Abuser JERAMIAS JOEL AGUILAR threw his girlfriend's two-year-old daughter to the floor because "she wouldn't stop crying." The little girl died two weeks later of head injuries. Her body was also found to have bruises and cigarette burns on it. Aguilar has admitted to abusing the mother and baby in the past, yet the mother was also arrested for "being present" during the incident and not being able to call 911 for two hours. Whether she would have been able to intervene or call earlier is far from evident, but that doesn't much matter when it comes to charges against mothers.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2009/06/19/20090619abrk-chandlerabuse0619.html
2-year-old in Chandler child abuse case dies
by Jessica Andrews and Megan Boehnke - Jun. 19, 2009 02:41 PMThe Arizona Republic
The 2-year-old victim in a Chandler child abuse case has died of her injuries nearly two weeks after the mother's boyfriend admitted to authorities throwing the girl on a concrete floor because she wouldn't stop crying.
The girl was taken to the hospital June 6, and the mother and the boyfriend both reportedly told officials the child had fallen down.
Doctors later found cigarette burns and bruising on her arms, legs, neck, back and face.
Jeramias Joel Aguilar, 21, who had initially given a false name, eventually admitted that he had carried the baby from the bathroom to the kitchen and became so angry with the girl for crying that he threw her on the concrete floor, according to authorities.
The girl landed on her head, according to his statement to police.
Aguilar, whom police described as an illegal immigrant, is in custody without bond.
He had been living with his girlfriend and her daughter for four months and admitted hitting the child and her mother in the past, often when the baby cried. While at the hospital, several family members told officers that Aguilar had abused the girl's mother in the past.
The mother, Josefa Talavera, was arrested June 10 because she was present at the time of the abuse and did not call 911 for at least two hours after the incident.
The girl was initially taken to Gilbert Mercy Medical Center after police said she wasn't breathing when they arrived on the scene. She was later transferred to St. Joseph's and was on life support with no brain activity until Thursday.
Aguilar was booked on felony child abuse and Talavera on failure to protect a child. Police are reviewing the case for the possible filing of additional charges.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Stepdad rapes, molests girl for at least 2 years (Odenton, Maryland)
UNNAMED STEPDAD repeatedly raped and sexually abused his wife's daughter beginning when she was 14 years of age, and continuing for at least two more years. He confessed to his wife four years later, and she is now divorcing him. Of course, his attorney is saying what a "good man, decorated soldier, and caring nurse" he was. His minister thinks he's a great guy, too. But has anybody checked with his former patients? Or his stepdaughter to see what she thinks? Guess not--I suppose their opinions don't matter much to the press or the Powers that Be.
Looks like the unnamed stepdad will get off easily, too--the Circuit Court Judge Paul A. Hackner thinks a long prison sentence would be "counterproductive." Counterproductive to whom?
http://www.hometown%20annapolis.%20com/news/%20top/2009/%2006/28-28/%20Mother-Didnt-%20notice-child-%20abuse.html
Mother: Didn't notice child abuse
Husband watched child porn, looked at picture of girl during sex with wife
By SCOTT DAUGHERTY, Staff Writer
Published 06/28/09
The mother was oblivious to the signs in 2000 and 2001.
Her husband was having sex with her 14-year-old daughter two or three times a week, but all the woman said she saw was the decorated soldier and devout Christian.
"I ask myself over and over, how could I not have known," the mother said, according to a recording of a court hearing. "When he constantly watched porn of 10-year-old girls until 3 in the morning, I should have known. He even pulled out a picture from his wallet (of my daughter) while having sex with me."
The Capital is not identifying the husband nor the mother to protect the identity of the victim, the man's stepdaughter.
The husband, 42, a former master sergeant and Odenton resident who was serving at Fort Benning, Ga., at the time of his January arrest, pleaded guilty May 7 to one count of child abuse. He was sentenced June 18 to 18 months in a county jail.
Police and prosecutors did not charge the mother with anything. She remains free and is the process of divorcing her husband, who filed the paperwork shortly after his arrest.
The mother's comments in court June 18 - comments the defense dismiss - reveal how difficult it can be for parents to accept a loved one would abuse a child, and how willing they can be to dismiss signs other would find obvious, experts said.
"The denial can be very great," said Marsha Gilmer-Tullis, director of the Family Advocacy Division of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. "They choose not to see it."
"There is a lot of myth out there that child abusers are strangers ... lurking behind the bushes," added Lisae Jordan, legislative counsel for The Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault. "People aren't as inclined to look at their loved ones."
According to court records and testimony, the husband started molesting his stepdaughter in 2000 after her 14th birthday. It started with fondling and quickly evolved into sex in her bedroom. Prosecutors said he had sex with her two to three times a week until mid 2002.
The husband confessed to his wife in January 2004 he had molested her daughter. He then went to a counselor, to whom he confessed again.
County police were not aware of the abuse until last year, when the marriage between the mother and stepfather started to fall apart. Detectives sought a warrant Dec. 19 after speaking to the mother and the victim, who is now 23. A warrant charging him with second-degree rape was served a couple weeks later in Georgia, leading to his Jan. 7 extradition to Maryland.
The husband apologized in court to his wife and stepdaughter for his actions.
"I realize my actions will have a lasting effect," he said, asking the judge for lenience. "The choice that I made was the wrong choice."
Ronald Bergman, the husband's attorney, said his client was a good man, decorated soldier and caring nurse. The man had received several medals over a 23-year military career, he said.
The mother complained in court that her husband ruined her life and the life of her daughter. The woman said she can no longer trust men and that she feels like a bad mother.
