sexually assaulted several other girls he met on MySpace.com.

    According to the arrest warrant affidavit, the girl’s father called West Hartford police Oct. 10 to say he’d just seen a television news report about a sexual predator using MySpace to lure young girls, and recognized Shefelbine from his mug shot as the boy dating his 16-year-old daughter.

    The father told police that Shefelbine had claimed to be 17 and had been to his house about 10 times, the affidavit says. He said he had asked Shefelbine to verify his age, but no identification ever was produced, according to the affidavit.

    After the father’s report police interviewed the girl, who said she’d met Shefelbine in late August in an online chat room. Initially, she voluntarily performed a sex act on him whenever they were together, the affidavit says, but the last time they were together, she refused and Shefelbine forced her.

    According to court documents, Shefelbine and the girl would communicate through instant messages on the computer, and he was able to obtain the girl’s cell phone number from her away message box.

    He called her, they chatted for an hour, and a few days later, on Aug. 25, he picked her up and drove her to his Tolland home, the affidavit says.

    While there they watched a movie and, according to the affidavit, Shefelbine gave the girl three bottles of raspberry-flavored vodka before suggesting “out of the blue” that she perform a sex act upon him.

    At first she said no and went outside to smoke a cigarette, but when she came back she found Shefelbine on the couch waiting for her expectantly, the affidavit states.

    The girl told police she complied then, and during each subsequent visit until their last meeting on Columbus Day.

    Shefelbine called her from the car on his way to her house and asked her to have sexual relations with him, the affidavit states, but she repeatedly told him no. When he got to the house, however, he physically forced her, the document states.

    The girl told police she didn’t want to comply, “but she did not know what else to do.”

    Shefelbine first was arrested on Oct. 10 by the Vernon Police Department on charges that he sexually assaulted four teenage girls.

    In those cases, police say Shefelbine used the Web site MySpace.com to meet teenage girls and their friends posing as a 17- to 19-year-old boy, using a hairpiece to hide his balding head.

  • Child predator was fired from school

    Child predator was fired from school

    Documents: MySpace suspect was fired from Ellington school in 2004:

    I originally posted about alleged child rapist Scott Shefelbine here. Apparently, there were signs of his behavior…

    ELLINGTON – The Tolland man charged with sexually assaulting several girls he met on MySpace.com was fired in 2004 from the teacher’s aide position he held at Ellington High School for two years after an investigation revealed that he had “acted inappropriately” with students, according to documents in his personnel file.

    Scott Shefelbine, 31, of 167 Mountain Spring Road, was arrested Oct. 10 and charged with first-degree sexual assault, two counts of second-degree sexual assault, and four counts of risk of injury to a minor.

    The Journal Inquirer obtained dozens of records from Shefelbine’s Ellington school system personnel file Monday through a freedom-of-information request.

    According to the documents, Shefelbine was hired in September 2002 as a program aide at EHS, earning an hourly wage of $9.86, and worked there until September 2004.

    According to former Superintendent Richard E. Packman’s notes on the investigation into Shefelbine’s conduct, troubles began to surface towards the end of the 2003-04 school year, when there were “parental complaints that Scott was involved socially with students and that he allegedly had provided students with rides and had arranged to transport students to a ‘juice bar’ or club in Hartford.”

    At that time, EHS Assistant Principal Jack Leonard confronted Shefelbine with those complaints, the notes say.

    According to the notes, Shefelbine admitted he had given a student a ride home from work once, but denied the other allegations. Shefelbine also told Leonard that he “understood an employee should not be involved socially with students,” the notes say.

    In August 2004, Packman received another complaint about Shefelbine, this time from a parent whose daughter attempted to run away from home. The parent said that Shefelbine had driven the young girl to his house.

    According to the notes, Shefelbine related his version of the events in a meeting with Packman on Aug. 25.

    Shefelbine claimed that a 19-year-old former EHS student who had run away from home with his girlfriend, an 18-year-old EHS student, called his house on Aug. 2 and left a message telling him they had run away but had changed their minds, and asking him to pick them up and take them home.

    Shefelbine said the young man called him the next day from Hall Memorial Library after having spent the night in Brookside Park and asked him to pick them up. Shefelbine said he picked up the young man, took him to the young man’s home, and then reported to work.

    Shefelbine acknowledged that the girlfriend had gone to his home but said he did not know how she got there, the notes say. At this point, Packman reminded Shefelbine that he had earlier said that she probably walked to his house. To this, Shefelbine said that he was guessing, the notes say.

    According to Packman’s notes, the girl told him said that on Aug. 3, Shefelbine picked her and her boyfriend up from the library She said they picked up their bags from Brookside Park and then Shefelbine dropped off the boy at his home, brought the girl to his house, and then went to work.

