Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Friday, July 2, 2010
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ANALYSIS #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB3b5H6kZuY&feature=player_embedded#!
Ex-child services worker sentenced for lying in court
Ex-child services worker sentenced for lying in court
By Lydia X. McCoy
Posted July 1, 2010 at 11:41 p.m.
Gibson Superior Court Judge Earl Penrod sentenced former CPS supervisor Gayle Edelen
Edelen was found guilty last month of three counts of perjury and a count of official misconduct, all class D felonies
EVANSVILLE — A Gibson County judge told a former Child Protective Services supervisor Thursday that her lying in court regarding the case of a 17-year-old runaway being held at the Southwest Indiana Regional Village "cuts the very heart of the system."
Gibson Superior Court Judge Earl Penrod made the comment during the sentencing of Gayle Edelen, who was found guilty last month of three counts of perjury and a count of official misconduct, all class D felonies.
Penrod sentenced Edelen to 540 days in the Gibson County Jail. The entire sentence, except for 60 days, was to be suspended. So with good time credit, the 54-year-old will serve a total of 30 days in jail — roughly the same amount of time the 17-year-old spent at the Southwest Indiana Regional Village.
Read the entire article at:
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/jul/01/ex-child-services-worker-sentenced/
By Lydia X. McCoy
Posted July 1, 2010 at 11:41 p.m.
Gibson Superior Court Judge Earl Penrod sentenced former CPS supervisor Gayle Edelen
Edelen was found guilty last month of three counts of perjury and a count of official misconduct, all class D felonies
EVANSVILLE — A Gibson County judge told a former Child Protective Services supervisor Thursday that her lying in court regarding the case of a 17-year-old runaway being held at the Southwest Indiana Regional Village "cuts the very heart of the system."
Gibson Superior Court Judge Earl Penrod made the comment during the sentencing of Gayle Edelen, who was found guilty last month of three counts of perjury and a count of official misconduct, all class D felonies.
Penrod sentenced Edelen to 540 days in the Gibson County Jail. The entire sentence, except for 60 days, was to be suspended. So with good time credit, the 54-year-old will serve a total of 30 days in jail — roughly the same amount of time the 17-year-old spent at the Southwest Indiana Regional Village.
Read the entire article at:
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/jul/01/ex-child-services-worker-sentenced/
SoCal child abuse worker accused of teen sex
SoCal child abuse worker accused of teen sex
By Associated Press
Summary
A Los Angeles County child abuse investigator has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a 15-year-old girl. San Bernardino police say 45-year-old Rod Carter was arrested Sunday for investigation of statutory rape and was released on bail.
Story Created: Jul 1, 2010 at 11:58 AM MDT Story Updated: Jul 1, 2010 at 12:19 PM MDT
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles County child abuse investigator has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a 15-year-old girl.
San Bernardino police say 45-year-old Rod Carter was arrested Sunday for investigation of statutory rape and was released on bail.
Lt. Dan Keil says police officers found Carter and the girl having sex in a parked car and are trying to determine whether she was a prostitute.
The county Department of Children and Family Services says Carter wasn't on duty and the girl wasn't involved with the child welfare system.
Carter on Thursday declined to discuss the arrest but says he's going to be fired and won't challenge his termination, calling it appropriate because of the nature of the allegations.
http://www.kboi2.com/news/national/97600094.html
By Associated Press
Summary
A Los Angeles County child abuse investigator has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a 15-year-old girl. San Bernardino police say 45-year-old Rod Carter was arrested Sunday for investigation of statutory rape and was released on bail.
Story Created: Jul 1, 2010 at 11:58 AM MDT Story Updated: Jul 1, 2010 at 12:19 PM MDT
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles County child abuse investigator has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a 15-year-old girl.
San Bernardino police say 45-year-old Rod Carter was arrested Sunday for investigation of statutory rape and was released on bail.
Lt. Dan Keil says police officers found Carter and the girl having sex in a parked car and are trying to determine whether she was a prostitute.
The county Department of Children and Family Services says Carter wasn't on duty and the girl wasn't involved with the child welfare system.
Carter on Thursday declined to discuss the arrest but says he's going to be fired and won't challenge his termination, calling it appropriate because of the nature of the allegations.
http://www.kboi2.com/news/national/97600094.html
Foster Mom to Stand Trial Lansing foster mother is charged with first degree and third degree child abuse.
Foster Mom to Stand Trial
Lansing foster mother is charged with first degree and third degree child abuse.
Reporter: News 10
The Lansing foster mom accused of child abuse is headed to trial.