Bergman noted that while his client's marriage to the mother struggled over the past few years, they stayed married, attended parties together and even went on vacation with each other as recently as 2007. It was his client, not the victim's mother, who filed for divorce Jan. 27. He claimed adultery on the part of the mother.
Bergman went on to discount the woman's comments in court. He said the husband denied watching child porn and looking at a picture of the victim during sex.
"That sounds all very dramatic, but I'm not giving it a lot of credence," he said.
Rev. Dr. Lee Washington of the Reid Temple A.M.E. Church in Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, said the husband joined his church in 1999 and was active in several different church groups. He regularly worked to help the homeless and to welcome newcomers to the church.
"He always displayed a very agreeable disposition and character," Washington said.
Assistant State's Attorney Kathy Rogers said the man's good deeds don't matter though.
"He is no less guilty of this crime because of his stellar past," she said, asking the judge to order the man to spend four years in prison and to pay $946 in restitution - the cost of his extradition from Georgia.
State sentencing guidelines called for the man to serve between four and nine years in prison.
Circuit Court Judge Paul A. Hackner said he thought such a long sentence - one that would require the husband to serve time in a state prison - would be counterproductive. He said he believed the man was remorseful and interested in redeeming himself.
He sentenced the man to nine years in prison, but suspended all but 18 months to be served in a county jail. The man agreed to waive any credit he could have received for the six months he served while awaiting his trial.
"The incidents, which are egregious and protracted, occurred a good many years ago," Hackner said June 18 before handing down the sentence. "He has done a good amount to rehabilitate himself, not necessarily to impress the court, but as it is part of a change over to his view of how he should live his life."
Jordan, of The Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, said it was "unfortunate" the judge felt a few years of good behavior mitigated the fact the man repeatedly had sex with his stepdaughter.
"It's an astoundingly short sentence," she said.
Looks like the unnamed stepdad will get off easily, too--the Circuit Court Judge Paul A. Hackner thinks a long prison sentence would be "counterproductive." Counterproductive to whom?
http://www.hometown%20annapolis.%20com/news/%20top/2009/%2006/28-28/%20Mother-Didnt-%20notice-child-%20abuse.html
Mother: Didn't notice child abuse
Husband watched child porn, looked at picture of girl during sex with wife
By SCOTT DAUGHERTY, Staff Writer
Published 06/28/09
The mother was oblivious to the signs in 2000 and 2001.
Her husband was having sex with her 14-year-old daughter two or three times a week, but all the woman said she saw was the decorated soldier and devout Christian.
"I ask myself over and over, how could I not have known," the mother said, according to a recording of a court hearing. "When he constantly watched porn of 10-year-old girls until 3 in the morning, I should have known. He even pulled out a picture from his wallet (of my daughter) while having sex with me."
The Capital is not identifying the husband nor the mother to protect the identity of the victim, the man's stepdaughter.
The husband, 42, a former master sergeant and Odenton resident who was serving at Fort Benning, Ga., at the time of his January arrest, pleaded guilty May 7 to one count of child abuse. He was sentenced June 18 to 18 months in a county jail.
Police and prosecutors did not charge the mother with anything. She remains free and is the process of divorcing her husband, who filed the paperwork shortly after his arrest.
The mother's comments in court June 18 - comments the defense dismiss - reveal how difficult it can be for parents to accept a loved one would abuse a child, and how willing they can be to dismiss signs other would find obvious, experts said.
"The denial can be very great," said Marsha Gilmer-Tullis, director of the Family Advocacy Division of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. "They choose not to see it."
"There is a lot of myth out there that child abusers are strangers ... lurking behind the bushes," added Lisae Jordan, legislative counsel for The Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault. "People aren't as inclined to look at their loved ones."
According to court records and testimony, the husband started molesting his stepdaughter in 2000 after her 14th birthday. It started with fondling and quickly evolved into sex in her bedroom. Prosecutors said he had sex with her two to three times a week until mid 2002.
The husband confessed to his wife in January 2004 he had molested her daughter. He then went to a counselor, to whom he confessed again.
County police were not aware of the abuse until last year, when the marriage between the mother and stepfather started to fall apart. Detectives sought a warrant Dec. 19 after speaking to the mother and the victim, who is now 23. A warrant charging him with second-degree rape was served a couple weeks later in Georgia, leading to his Jan. 7 extradition to Maryland.
The husband apologized in court to his wife and stepdaughter for his actions.
"I realize my actions will have a lasting effect," he said, asking the judge for lenience. "The choice that I made was the wrong choice."
Ronald Bergman, the husband's attorney, said his client was a good man, decorated soldier and caring nurse. The man had received several medals over a 23-year military career, he said.
The mother complained in court that her husband ruined her life and the life of her daughter. The woman said she can no longer trust men and that she feels like a bad mother.
Bergman noted that while his client's marriage to the mother struggled over the past few years, they stayed married, attended parties together and even went on vacation with each other as recently as 2007. It was his client, not the victim's mother, who filed for divorce Jan. 27. He claimed adultery on the part of the mother.
Bergman went on to discount the woman's comments in court. He said the husband denied watching child porn and looking at a picture of the victim during sex.
"That sounds all very dramatic, but I'm not giving it a lot of credence," he said.
Rev. Dr. Lee Washington of the Reid Temple A.M.E. Church in Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, said the husband joined his church in 1999 and was active in several different church groups. He regularly worked to help the homeless and to welcome newcomers to the church.
"He always displayed a very agreeable disposition and character," Washington said.
Assistant State's Attorney Kathy Rogers said the man's good deeds don't matter though.
