Posted by Travis Uresk | Aug. 24th, 2022 | Utah Cold Case Coalition | By Daedan Olander Aug. 24, 2022 The database currently contains more than 1,000 entries and is expected to continue growing. Compared to other violent crimes, railroad killings often receive less attention, attorney Karra Porter said Tuesday. She and her team are working to change that. Porter is a co-founder of the Cold Case Coalition, a Utah-based nonprofit dedicated to helping families and investigators with unsolved deaths and disappearances. Cold cases along the nation’s rail network in particular can be especially hard to solve, since perpetrators sometimes use false names, or steal other people’s identities, which can make them difficult to track, Porter said. If a killer commits a homicide in one location and hops on a train headed elsewhere, Porter added, then in a matter of hours, the perpetrator and victim can be separated by hundreds of miles. But thanks to years of work by its team of volunteers, law enforcement agencies now have a new resource for identifying the perpetrators of cold cases linked to the nation’s rail network. At a news conference Tuesday, the coalition unveiled a nationwide database that holds a veritable almanac about all things — and people — related to past violent railroad crime in the U.S. It was an effort that took thousands of unpaid hours, and the work is still ongoing. When asked to characterize the project, Porter said “it was just something needed. It was obviously needed.” The database The novel database is exhaustive and — perhaps most importantly — searchable. It stores instances of violent crime as well as a large variety of information about victims, witnesses and suspects — including names and aliases, physical descriptions, dates of birth and other identifiers. The physical descriptions are key, Porter said, because they contain searchable words that can link individuals with railroad-related crimes around the U.S. The database currently has more than 1,000 entries, spanning crimes ranging from the 1960s to 2012, and still more are being added. At least 12 of the cases originated in Utah. Volunteers have pieced together information from newspapers, police and court records and even railroad documents, and they soon hope to visit train archives in other states that may contain more information. The research and puzzle-like challenge makes the task interesting, coalition board member Renee Van Tussenbrook said. Part of the allure is investigating a subset of crime that often flies under the radar. “It’s unbelievably satisfying, because no one looks at these cases,” Porter said. ‘May be the most difficult types of homicides to resolve’ According to a train conductor with whom Porter recently spoke, there are likely hundreds of bodies lying beside railroad tracks around the country that have yet to be discovered. Other remains have been found but not identified, and even known homicides are often omitted from cold case lists. “It’s really not the fault of law enforcement, in most cases, because these things are just extremely difficult,” she said. “They may be the most difficult types of homicides to resolve, because oftentimes, the victims have no relationship to where they’re found or where they’re killed.” Due to the large search radius, it was especially difficult for law enforcement to hunt down railroad killers before the internet and other technologies became widely available, Porter said. The coalition, and its database, is trying to fill that gap. While the tool is not publicly available due to concerns about privacy (names listed in the database are often accompanied by Social Security numbers), Porter said she is happy to perform searches for police or family members of missing people. Despite the subject matter, both presenters were animated Tuesday while describing the coalition’s latest undertaking. The next step is to spread word about the resource, and the pair expressed hope that authorities would begin reaching out to utilize the database in the near future. “We’re helping people find closure,” Van Tussenbrook said. “Family members out there who have gone years and years, and have not found any answers.” Porter added that the database has already paid dividends, noting that volunteers are finding previously undiscovered patterns and nexus points between different crimes. “We think we’ve got leads on some cases already,” she said, “just as we were putting it together.”

Posted by Travis Uresk | Aug. 19th, 2022 | Counterfeit Money & Drugs | By Travis Uresk August 19th, 2022 Myton, Ut.- A clerk at Myton Ute Petroleum gas station took a $100 bill from a customer after he bought $10 in fuel and some drinks. The clerk even told the customer that the $100 bill looked fake. But, Clint Wayne Crowley argued with the clerk and insisted that the money was real and not fake. The clerk grabbed a highlighter instead of the money pen, marked the bill, and let it go. But when she and other clerks got to looking at the $100 bill, they found Chinese writing on the back of the bill and, at that point, marked it with the money pen and knew it was fake. Video footage showed Clint walking up to the counter and paying for his gas and soda with the counterfeit bill. The affidavit states that the money is undeniably fake; it's not even printed on the right kind of paper. Clint W. Crowley Part II While a Police officer was patrolling north on 100 east in Roosevelt, he noticed a silver trailblazer with expired plates. The vehicle made two turns without signaling, so he pulled the car over for not signaling and expired tags. Crowley told the officer the signals were messed up and had done work on the vehicle. The officer called in a K-9 to walk around the Trailblazer, and the K-9 alerted there were drugs inside the vehicle. During the search, the officers found methamphetamine in a bag in the center of the back seat. Crowley was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, and driving with expired registration and faulty equipment.

