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  • More details on Scott Shefelbine

    State Wants Sex Suspect Jailed:

    Today a hearing was scheduled to see if the most infamous MySpace predator, at least on this site, Scott Shefelbine would have his bail revoked. You know since he’s been arrested on the same child sex charges multiple times and been bailed out by his parents every time. I haven’t heard how the hearing went or even if it took place but this article points out some of Shefelbine’s more extreme behavior.

    The warrants for Shefelbine’s arrests paint a picture of a then-31-year-old man portraying himself to teenage girls and their parents as 17 or 19, then pressuring the girls for sex. When the girls would resist, according to the warrants, Shefelbine would grow angry and abusive.

    On one occasion, according to a warrant, Shefelbine placed his knee on a girl’s chest, causing pain and making it difficult for her to breathe, until she agreed to have sex. On several occasions, one of the girls told police, Shefelbine would strike her with a bottle until she agreed to have sex.

    That sounds pretty much like a rapist to me. I hope to God his bail was revoked because Shefelbine is nothing short of a monster.

  • David Leonard gets 20 years

    Man gets 20 years in prison for sexual assaulting MySpace members:

    David Leonard, the sex offender from Connecticut with at least a dozen arrests…no, not that one, the other one…has been sentenced to only 20 years behind bars. He pleaded no contest to multiple sexual assault charges.

    The article states that he’s expected to enter other pleas for other charges. Hopefully, he’ll receive more sentences because 20 years for everything he’s done is a joke.

    Speaking of jokes look what his lawyer had to say.

    Leonard’s lawyer, special public defender Jeffrey C. Kestenband, said he “grudgingly” endorsed the plea bargain. He said Leonard is a considerate and intelligent person who is committed to addressing his problems.

    I wonder if he said that with a straight face.

  • Scott Shefelbine may have bail revoked

    Scott Shefelbine may have bail revoked

    Prosecutor asks judge to revoke bail of alleged sex predator:

    Finally, someone in the Connecticut legal system has some sense. The assistant state’s attorney handling the case of alleged serial predator Scott Shefelbine is trying to have his bail revoked on the grounds he violated his terms of release. He’s been arrested multiple times for various sex offenses, usually involving MySpace. His parents have paid his bail each time, racking up to a whopping $1.5M.

    My only question is, what took you so long?

    A judge will rule on the motion on July 10th.

  • Conn. SO arrested for MySpace profile

    Conn. SO arrested for MySpace profile

    Second man accused of parole violation by posting MySpace profile:

    21-year-old William Santos of Waterbury, CT was arrested for violating his parole by having a MySpace profile. Santos is a convicted sex offender. Of course, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal uses this one arrest to pat himself on the back.

    “This arrest demonstrates that many of these convicted sex offenders are violating their parole and socializing in the same space as millions of children,” Blumenthal said. “As astonishing and appalling as the discovery of thousands of sex offenders on MySpace, these convicted felons using their real names are only the tip of the predator iceberg.”

    Tip of the iceberg is an understatement. Yet while Mr. Blumenthal breaks his arm trying to pat himself on the back, Connecticut is home to the two of the most prolific MySpace predators, David Leonard and Scott Shfelbine. Both have had multiple sexually related arrests, and one of them is even walking free right now. What’s being done about men like that, Mr. Blumenthal?

  • Scott Shefelbine arrested again, parents pay bail again

    Scott Shefelbine arrested again, parents pay bail again

    Suspect Faces New Charges:

    This is just un-frekain’-believable. 32-year-old Scott C. Shefelbine of Connecticut and multiple arrestee on creeper charges has been arrested yet again. This idiot just can’t stay out of trouble. He was already out on bail for his previous charges, and I believe he’s already paid over $1M in bail.

    Shefelbine told the 14-year-old girl he was 17, police said. He is accused of establishing the relationship by sending Internet instant messages to the girl. The relationship progressed to Shefelbine’s meeting with the girl, police said.

    The Internet messaging and meeting in West Hartford allegedly occurred in 2007. Shefelbine has been under electronic monitoring by the bail commissioner’s office in the Tolland Judicial District since his initial arrest last fall on a host of sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor charges.

    During an arraignment in Superior Court in Rockville in October 2006, a judge ordered Shefelbine to have no contact with girls 18 and under and to not use the Internet. Shefelbine was also ordered to wear a monitoring device on his ankle.

    To make matters worse, his parents posted his bail AGAIN. So not only is he out again. His parents have put up even more change for this alleged serial pedophile to walk free. Not only that, but why wasn’t he denied bail? Hasn’t he proven time again his willingness to re-offend?

    And I know I bring this up every time Shefelbine or David Leonard gets arrested, but this keeps happening in Connecticut. The state where Attorney General Richard Blumenthal keeps ripping on MySpace for not doing enough to protect children from sex offenders. What are you doing, Mr. Blumenthal to keep the children safe? Whatever it is, it doesn’t appear to be working.

    Thanks to Dee for the tip.

  • David Leonard charged once again

    David Leonard charged once again

    Sex-Assault Suspect Faces More Charges:

    David Leonard is one of the few recurring characters here. You can check out his previous transgressions here, here, and here. This scumbag has had so many charges of child molestation leveled against him, I’ve lost track if this is a new charge or not. I believe it is, but don’t quote me on that.