"He is no less guilty of this crime because of his stellar past," she said, asking the judge to order the man to spend four years in prison and to pay $946 in restitution - the cost of his extradition from Georgia.
State sentencing guidelines called for the man to serve between four and nine years in prison.
Circuit Court Judge Paul A. Hackner said he thought such a long sentence - one that would require the husband to serve time in a state prison - would be counterproductive. He said he believed the man was remorseful and interested in redeeming himself.
He sentenced the man to nine years in prison, but suspended all but 18 months to be served in a county jail. The man agreed to waive any credit he could have received for the six months he served while awaiting his trial.
"The incidents, which are egregious and protracted, occurred a good many years ago," Hackner said June 18 before handing down the sentence. "He has done a good amount to rehabilitate himself, not necessarily to impress the court, but as it is part of a change over to his view of how he should live his life."
Jordan, of The Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, said it was "unfortunate" the judge felt a few years of good behavior mitigated the fact the man repeatedly had sex with his stepdaughter.
"It's an astoundingly short sentence," she said.
Dad put baby in microwave; two years later, she faces many health challenges (Houston, Texas)
Two years ago, father JOSHUA MAUDIN put his infant daughter in a microwave and turned it on for 20 seconds. He was apparently under some religious delusion at the time. The girl is recovering, but will still require additional surgeries and skin grafts for years to come. Maudin is serving 25 years in prison. Hopefully, he will not be in the position to require visitation or insist that the little girl has something to gain by a "relationship" with her biological father.
http://www.wwltv.com/national/stories/wwl062609tpmicrowave.aec1bbf.html
Child who was put in microwave leading happy, but challenging life two years later
07:29 AM CDT on Friday, June 26, 2009
Courtney Zubowski / KHOU.com
HOUSTON—Kaylee Croxton is a bossy, pink-loving, 2-year-old girly girl. But just two years ago, inside a Galveston motel, her biological father put her inside a microwave and turned it on for 20 seconds.
Her biological mother claimed the devil told him to do it.
Kaylee’s dad, Joshua Mauldin, is serving a 25-year prison sentence for the crime.
“When I do think about Josh, it’s kind of mixed emotions and I think for Jeremy, too, because if this hadn’t happened, we wouldn’t have her,” Heather Croxton said.
Croxton and her husband, Jeremy, adopted Kaylee in February.
Kaylee now has three older brothers, who have become pretty protective of her.
She’s been part of the Croxton clan for almost two years, even though the adoption just became official this year.
She was born a cousin to the Croxtons through marriage.
Shortly after the abuse, the Croxtons, who live in College Station, took her in.
“When she says, ‘I love you, daddy,’ I mean, that brings a smile right there on your face,” Jeremy Croxton said.
Kaylee has scars from the burns she suffered in the microwave.
She suffered third-degree burns on her left cheek, ear, shoulder and hand. Her left ring finger was burned all the way to the bone.
She’s had several surgeries and will need several more, because the scar tissue and skin grafts don’t grow with her.
There will be some tough times ahead.
“Obviously, I think we are going to have to tell her, because the whole world knows and if she was to find out from someone else, she would probably be devastated,” Heather Croxton said.
“It’s just so hard to think about it, how – how we’re going to explain it to her,” Jeremy Croxton said.
And if that’s not enough for the family to worry about, now there’s something else.
Since Kaylee was burned, she was treated and cared for by the surgeons at Shriners Hospital in Galveston.
Everything was going great, until Hurricane Ike blew in. The hospital was shut down indefinitely.
Now the Croxtons travel from College Station to Houston for care, and they say they’re not getting what they need.
“They have still been seeing her in Houston, but it’s much different. The staff was cut.
Everything was cut. They’re sharing operation rooms with the Houston Shriners,” Heather Croxton said. “In Jaunuary, we were told that she needs a surgery and that someone would contact us in a couple of weeks. It’s mid-June, and still no surgery.”
The CEO of Shriners told 11 News they’re doing the best they can to make sure patients who have been moved to Houston are getting the care they need.
He also said they’re sending a team to Houston to find out what the problem may be.
But the Croxton’s arrangement could be permanent. Come July, Shriners in Galveston could shut down for good.
“We have a lot of concern. I don’t blame the staff and Shriners, this staff from Galveston, but we are looking to find a new burn doctor because we don’t feel like she’s getting the quality care that she deserves,” Heather Croxton said.
But at home, Kaylee’s getting lots of quality care.
If she isn’t playing with her big brothers and her mom, she’s outside running around with her dad.
Kaylee’s life got off to a rough start, but in the end she’s found herself surrounded by a loving family.
http://www.wwltv.com/national/stories/wwl062609tpmicrowave.aec1bbf.html
Child who was put in microwave leading happy, but challenging life two years later
07:29 AM CDT on Friday, June 26, 2009
Courtney Zubowski / KHOU.com
HOUSTON—Kaylee Croxton is a bossy, pink-loving, 2-year-old girly girl. But just two years ago, inside a Galveston motel, her biological father put her inside a microwave and turned it on for 20 seconds.
Her biological mother claimed the devil told him to do it.
Kaylee’s dad, Joshua Mauldin, is serving a 25-year prison sentence for the crime.
“When I do think about Josh, it’s kind of mixed emotions and I think for Jeremy, too, because if this hadn’t happened, we wouldn’t have her,” Heather Croxton said.
Croxton and her husband, Jeremy, adopted Kaylee in February.
Kaylee now has three older brothers, who have become pretty protective of her.
She’s been part of the Croxton clan for almost two years, even though the adoption just became official this year.