Monique James, 32, and her husband are accused of abusing a four-year-old girl they were in the process of adopting.
She is charged with first degree and third degree child abuse. She faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Her husband, Chauncey James, is charged with misdemeanor child abuse.
He could spend a year in jail if convicted. His hearing is set for August.
Eaton County prosecutors say the four-year-old girl remains hospitalized with severe brain injuries. She was discovered by authorities last month.
Police say James admitted that she became angry and pushed the girl so hard that she flew into the air and hit the steps leading from their garage into their home.
Local doctors say the girl also had whip marks on her body, some of which they believe were months old.
http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/97658564.html?ref=564
Lansing foster mother is charged with first degree and third degree child abuse.
Reporter: News 10
The Lansing foster mom accused of child abuse is headed to trial.
Monique James, 32, and her husband are accused of abusing a four-year-old girl they were in the process of adopting.
She is charged with first degree and third degree child abuse. She faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Her husband, Chauncey James, is charged with misdemeanor child abuse.
He could spend a year in jail if convicted. His hearing is set for August.
Eaton County prosecutors say the four-year-old girl remains hospitalized with severe brain injuries. She was discovered by authorities last month.
Police say James admitted that she became angry and pushed the girl so hard that she flew into the air and hit the steps leading from their garage into their home.
Local doctors say the girl also had whip marks on her body, some of which they believe were months old.
http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/97658564.html?ref=564
Beverly Hutchings-Watts - Charged With Shoving Socks Into Boy’s Mouth, Taping His Mouth Closed During Extension Cord Beatings
Beverly Hutchings-Watts - Charged With Shoving Socks Into Boy’s Mouth, Taping His Mouth Closed During Extension Cord Beatings
Port St. Lucie, Florida (The Weekly Vice) - Beverly Jean Hutchings-Watts, a 52-year-old Port St. Lucie woman, was jailed Wednesday after she allegedly beat her 12-year-old adopted son with an extension cord before shoving socks into his mouth and then taping his mouth closed.
According to Port St. Lucie police, the boy was found by officers Sunday around midnight walking alone, dressed in pajamas, and no shoes, about a mile and a half from his home.
He told police that he had been "whooped" by his foster father, and that he was running away to his aunt's house. He described the attack, stating that his foster parents beat him with an extension cord because he had food and something to drink in his room. The boy also said that he was often forced to sleep on a concrete floor in the garage.
Investigators believe the boy exaggerated his story a little, but did find numerous lineal bruises on his back, legs, and buttocks and what looked to be “pick marks” on his abdomen. Documents show the boy has a history of manipulation, defiance, lying, aggression, and other behavior problems.
Mrs. Watts admitted to detectives that she beat him with a belt, not an extension cord, and showed police the belts she used. The injuries the boy sustained were not believed to be from the belts she showed.
The boy also claims that Watts put socks in his mouth and covered it with tape during times he was being "disciplined."
Watts was booked into jail and charged with felony aggravated child abuse.
His father, 48-year-old Walter Watts, could also face charges for reportedly physically abusing him.
Mandi Milenko
The Weekly Vice
http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/07/beverly-hutchings-watts-charged-with.html
Port St. Lucie, Florida (The Weekly Vice) - Beverly Jean Hutchings-Watts, a 52-year-old Port St. Lucie woman, was jailed Wednesday after she allegedly beat her 12-year-old adopted son with an extension cord before shoving socks into his mouth and then taping his mouth closed.
According to Port St. Lucie police, the boy was found by officers Sunday around midnight walking alone, dressed in pajamas, and no shoes, about a mile and a half from his home.
He told police that he had been "whooped" by his foster father, and that he was running away to his aunt's house. He described the attack, stating that his foster parents beat him with an extension cord because he had food and something to drink in his room. The boy also said that he was often forced to sleep on a concrete floor in the garage.
Investigators believe the boy exaggerated his story a little, but did find numerous lineal bruises on his back, legs, and buttocks and what looked to be “pick marks” on his abdomen. Documents show the boy has a history of manipulation, defiance, lying, aggression, and other behavior problems.
Mrs. Watts admitted to detectives that she beat him with a belt, not an extension cord, and showed police the belts she used. The injuries the boy sustained were not believed to be from the belts she showed.
The boy also claims that Watts put socks in his mouth and covered it with tape during times he was being "disciplined."
Watts was booked into jail and charged with felony aggravated child abuse.
His father, 48-year-old Walter Watts, could also face charges for reportedly physically abusing him.
