Dad sex offenders sent to prison (Franklin County, Pennsylvania)

You get two bad dads for the price of one here.

MARLIN F. ECKENRODE was found guilty of raping his daughter and sexually assaulting his granddaughter.

CLAYTON LEE LUTZOW was found guilty of molesting three children. In addition to his prison sentence, Lutzow was ordered to stay from the victims or any children under 18, EXCEPT HIS SONS.

WTF? The sons don't get any protection? What is Judge Douglas W. Herman doing? Giving incest a pass for this guy? So you really think these kids need their Daddy the molester? Do you need any more evidence on how much fatherhood is exalted today?

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/localnews/ci_15216670

Franklin County judges send sex offenders to prison
By VICKY TAYLOR Staff writer

Two men were given lengthy state prison sentences on sexual assault charges Wednesday in Franklin County Court at the same time a jury was deliberating the fate of another man charged with sexually assaulting a young child.

It took a jury less than an hour Wednesday to find Marlin F. Eckenrode, 56, Amberson, guilty of three sexually related charges following a two-day trial before Judge Carol Van Horn.

During the trial, Eckenrode's daughter testified for the prosecution, telling the jury of sexual abuse she had suffered as a child at the hands of her father.

Eckenrode was on trial on charges of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and indecent assault for sexually abusing his granddaughter. He had originally been charged with sexual assault in his daughter's case, but prosecutor Lauren Sulcove said those charges were dropped because the statute of limitations for prosecution had passed in that case.

The daughter's testimony was used to show Eckenrode's intent, and to show that he had a "common plan" when it came to sexually assaulting young female members of his family, Sulcove said.

The charges were filed against Eckenrode in 2008. According to court records, the little girl was between 7 and 8 years old when the assaults took place.

After the verdict was read, Van Horn ordered an assessment of Eckenrode by a sexual offender assessment board to determine if he should be classified as a sexual predator and register under the provisions of Megan's Law.

His sentencing date has tentatively been set for Sept. 1.

In the sentencing cases, two men were designated sexually violent predators and given multi-year state prison sentences by Franklin County Court of Common Pleas judges.

President Judge Douglas W. Herman sentenced Clayton Lee Lutzow, 36, Mercersburg, to five to 10 years in state prison, fined him $300 and ordered him to register as a sexually violent predator under the provisions of Megan's Law when he does get out of prison.

Lutzow had pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated indecent assault, a second-degree felony, in March. That plea was for a case in which he was accused of molesting three young children, one an infant, another between 6 and 7 years old and the third about 8 years old. All of the children are young adults today.

In addition to the fine and prison sentence, Herman ordered mental health treatment for Lutzow and ordered him to stay away from his victims, or children younger than 18, except his sons.

In the third case, Jeffrey Allen Canterbury II, 21, Manheim, was sentenced to nine years and four months to 22 years in state prison for repeatedly raping and assaulting his girlfriend in December 2008 and January 2009.

A jury found him guilty in February of one count of simple assault and two counts of sexual assault on the woman who had been his girlfriend when the assaults took place.

She testified at the trial, telling of physical abuse and rapes that began in mid December 2008 and continued until Jan. 6, 2009, while Canterbury was out of work.

Judge Richard J. Walsh sentenced Canterbury to two 4 1/2-to 10-year sentences to be served consecutively on the second-degree felony sexual assault charges and a four-month to two-year sentence on the misdemeanor assault charge.

The judge also fined Canterbury $450 and ordered mental health and drug and alcohol treatment, as well as anger management classes.