She was born a cousin to the Croxtons through marriage.
Shortly after the abuse, the Croxtons, who live in College Station, took her in.
“When she says, ‘I love you, daddy,’ I mean, that brings a smile right there on your face,” Jeremy Croxton said.
Kaylee has scars from the burns she suffered in the microwave.
She suffered third-degree burns on her left cheek, ear, shoulder and hand. Her left ring finger was burned all the way to the bone.
She’s had several surgeries and will need several more, because the scar tissue and skin grafts don’t grow with her.
There will be some tough times ahead.
“Obviously, I think we are going to have to tell her, because the whole world knows and if she was to find out from someone else, she would probably be devastated,” Heather Croxton said.
“It’s just so hard to think about it, how – how we’re going to explain it to her,” Jeremy Croxton said.
And if that’s not enough for the family to worry about, now there’s something else.
Since Kaylee was burned, she was treated and cared for by the surgeons at Shriners Hospital in Galveston.
Everything was going great, until Hurricane Ike blew in. The hospital was shut down indefinitely.
Now the Croxtons travel from College Station to Houston for care, and they say they’re not getting what they need.
“They have still been seeing her in Houston, but it’s much different. The staff was cut.
Everything was cut. They’re sharing operation rooms with the Houston Shriners,” Heather Croxton said. “In Jaunuary, we were told that she needs a surgery and that someone would contact us in a couple of weeks. It’s mid-June, and still no surgery.”
The CEO of Shriners told 11 News they’re doing the best they can to make sure patients who have been moved to Houston are getting the care they need.
He also said they’re sending a team to Houston to find out what the problem may be.
But the Croxton’s arrangement could be permanent. Come July, Shriners in Galveston could shut down for good.
“We have a lot of concern. I don’t blame the staff and Shriners, this staff from Galveston, but we are looking to find a new burn doctor because we don’t feel like she’s getting the quality care that she deserves,” Heather Croxton said.
But at home, Kaylee’s getting lots of quality care.
If she isn’t playing with her big brothers and her mom, she’s outside running around with her dad.
Kaylee’s life got off to a rough start, but in the end she’s found herself surrounded by a loving family.
Dad murders wife, son; wounds 2nd son (Axton, Virginia)
Father WILLIAM RONALD CARTER shot to death his wife and 29-year-old son. He wounded a 22-year-old son, who says that Carter called him on the phone and told him he needed to come home right away. Carter than lured the son into the basement and shot him as he was walking down the steps. Miraculously, the son was able to escape. Dad later committed suicide. Unfortunately, the clueless press can find "no motive" and the usual idiotic neighbors are convinced that the family were "nice, Christian people." How about recognizing Dad for what he is: a cold-blooded, manipulative psychopath with no regard for the lives of his wife and children?
http://www.sacbee.com/827/story/1984702.html
Police: Va. dad lured son home, then shot him
Published: Sunday, Jun. 28, 2009 - 6:48 pm
Last Modified: Monday, Jun. 29, 2009 - 5:47 am
AXTON, Va. -- A college student who was wounded in a shooting that killed his mother and brother told police his father lured him to the family's house in southwest Virginia. The father later killed himself, authorities said.
Timothy Carter, 22, remained in fair condition Monday at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Authorities said the father, William Ronald Carter, shot his wife, Bonnie, 56, and their 29-year-old son William Ronald Carter Jr. early Sunday. Sheriff Lane Perry said the father shot and wounded Timothy, who was able to escape, and then killed himself before authorities arrived at the burning home.
The three bodies were discovered shortly after midnight in the basement of the home in Axton. The fire is being investigated as an arson, the Henry County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
The sheriff's office said Timothy Carter told investigators that his father, who was 56, lured him into the basement and shot him as he was walking down the steps. He was shot a second time as he escaped.
Timothy Carter fled to the home of a neighbor, Deborah Akers. She told The Roanoke Times that Carter said that his father had called him at Radford University, about 85 miles away, and told him there was something wrong with his older brother and that he needed to come home right way,
"He said, 'Daddy lied to me,' and that he lured him back home," Akers said.
Deputies recovered a rifle from the scene.
Akers told FOX8 News that Timothy Carter came beating on her door saying, "somebody's after me, my dad's after me to shoot me."
She said she let him in and called 911.
"When he got inside, he said his dad had killed his mother and oldest brother and that he had trapped him," said Akers.
"I've known them my whole life, even when I was in school," she said of the family "They've always been such nice, Christian people. Good people."
Police did not release a motive.
http://www.sacbee.com/827/story/1984702.html
Police: Va. dad lured son home, then shot him
Published: Sunday, Jun. 28, 2009 - 6:48 pm
Last Modified: Monday, Jun. 29, 2009 - 5:47 am
AXTON, Va. -- A college student who was wounded in a shooting that killed his mother and brother told police his father lured him to the family's house in southwest Virginia. The father later killed himself, authorities said.
Timothy Carter, 22, remained in fair condition Monday at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Authorities said the father, William Ronald Carter, shot his wife, Bonnie, 56, and their 29-year-old son William Ronald Carter Jr. early Sunday. Sheriff Lane Perry said the father shot and wounded Timothy, who was able to escape, and then killed himself before authorities arrived at the burning home.
The three bodies were discovered shortly after midnight in the basement of the home in Axton. The fire is being investigated as an arson, the Henry County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
The sheriff's office said Timothy Carter told investigators that his father, who was 56, lured him into the basement and shot him as he was walking down the steps. He was shot a second time as he escaped.