Mandi Milenko
The Weekly Vice
http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/07/beverly-hutchings-watts-charged-with.html
Ex-foster dad faces felony sex counts
Ex-foster dad faces felony sex counts
BY SOPHIA VORAVONG • SVORAVONG@JCONLINE.COM • JULY 2, 2010
A foster parent and former youth minister from West Lafayette is accused of forcing sexual contact on a teenager who was in his care.
William "Lee" Porter, 53, was charged Thursday in Tippecanoe Superior Court 1 with criminal deviate conduct, a Class B felony, and five counts of child seduction, a Class D felony.
Porter had been arrested last November, shortly after the investigation began, said Detective Sgt. Cindy Marion of the West Lafayette Police Department. He was released from the Tippecanoe County Jail after posting a $505 cash bond.
He was arrested again Thursday night on a warrant issued with the criminal charges. His new bond was set at $25,000 surety.
Porter was the alleged victim's foster father and youth minister, Marion said. At the time the teenager lived with Porter and his wife, Porter was youth minister at Elmwood Church of Christ in Lafayette.
He has since resigned from that position, Marion said.
On Thursday afternoon, Porter's name was still included on a telephone staff directory for the church. A message was left for pulpit minister Gilbert Kerrigan seeking comment.
The charges stem from allegations that the teenager told investigators occurred sometime after April 2007, the month she was placed at Porter's West Lafayette home.
The girl moved back with her father in November 2008.
She was between 16 and 17 years old at the time.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the charges, the girl alleges that the sexual contact began with fondling that occurred 15 to 20 times. She allowed the alleged touching to continue because Porter reportedly threatened to otherwise cheat on his wife.
The investigation began that month when the 17-year-old stopped a West Lafayette police officer who was working as a school resource officer at West Lafayette Jr.-Sr. High School.
While Sgt. David Lord was taking the teenager's report, she allegedly received a text message on her cell phone from Porter -- asking that she not cut off their relationship.
The criminal deviate conduct charge is based on sexual contact the girl said she was forced into by Porter in November 2009, when Porter's wife was out of town. The girl told investigators that she visited Porter to do laundry and watch cable television -- things she did not have access to at her father's home.
According to Journal & Courier archives, Porter joined Elmwood Church in 1998. Before that, he spent 18 years as a youth minister at four churches in Texas.
Marion said she was not aware of any other alleged victims.
In Indiana, 16 is the age of sexual consent. However, a person can be charged with child seduction if the victim is between the ages of 16 and 18 and the suspect is a guardian.
http://www.jconline.com/article/20100702/NEWS03/7020337/1001/news
BY SOPHIA VORAVONG • SVORAVONG@JCONLINE.COM • JULY 2, 2010
A foster parent and former youth minister from West Lafayette is accused of forcing sexual contact on a teenager who was in his care.
William "Lee" Porter, 53, was charged Thursday in Tippecanoe Superior Court 1 with criminal deviate conduct, a Class B felony, and five counts of child seduction, a Class D felony.
Porter had been arrested last November, shortly after the investigation began, said Detective Sgt. Cindy Marion of the West Lafayette Police Department. He was released from the Tippecanoe County Jail after posting a $505 cash bond.
He was arrested again Thursday night on a warrant issued with the criminal charges. His new bond was set at $25,000 surety.
Porter was the alleged victim's foster father and youth minister, Marion said. At the time the teenager lived with Porter and his wife, Porter was youth minister at Elmwood Church of Christ in Lafayette.
He has since resigned from that position, Marion said.
On Thursday afternoon, Porter's name was still included on a telephone staff directory for the church. A message was left for pulpit minister Gilbert Kerrigan seeking comment.
The charges stem from allegations that the teenager told investigators occurred sometime after April 2007, the month she was placed at Porter's West Lafayette home.
The girl moved back with her father in November 2008.
She was between 16 and 17 years old at the time.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the charges, the girl alleges that the sexual contact began with fondling that occurred 15 to 20 times. She allowed the alleged touching to continue because Porter reportedly threatened to otherwise cheat on his wife.
The investigation began that month when the 17-year-old stopped a West Lafayette police officer who was working as a school resource officer at West Lafayette Jr.-Sr. High School.
While Sgt. David Lord was taking the teenager's report, she allegedly received a text message on her cell phone from Porter -- asking that she not cut off their relationship.
The criminal deviate conduct charge is based on sexual contact the girl said she was forced into by Porter in November 2009, when Porter's wife was out of town. The girl told investigators that she visited Porter to do laundry and watch cable television -- things she did not have access to at her father's home.
According to Journal & Courier archives, Porter joined Elmwood Church in 1998. Before that, he spent 18 years as a youth minister at four churches in Texas.