    The notes say the girl’s mother then picked her up from Shefelbine’s house. When asked if Shefelbine ever tried contacting her, the girl replied that she had spoken to him through a three-way telephone call, and that Shefelbine told her that if anyone were to ask, to tell them she had walked from the library to his house.

    Packman met with the girlfriend on Aug. 27. At that meeting, according to Packman’s notes, the girl said that she knew Shefelbine from school and that he had once driven her and a friend to a movie and afterwards to a fireworks display in the Rockville section of Vernon, the notes say.

    According to a questionnaire submitted by Shefelbine to Leonard, Shefelbine gives a different account of the same incident, saying that he rode his bike to the fireworks display, and since it ended late, accepted a ride home from a student.

    Packman’s notes from meetings with Shefelbine’s colleagues say they indicated they had observed that Shefelbine was socially involved with students in ways they thought were inappropriate, such as frequent cell phone conversations and giving rides home.

    In a Sept. 7 letter from Packman to Shefelbine, Packman told him that he had been fired for “insubordination for your actions during an investigation, tampering with witnesses during an investigation, lying during an investigation and insubordination to a directive by your supervisor.”

    A few days later, on Sept. 10, Shefelbine submitted a letter of resignation.

    Link via Liepar.

  • Conn. child predator used MySpace

    Conn. child predator used MySpace

    Man arrested for preying on teens on myspace.com:

    Seriously, what is up with Connecticut? They seem to be breeding more and more child molesters every day…

    (Vernon-WTNH, Oct. 10, 2006 10:30 PM) _ Police have arrested a Connecticut man they say preyed on teens on myspace.com.

    Police say the suspect may have sexually assaulted five teens he met online and there may be more.

    Scott Shefelbine does not have a police record but police say he has been going online and lying to teenage girls that he is also a teen in order to gain their trust and meet them.

    It was 12:30 a.m. at a tower in Henry Park in Vernon when a police officer patrolling the grounds noticed a teenaged girl with an older man and began asking questions.

    31-year-old Scott Shefelbine does not particularly look 19 or 17, but that is what he told at least 5 different victims that he allegedly met on myspace.com.

    The Vernon police, State Police and the FBI have now seized 5 computers from Shefelbine’s home.

    “We don’t know how many victims are out there. The internet is so pervasive and these predators are using it to contact so many different victims it is entirely possible that there are some out of state,” says Collins.

    The five victims that police know of are all in Connecticut and between the ages of 14 and 17.

    The age of consent is 16, but police say that Shefelbine has had sex with a 16-year-old he met in Henry Park when she was just 15. Shefelbine is also accused of raping the 17-year-old. He is also suspected of plying his victims with alcohol before sexually assaulting them.

    I wasn’t able to find a MySpace attributed to Shefelbine, but his actions are disgusting and reprehensible. I hope he goes away for a long time.

  • Morrison staked out school

    Morrison staked out school

    Gunman possibly seen earlier:

    Police seem to think that Platte Canyon High gunman, Duane Morrison, staked out the school prior to his attack…

    BAILEY – The gunman who terrorized Platte Canyon High School on Wednesday, killing a 16-year-old hostage, may have been trolling the school parking lot as many as 24 hours before the rampage began, two law enforcement officials said Sunday.

    Investigators have a “strong suspicion” Duane Morrison was in the parking lot Tuesday, one of the sources said. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

    As usual in these situations, people are trying to lay blame. Is the school safe? How did this happen? I think people are over-analyzing the situation. This was a freak occurrence by an insane man. The people of Bailey should not be beating themselves up over this.

  • Colleen Grear

    Colleen Grear

    Scripps worker charged with seducing 14-year-old via the Internet:

    JUPITER A 22-year-old woman was arrested at her Scripps job on Tuesday and charged with sexual assault of a 14-year-old boy she’d met on the Internet at MySpace.com, deputies said.

    Colleen N. Grear, of Singer Island, was charged with one count of using a computer to seduce or solicit a child and three counts of sexual assault of a child under age 18, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office said.

    Detectives said Grear contacted the 14-year-old through MySpace.com early in the summer. She met with the child three times, PBSO said.

    PBSO also said Grear confessed to having oral sex and intercourse with the boy, who is from northern Palm Beach County.

    Recently, the boy’s mother discovered what was going on and contacted PBSO.

    Grear is a divorced mother of a 2-year-old child. In addition to working at the Scripps lab, she is a student at Florida Atlantic University and is a cheerleading coach at a local high school, PBSO said.

    It was not immediately known what Grear does at Scripps at its Jupiter operation.

    But since she’s a woman, she’ll probably get no time.

    I have no access to MySpace right now, so if anyone wants to post the link to hers in the comment section they may.