Timothy Carter fled to the home of a neighbor, Deborah Akers. She told The Roanoke Times that Carter said that his father had called him at Radford University, about 85 miles away, and told him there was something wrong with his older brother and that he needed to come home right way,
"He said, 'Daddy lied to me,' and that he lured him back home," Akers said.
Deputies recovered a rifle from the scene.
Akers told FOX8 News that Timothy Carter came beating on her door saying, "somebody's after me, my dad's after me to shoot me."
She said she let him in and called 911.
"When he got inside, he said his dad had killed his mother and oldest brother and that he had trapped him," said Akers.
"I've known them my whole life, even when I was in school," she said of the family "They've always been such nice, Christian people. Good people."
Police did not release a motive.
"Perv Dad for Fun" arrested for offering his 5-year-old for sex (Raleigh, North Carolina)
FRANK LOMBARD has been arrested for offering up his 5-year-old adopted son for sex to an undercover police officer. This "father" has already admitted that he molested the child "on several occasions" in full view of other adult members of an adult video chat service. Lombard, who is a gay white male, was able to adopt two African-American children with his partner.
Lombard, who was employed as associate director at Duke University's Global Health Institute, hardly fit the public's dangerous stereotype of pedophiles as nothing but misfit unemployed losers. A grim reminder that molesters come in all "sexual orientations" and from all kinds of professional and educational backgrounds--something that the public, law enforcment, and the courts are often reluctant to acknowledge.
http://chattahbox.com/us/2009/06/28/duke-university-official-perv-dad-for-fun-charged-in-revolting-web-sex-sting/
Duke University Official, “Perv Dad for Fun” Charged in Revolting Web Sex Sting
June 28, 2009
(ChatahBox)—Frank Lombard, a Duke University official, reported to be an alleged longtime pedophile and active member of an adult video cam service, was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday in Raleigh, NC, for offering up his 5-year-old adopted son for sex to an undercover police officer.
Lombard also admitted to the undercover police officer that he sexually molested his own son on several occasions.
Lombard was charged with attempting to induce someone to cross state lines to engage in sex with a child, which is punishable by a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.
Frank Lombard, worked as the associate director for Duke’s Global Health Institute, since 1999 and has now been placed on unpaid leave.
The details of this case are extremely disturbing and raise questions of how Lombard was able to get away with the shocking sexual molestation of his own son, reportedly since he was an infant, in full view of other members of the adult video chat service, named iCU2.
According to reports, the FBI became aware of Frank Lombard’s sickening sex crimes, from an informant, facing child porn charges of his own. The informant offered up Lombard, something that is usually done by a criminal in exchange for a deal.
The informant offered graphic details to investigators of how Lombard sexually molested a very young African-American child, he claimed was his own adopted son, on four separate occasions, captured on his private web cam and broadcast to an unknown number of subscribers of iCU2.
One of the observers was the informant, and after watching Lombard molest his own son on video the first time, he came back to watch the horrific sex crime against a child on three additional occasions.
The informant “met” Lombard on the Internet four years ago. Since the growth of the Internet, pedophiles and sexual predators have found an easy way to gather together with other like-minded deviants, and hunt for victims.
The informant provided enough information to investigators, enabling them to go undercover and nab Lombard on the Internet. Investigators knew that Lombard was a white male who lived in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina and that he has two adopted African-American children.
Timothy Palchak, a Washington, D.C., police detective went undercover with the video chat service and found Lombard, using the screen name “FL,” who also identified himself as a “perv dad for fun.” Lombard sent the detective nude photos of himself, which were matched with the photo on Lombard’s NC driver’s license.
During the course of the detective’s chats with Lombard on iCU2, Lombard boasted that he molested his own adopted child, and that he allowed other adults to molest his child.
Lombard also bragged to the detective that “the abuse of the child was easier when the child was too young to talk or know what was happening, but that he had drugged the child with Benadryl during the molestation,” according to the detective’s affidavit.
At some point during their online chats, Lombard invited the undercover detective to fly to Raleigh to have sex with Lombard’s 5-year-old adopted child in a hotel.
The North Carolina Department of Social Services removed two children from Lombard’s home and put them into protective custody.
According to the owners of the adult video chat service, iCU2 Lombard’s profile “stated he was interested in “perv fam fun,” a known reference to incestuous child molestation.
The owners of iCU2 also told authorities that the company received a complaint against Lombard in January 2007 from another subscriber, who complained that Lombard said he was “into incest” and had adopted two African-American children.
The CEO and co-founder of iCU2 is listed on the website as Keven Adair.
There was no mention in the reports about this case, regarding what action, if any; the owners of iCU2 took against Lombard in response to the customer complaint. What is known is that Lombard reportedly continued to use iCU2 to allegedly sexually molest his own child and to search for other adult sexual predators to molest the child.
Lombard’s child was just 3-years old in 2007, the age where most children attend preschool, take afternoon naps and watch Sesame Street. According to affidavits and court documents, Lombard’s child was allegedly used to satisfy his sexual deviancy from infancy.
Did the owners of iCU2 alert authorities when it received the complaint against Lombard in 2007?
If action was taken back in 2007 by either iCU2 or the police, to stop Lombard, two more years of alleged sickening sexual abuse of a small child may have been prevented.
As additional details emerge about this disturbing case, a clearer picture should emerge of how Lombard and his criminal behavior, which was essentially broadcast over the Internet, was able to elude the attention of the police for so long.
The adult video chat service, iCU2 markets itself as an adult, discreet videochat, live audio and group chat worldwide.