Marion said she was not aware of any other alleged victims.
In Indiana, 16 is the age of sexual consent. However, a person can be charged with child seduction if the victim is between the ages of 16 and 18 and the suspect is a guardian.
http://www.jconline.com/article/20100702/NEWS03/7020337/1001/news
Obama and Dems want to censor AFA and other pro-family groups at election time
Obama and Dems want to censor AFA and other pro-family groups at election time
URGENT: Contact your senators today - tell them to protect the Constitution and vote “NO” on the DISCLOSE Act
The badly misnamed campaign finance bill, the DISCLOSE Act, will strangle the voice of the AFA and other pro-life and pro-family organizations during election campaigns, right at the time our voices most need to be heard.
President Obama and the Democrats have already pushed this bill through the House, and will push it through the Senate in the next few days unless we intervene.
Although the bill will muzzle the voice of pro-family groups, Democrats carved out a special exemption for unions, the Sierra Club and the AARP, so the rules won't apply to them.
And the bill will go into effect just 30 days after it is signed by President Obama, just in time to silence our message before the fall elections.
To make sure it can't be challenged in court prior to November, the bill expressly prohibits expedited judicial review.
The Democrats know this bill is unconstitutional and will eventually be overturned by the courts. They don't care as long as it will help them this November.
In fact, Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) admitted on the House floor that the purpose of the bill is explicitly partisan (video here). He said that unless the DISCLOSE Act passes, "we'll see more Republicans getting elected."
The president and the Democrats don't want a level playing field this fall; they want one tilted steeply in their favor.
But when the Founders gave us the First Amendment, they prohibited Congress from making any law "abridging the freedom of speech," by which they meant freedom of political speech. They knew that a representative democracy can only thrive if it protects vigorous and robust public debate during election seasons.
This bill is so bad that even the ACLU has come out against it.
We believe this bill can be defeated in the Senate, but in order for that to happen, your senators need to hear from you today.
Take Action
Enter your ZIP CODE and click "Go" to send an email to your Senators today and urge them to vote "No" on [S.3295] the DISCLOSE Act.
It is very important that you forward this alert to your friends and family members.
Thank you for caring enough to get involved. If you find our efforts worth supporting, would you consider making a small tax-deductible donation to help us continue?
Sincerely,
Tim Wildmon, President
American Family Association
Additional resources:
The Free Speech Coalition's analysis of the initial version of the bill
A broad Coalition letter against DISCLOSE Act
http://www.capwiz.com/afanet/issues/alert/?alertid=15192516
URGENT: Contact your senators today - tell them to protect the Constitution and vote “NO” on the DISCLOSE Act
The badly misnamed campaign finance bill, the DISCLOSE Act, will strangle the voice of the AFA and other pro-life and pro-family organizations during election campaigns, right at the time our voices most need to be heard.
President Obama and the Democrats have already pushed this bill through the House, and will push it through the Senate in the next few days unless we intervene.
Although the bill will muzzle the voice of pro-family groups, Democrats carved out a special exemption for unions, the Sierra Club and the AARP, so the rules won't apply to them.
And the bill will go into effect just 30 days after it is signed by President Obama, just in time to silence our message before the fall elections.
To make sure it can't be challenged in court prior to November, the bill expressly prohibits expedited judicial review.
The Democrats know this bill is unconstitutional and will eventually be overturned by the courts. They don't care as long as it will help them this November.
In fact, Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) admitted on the House floor that the purpose of the bill is explicitly partisan (video here). He said that unless the DISCLOSE Act passes, "we'll see more Republicans getting elected."
The president and the Democrats don't want a level playing field this fall; they want one tilted steeply in their favor.
But when the Founders gave us the First Amendment, they prohibited Congress from making any law "abridging the freedom of speech," by which they meant freedom of political speech. They knew that a representative democracy can only thrive if it protects vigorous and robust public debate during election seasons.
This bill is so bad that even the ACLU has come out against it.
We believe this bill can be defeated in the Senate, but in order for that to happen, your senators need to hear from you today.
Take Action
Enter your ZIP CODE and click "Go" to send an email to your Senators today and urge them to vote "No" on [S.3295] the DISCLOSE Act.
It is very important that you forward this alert to your friends and family members.
Thank you for caring enough to get involved. If you find our efforts worth supporting, would you consider making a small tax-deductible donation to help us continue?
Sincerely,
Tim Wildmon, President
American Family Association
Additional resources:
The Free Speech Coalition's analysis of the initial version of the bill
A broad Coalition letter against DISCLOSE Act
http://www.capwiz.com/afanet/issues/alert/?alertid=15192516
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