    VERNON — A local man in custody the past year on charges that he had sex with several underage girls he met on the social networking website MySpace.com has been charged with having sex with a 15-year-old Plymouth girl.

    David F. Leonard, 23, of Vernon, was charged Tuesday by state police with two counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of impairing the morals of a minor. During his brief arraignment before Judge Patricia L. Harleston, his bail was set at $75,000 and the case was continued to July 13. Leonard is being held, with bail totaling $715,300.

    In the new case,

    Well, that clears that up.

    the 15-year-old girl told state police that she met Leonard through another website, FaceTheJury.com. Leonard had sex with the girl on several occasions – at her Plymouth home, his dormitory room at Central Connecticut State University and his brother’s dormitory room at the University of Connecticut, police said. The arrest warrant served Tuesday is for the incidents that allegedly occurred in Leonard’s brother’s dorm room at UConn in Storrs.

    Police found the Plymouth girl after executing a search warrant on Leonard’s computer and finding images of the girl in various states of undress. The girl had sent the photos to Leonard via America Online’s instant messaging service.

    Police also found five photographs of Leonard’s penis that they say he sent to the girl via instant messaging.

    I want to say that this is the 11th or 12th charge against him. And as far as I know, all of his acts took place in the state of Connecticut. The same state where Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has pressured MySpace into implementing all sorts of impossible age verification checks. I guess when Leonard gets sentenced, it will be a litmus test to see how Mr. Blumenthal really handles child molesters.

    Thanks to Debbie for the tip.

  • Conn. MySpace SO arrest

    Conn. MySpace SO arrest

    Sex Offender Accused Of Using MySpace:

    Now that the AGs have the names of the sex offenders on MySpace, it’s time to round them up.

    Our first contestant is 30-year-old Christopher Montefusco (MySpace deleted). Of course, it happens in the MySpace predator capital of the U.S., Connecticut.

    Montefusco, 30, of West Haven, was convicted of first-degree sexual assault on Aug. 30, 1996. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, suspended after two and half years served. Montefuso had two years of special parole remaining on his sentence when he was picked up by state Department of Correction officials Wednesday, Blumenthal said. Special parole usually involves close supervision and sometimes mandatory participation in support programs.

    While Blumenthal had no details about Montefusco’s underlying criminal charge, he said that one of the conditions of Montefusco’s parole was that he not use a computer, the Internet or access social networking sites such as MySpace without first obtaining permission from his parole officer.

    Of course, Attorney General Blumenthal is using this one arrest to stroke his own ego…

    “The results here demonstrate the urgent and clear need for this kind of information from MySpace and other social networking sites,” said Blumenthal, one of two attorneys general serving as chairman of a national task force on Internet safety. “Clearly, offenders like this are just the most visible tip of the predator iceberg.”

    Still no word from Mr. Blumenthal’s office about what they’re going to do about parents who don’t monitor their children’s internet usage.

  • Letavec sentenced

    Letavec sentenced

    Man sentenced to 10 years for assaulting girl he met on MySpace:

    One of the first predators ever mentioned on this site, Stephen Letavec, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for molesting a 14-year-old girl.

    To refresh your memory, Letavec was a married father of two in his 40s who traveled from Elrama, Pa. to Connecticut to have sex with the 14-year-old girl three times.

    Two of those times they engaged in sex. She told Letavec she was 18, but eventually told him her true age before Letavec ever met her in person. Let the creepiness commence…

    “I showed you what love is and how it feels,” Letavec wrote in an e-mail found in the girl’s school locker, according to an FBI report. “I want to show you how making love feels too, not just sex because there is a difference.”

    After Letavec gets out, he will have 10 years of supervised release. Considering he was looking at a max of 60 years, he should consider himself very lucky.

    My opinion is that 10 years is not enough, even though the U.S. Attorney’s office disagrees…

    “This sentence should send a very strong message to anyone who intends to use the Internet to prey on children,” U.S. Attorney Kevin OConnor said Monday.

    Who knows if there were any other girls before this one? 10 years may be a strong message. 60 years would have been a lot stronger.

  • Conn. proposes new legislation

    Conn. proposes new legislation

    Blumenthal, lawmakers want age verification rules for MySpace.com:

    Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has unveiled some proposed legislation in regard to age verification on MySpace.

    Under the proposal, any networking site that fails to verify ages and obtain parental permission from parents to post profiles of users under 18 would face civil fines up to $5,000 per violation. Sites would have to check information about parents to make sure it is legitimate. Parents would be contacted directly when necessary.

    It would probably just be cheaper for the sites to take the $5K fine, then have to verify the parental information for every user under 18. And what about parents who don’t want their personal information online?

    Speaking of parents, there’s still no proposed legislation in Conn. for lax parenting.

  • Sonny Szeto sentenced

    Sonny Szeto sentenced

    Man who used MySpace to meet underage girl sentenced to 14 years:

    One of the first MySpace cases I ever posted about was the arrest of Sonny Szeto.

    He traveled from Jersey City to Connecticut and assaulted an 11-year-old girl he met on MySpace in her playroom while her parents were asleep.

    Yesterday, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

    Nowhere near long enough if you ask me.