A current poll on its website ask its subscribers to vote on the question: Are you For or Against Nudity in the Profiles? The three available answers to its poll are: 1. Against - Don’t flash til you’re given a green light, 2. For - Fair game, it’s part of the freedom of iCU2, or 3. Undecided - Depends on who is naked.
A search warrant of Lombard’s home turned up two webcams, five computers and a sex toy.
There are unconfirmed reports that Lombard is gay and adopted the two children together with his partner.
Lombard is being held at a Durham County Jail without bail and is scheduled to be transferred to Washington, DC to face federal charges.
Lombard’s lawyer did not return calls seeking comment about his client.
Lombard, who was employed as associate director at Duke University's Global Health Institute, hardly fit the public's dangerous stereotype of pedophiles as nothing but misfit unemployed losers. A grim reminder that molesters come in all "sexual orientations" and from all kinds of professional and educational backgrounds--something that the public, law enforcment, and the courts are often reluctant to acknowledge.
http://chattahbox.com/us/2009/06/28/duke-university-official-perv-dad-for-fun-charged-in-revolting-web-sex-sting/
Duke University Official, “Perv Dad for Fun” Charged in Revolting Web Sex Sting
June 28, 2009
(ChatahBox)—Frank Lombard, a Duke University official, reported to be an alleged longtime pedophile and active member of an adult video cam service, was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday in Raleigh, NC, for offering up his 5-year-old adopted son for sex to an undercover police officer.
Lombard also admitted to the undercover police officer that he sexually molested his own son on several occasions.
Lombard was charged with attempting to induce someone to cross state lines to engage in sex with a child, which is punishable by a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.
Frank Lombard, worked as the associate director for Duke’s Global Health Institute, since 1999 and has now been placed on unpaid leave.
The details of this case are extremely disturbing and raise questions of how Lombard was able to get away with the shocking sexual molestation of his own son, reportedly since he was an infant, in full view of other members of the adult video chat service, named iCU2.
According to reports, the FBI became aware of Frank Lombard’s sickening sex crimes, from an informant, facing child porn charges of his own. The informant offered up Lombard, something that is usually done by a criminal in exchange for a deal.
The informant offered graphic details to investigators of how Lombard sexually molested a very young African-American child, he claimed was his own adopted son, on four separate occasions, captured on his private web cam and broadcast to an unknown number of subscribers of iCU2.
One of the observers was the informant, and after watching Lombard molest his own son on video the first time, he came back to watch the horrific sex crime against a child on three additional occasions.
The informant “met” Lombard on the Internet four years ago. Since the growth of the Internet, pedophiles and sexual predators have found an easy way to gather together with other like-minded deviants, and hunt for victims.
The informant provided enough information to investigators, enabling them to go undercover and nab Lombard on the Internet. Investigators knew that Lombard was a white male who lived in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina and that he has two adopted African-American children.
Timothy Palchak, a Washington, D.C., police detective went undercover with the video chat service and found Lombard, using the screen name “FL,” who also identified himself as a “perv dad for fun.” Lombard sent the detective nude photos of himself, which were matched with the photo on Lombard’s NC driver’s license.
During the course of the detective’s chats with Lombard on iCU2, Lombard boasted that he molested his own adopted child, and that he allowed other adults to molest his child.
Lombard also bragged to the detective that “the abuse of the child was easier when the child was too young to talk or know what was happening, but that he had drugged the child with Benadryl during the molestation,” according to the detective’s affidavit.
At some point during their online chats, Lombard invited the undercover detective to fly to Raleigh to have sex with Lombard’s 5-year-old adopted child in a hotel.
The North Carolina Department of Social Services removed two children from Lombard’s home and put them into protective custody.
According to the owners of the adult video chat service, iCU2 Lombard’s profile “stated he was interested in “perv fam fun,” a known reference to incestuous child molestation.
The owners of iCU2 also told authorities that the company received a complaint against Lombard in January 2007 from another subscriber, who complained that Lombard said he was “into incest” and had adopted two African-American children.
The CEO and co-founder of iCU2 is listed on the website as Keven Adair.
There was no mention in the reports about this case, regarding what action, if any; the owners of iCU2 took against Lombard in response to the customer complaint. What is known is that Lombard reportedly continued to use iCU2 to allegedly sexually molest his own child and to search for other adult sexual predators to molest the child.
Lombard’s child was just 3-years old in 2007, the age where most children attend preschool, take afternoon naps and watch Sesame Street. According to affidavits and court documents, Lombard’s child was allegedly used to satisfy his sexual deviancy from infancy.
Did the owners of iCU2 alert authorities when it received the complaint against Lombard in 2007?
If action was taken back in 2007 by either iCU2 or the police, to stop Lombard, two more years of alleged sickening sexual abuse of a small child may have been prevented.
As additional details emerge about this disturbing case, a clearer picture should emerge of how Lombard and his criminal behavior, which was essentially broadcast over the Internet, was able to elude the attention of the police for so long.
The adult video chat service, iCU2 markets itself as an adult, discreet videochat, live audio and group chat worldwide.
A current poll on its website ask its subscribers to vote on the question: Are you For or Against Nudity in the Profiles? The three available answers to its poll are: 1. Against - Don’t flash til you’re given a green light, 2. For - Fair game, it’s part of the freedom of iCU2, or 3. Undecided - Depends on who is naked.
A search warrant of Lombard’s home turned up two webcams, five computers and a sex toy.
There are unconfirmed reports that Lombard is gay and adopted the two children together with his partner.
Lombard is being held at a Durham County Jail without bail and is scheduled to be transferred to Washington, DC to face federal charges.
Lombard’s lawyer did not return calls seeking comment about his client.
Father faces 20 years in prison for injuries to 7-month-old daughter (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Father PULUMATAALA ELI got mad because his girlfriend wanted to leave him and call off the wedding (gee, wonder why she'd want to do that?). So Dad did the "logical" thing: he blamed the baby for his troubles, and then threw around their 7-month-old daughter inside his van, causing the baby permanent brain damage. Another example of why leaving an abuser is the most dangerous time for women and children.
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090627_Father_faces_20_years_for_daughters_injuries.html
Father faces 20 years for daughter's injuries
Prosecutors push for a life sentence due to the victim's young age
By Star-Bulletin Staff and News Services
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 27, 2009
A state jury found a man guilty of attempted manslaughter yesterday for throwing around his 7-month-old daughter inside a van, causing permanent brain damage.
Pulumataala Eli, 34, was charged with attempted second-degree murder. He had pleaded guilty to the charge last August but withdrew his plea when he was supposed to be sentenced in November.
Eli doesn't deny he hurt his daughter but he said he did not intend to kill her.
The penalty for attempted second-degree murder is life in prison with the possibility for parole. The penalty for attempted manslaughter is 20 years.
However, the state is seeking an extended prison term of life with the possibility for parole because of the young age of the victim.
The jury will return in November to determine whether Eli deserves an extended prison sentence.
If he gets the life sentence, he will have to spend at least 20 years in prison before he is eligible for parole because he has three prior felony convictions.
Eli pleaded guilty in 2004 to first-degree assault and two counts of carrying a firearm without a permit. He was on parole for those convictions when he injured his daughter.
He also has convictions for misdemeanor abuse of a family or household member in 2000 and 2003.
Sarah Fuller, the girl's mother and Eli's girlfriend, testified that Eli threw the girl to the third row seat of the van from the second row, threw her down hard on the second row seat and threw the child seat on top of her on Oct. 24, 2007 at Ala Moana Beach Park.
Fuller said she and Eli were arguing over her intention to leave him and to call off their wedding. She said Eli blamed the baby for Fuller's change of heart.
Hospital staff at Kapiolani Medical Center noted that the baby's left eye was almost detached and she suffered massive brain injury, bleeding behind both eyes and a broken ankle.
A state jury found a man guilty of attempted manslaughter yesterday for throwing around his 7-month-old daughter inside a van, causing permanent brain damage.
Pulumataala Eli, 34, was charged with attempted second-degree murder. He had pleaded guilty to the charge last August but withdrew his plea when he was supposed to be sentenced in November.
Eli doesn't deny he hurt his daughter but he said he did not intend to kill her.
The penalty for attempted second-degree murder is life in prison with the possibility for parole. The penalty for attempted manslaughter is 20 years.
However, the state is seeking an extended prison term of life with the possibility for parole because of the young age of the victim.
The jury will return in November to determine whether Eli deserves an extended prison sentence.
If he gets the life sentence, he will have to spend at least 20 years in prison before he is eligible for parole because he has three prior felony convictions.
Eli pleaded guilty in 2004 to first-degree assault and two counts of carrying a firearm without a permit. He was on parole for those convictions when he injured his daughter.
He also has convictions for misdemeanor abuse of a family or household member in 2000 and 2003.
Sarah Fuller, the girl's mother and Eli's girlfriend, testified that Eli threw the girl to the third row seat of the van from the second row, threw her down hard on the second row seat and threw the child seat on top of her on Oct. 24, 2007 at Ala Moana Beach Park.
Fuller said she and Eli were arguing over her intention to leave him and to call off their wedding. She said Eli blamed the baby for Fuller's change of heart.
Hospital staff at Kapiolani Medical Center noted that the baby's left eye was almost detached and she suffered massive brain injury, bleeding behind both eyes and a broken ankle.
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090627_Father_faces_20_years_for_daughters_injuries.html
Father faces 20 years for daughter's injuries
Prosecutors push for a life sentence due to the victim's young age
By Star-Bulletin Staff and News Services
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 27, 2009
A state jury found a man guilty of attempted manslaughter yesterday for throwing around his 7-month-old daughter inside a van, causing permanent brain damage.
Pulumataala Eli, 34, was charged with attempted second-degree murder. He had pleaded guilty to the charge last August but withdrew his plea when he was supposed to be sentenced in November.
Eli doesn't deny he hurt his daughter but he said he did not intend to kill her.
The penalty for attempted second-degree murder is life in prison with the possibility for parole. The penalty for attempted manslaughter is 20 years.
However, the state is seeking an extended prison term of life with the possibility for parole because of the young age of the victim.
The jury will return in November to determine whether Eli deserves an extended prison sentence.
If he gets the life sentence, he will have to spend at least 20 years in prison before he is eligible for parole because he has three prior felony convictions.
Eli pleaded guilty in 2004 to first-degree assault and two counts of carrying a firearm without a permit. He was on parole for those convictions when he injured his daughter.
He also has convictions for misdemeanor abuse of a family or household member in 2000 and 2003.
Sarah Fuller, the girl's mother and Eli's girlfriend, testified that Eli threw the girl to the third row seat of the van from the second row, threw her down hard on the second row seat and threw the child seat on top of her on Oct. 24, 2007 at Ala Moana Beach Park.
Fuller said she and Eli were arguing over her intention to leave him and to call off their wedding. She said Eli blamed the baby for Fuller's change of heart.
Hospital staff at Kapiolani Medical Center noted that the baby's left eye was almost detached and she suffered massive brain injury, bleeding behind both eyes and a broken ankle.
A state jury found a man guilty of attempted manslaughter yesterday for throwing around his 7-month-old daughter inside a van, causing permanent brain damage.
Pulumataala Eli, 34, was charged with attempted second-degree murder. He had pleaded guilty to the charge last August but withdrew his plea when he was supposed to be sentenced in November.
Eli doesn't deny he hurt his daughter but he said he did not intend to kill her.
The penalty for attempted second-degree murder is life in prison with the possibility for parole. The penalty for attempted manslaughter is 20 years.
However, the state is seeking an extended prison term of life with the possibility for parole because of the young age of the victim.
The jury will return in November to determine whether Eli deserves an extended prison sentence.
If he gets the life sentence, he will have to spend at least 20 years in prison before he is eligible for parole because he has three prior felony convictions.
Eli pleaded guilty in 2004 to first-degree assault and two counts of carrying a firearm without a permit. He was on parole for those convictions when he injured his daughter.
He also has convictions for misdemeanor abuse of a family or household member in 2000 and 2003.
Sarah Fuller, the girl's mother and Eli's girlfriend, testified that Eli threw the girl to the third row seat of the van from the second row, threw her down hard on the second row seat and threw the child seat on top of her on Oct. 24, 2007 at Ala Moana Beach Park.
Fuller said she and Eli were arguing over her intention to leave him and to call off their wedding. She said Eli blamed the baby for Fuller's change of heart.
Hospital staff at Kapiolani Medical Center noted that the baby's left eye was almost detached and she suffered massive brain injury, bleeding behind both eyes and a broken ankle.
Dad sexually abuses daughter for 13 years; his prison sentence is finally "doubled" to 5 years (Vancouver, Canada)
The father, indentified only as O.M., sexually abused his daughter from the age of two to fifteen. The court decided that maybe somebody was just a little too "compassionate" when Dad got only 2 years in prison for 13 years of abuse, and this when he was on probation for an EARLIER offense. So now dad will now spend all of 5 years in the pokey.
But who allowed this father to have access to a child when he had this kind of history?
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Court+doubles+sentence+child+sexual+abuse/1742181/story.html
Court doubles man’s sentence for child sexual abuse
By Mary Frances Hill, Vancouver Sun
June 28, 2009
VANCOUVER — A B.C. Court of Appeal has more than doubled the sentence of a man who sexually abused his own daughter for 13 years.
A panel of three judges unanimously decided the man was afforded too much compassion when he was sentenced in 2008 to two years in prison for the prolonged abuse.
The panel sentenced the man — referred to as O.M. to protect his daughter’s identity — to five years in prison.
The acts began when the child was two years old and continued until she was 15. The abuse progressed to sexual intercourse by the time the girl reached six years of age. The girl reported that between the ages of 11 and 14, her father abused her on average five days a week, three weeks out of the month.
O.M. pleaded guilty and showed genuine remorse, according to court documents.
In the 2008 trial, the judge noted O.M., who had been abused as a child himself, felt genuine remorse and was willing to pursue therapy.
But the appeal court judges, in a ruling last week, said the original conviction didn’t consider the length of time he had abused his daughter.
In their decision, the judges also considered the age of O.M.’s daughter was first subject to the abuse, and that this was his second conviction.
O.M. began the sexual abuse of his daughter before the end of the probationary period for the first offence.
The panel said the sentencing judge in November 2008 was so “moved by compassion for his antecedents and impressed with his steady work record and commitment to therapy, she chose a sentence at the low end of the range.”
His sentence of two years less a day was “an unsatisfactory response to an egregious crime and is . . . unfit,” it continued.
O.M. “needed to protect his daughter, not give way to his deviant impulses, and to make every effort to bring the cycle [of abuse] to an end,” they continued.
“There must have been many times throughout the 13 years of abuse that the respondent’s conscience troubled him, yet he persisted.”
But who allowed this father to have access to a child when he had this kind of history?
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Court+doubles+sentence+child+sexual+abuse/1742181/story.html
Court doubles man’s sentence for child sexual abuse
By Mary Frances Hill, Vancouver Sun
June 28, 2009
VANCOUVER — A B.C. Court of Appeal has more than doubled the sentence of a man who sexually abused his own daughter for 13 years.
A panel of three judges unanimously decided the man was afforded too much compassion when he was sentenced in 2008 to two years in prison for the prolonged abuse.
The panel sentenced the man — referred to as O.M. to protect his daughter’s identity — to five years in prison.
The acts began when the child was two years old and continued until she was 15. The abuse progressed to sexual intercourse by the time the girl reached six years of age. The girl reported that between the ages of 11 and 14, her father abused her on average five days a week, three weeks out of the month.
O.M. pleaded guilty and showed genuine remorse, according to court documents.
In the 2008 trial, the judge noted O.M., who had been abused as a child himself, felt genuine remorse and was willing to pursue therapy.
But the appeal court judges, in a ruling last week, said the original conviction didn’t consider the length of time he had abused his daughter.
In their decision, the judges also considered the age of O.M.’s daughter was first subject to the abuse, and that this was his second conviction.
O.M. began the sexual abuse of his daughter before the end of the probationary period for the first offence.
The panel said the sentencing judge in November 2008 was so “moved by compassion for his antecedents and impressed with his steady work record and commitment to therapy, she chose a sentence at the low end of the range.”
His sentence of two years less a day was “an unsatisfactory response to an egregious crime and is . . . unfit,” it continued.
O.M. “needed to protect his daughter, not give way to his deviant impulses, and to make every effort to bring the cycle [of abuse] to an end,” they continued.
“There must have been many times throughout the 13 years of abuse that the respondent’s conscience troubled him, yet he persisted.”
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