By Travis Uresk | Aug. 17th, 2022 | Drugs | Roosevelt, Ut. | Roosevelt- While James Ivie is in jail for federal charges for possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, he made several calls to his girlfriend Monica Quick, telling her to hide suspicious property around the residence. James informed Monica of a .30-30 rifle and ammunition inside the residence. He told her to kill anyone who came onto the property. In one of the phone conversations, James said, "there was a container in one of his tool boxes in a truck that if someone opened it, they would be dead." A search warrant was granted, and a Special Agent, the FBI, and a Deputy from Duchesne Co. responded to different residence. They could not find the mysterious container but did find another rifle belonging to James Ivie, which was seized. During the search of Ivie's home, several guns and ammunition were found along with the .30-30 rifle James mentioned in his phone conversations. Inside the bathroom of the home, the officers found almost 4 pounds of marijuana, several bongs, and other items of paraphernalia. In the bedroom where Monica was staying, officers located a shoebox with scales, baggies, and other items used for illegal packaging substances for distribution. In Monica's purse was a bag filled with a white crystal substance in a rock-shaped form consistent with meth. When asked what was in the bag, she admitted it was meth and had used it earlier that day. Monica also stated that she had been binge drinking alcohol most of the day. During the search, the officers also found several large swords, hatchets and other illegal items for Ivie to have in his possession due to his category II restricted person status. Monica was placed under arrest and taken to Duchesne County Jail.

Posted by Travis Uresk | Aug. 16th, 2022 | Pedophile | Tooele | By: Chris Arnold Aug 16, 2022 TOOELE, Utah — A former safety chief at the Tooele Army Depot is behind bars, facing 33 felony charges of sexual crimes against children. According to a probable cause statement, 47-year-old Jamison Smith was arrested in March and accused of abusing three child victims at different periods of time from 1988 through 2021. One victim said they were 12-13 years old at the time and they were always alone when the abuse happened. They said it happened often over a two-year span, from 1988-1990. Another victim said Smith abused them weekly from 1991-1995, when they were just 8-12 years old. They went on to say in the probable cause statement that Smith abused them in the victim's basement when everyone was upstairs, when everyone was asleep, or when the victim's parents were not home. The third victim detailed abuse that allegedly took place over a nine-year period, from 2012 through 2021. The victim said Smith came up with a system he called "plus one," in which if the victim did a favor for him, he would do a favor for the victim. The probable cause statement says that in April of 2021, Smith sent a threatening email to the victim, saying that he knew where they were and he would come and get them if they told anyone about the abuse. FOX 13 News spoke with Jesse Nix, a local criminal defense lawyer with Conyers & Nix, about this case. "As someone who represents many people accused of sex crimes, this is one of the worst I've ever seen," said Nix. He said one thing that stuck out to him after reading the probable cause statement was the specificity of the victims when describing the abuse they said took place. "What is interesting about this case is the victims were very clear on when the allegation occurred, where they were, so that's why you have so many charges," he said. Nix said the number of charges, including 16 first-degree felonies, will come with some pretty serious consequences if Smith is found guilty. "It's 25 years to life, and the judge could stack them, meaning the defendant could serve consecutive life sentences," Nix said. The Tooele Army Depot confirmed to FOX 13 News on Tuesday Smith worked there as the safety chief. They went on to say the Army takes allegations against their employees seriously. In a charging document, Smith pleaded not guilty to all 33 charges. A motion hearing is scheduled for Sep. 13 at 3 p.m. in the 3rd District Court. According to the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office website, Smith remains behind bars without bail.

Posted by Travis Uresk | Aug 9th, 2022 | Ute Tribe Shooting | Update Aug. 13th 2022 | By: Brian Schnee Aug 09, 2022 DUCHESNE COUNTY, Utah — A shooting by an officer last month on tribal lands in Duchesne County resulted in serious injuries to two people. On July 17, a Ute Tribe Fish and Wildlife officer shot a man and a woman who were on a UTV. It’s unclear why the shots were fired or what exchange led up to that incident. On Tuesday, FOX 13 News obtained body-worn camera video from a Duchesne County Sheriff’s deputy who responded to the incident, as well as a report filed by that responding deputy that indicates both victims were shot in the back. In the footage, the man who was shot is lying on his side as a bystander administers first aid; the woman who was shot is sitting up on the ground as a female officer performs first aid. As the deputy walks up, the female officer says, “Two individuals. One’s got a shoulder wound, one’s on the back of the chest.” The deputy asks her where the weapons are, and she replies, saying, “No. They pulled away from me on a side-by-side after [unintelligible] me in and taking off. Turned around, came back down, that’s when he was shot and she was shot. They got out. Had them lay on the floor.” “They were both shot by —,” the deputy asks, pointing at the female officer. “Yes,” she replies. The deputy then calls for a medical unit. When the deputy asks where the weapons are, the man who was shot replies, “There’s no weapons.” “Try not to move, bud,” the male deputy tells the man, reassuring him that an ambulance will arrive soon. “There is no weapons; she shot us,” one of the victims replied. After the wounded man is put into an ambulance, another officer asks the deputy what happened. The deputy then turns off his body camera. In the deputy’s report on the shooting, which also was obtained through a public records request, he writes that the female officer “was shot along with two suspects.” However, according to an FBI statement released shortly after the shooting, the tribal officer was not injured. “After medical [personnel] cleared the scene and transported the individual to the hospital, I told the officer I was not going to ask her about the incident but wanted to know if she was OK,” the deputy wrote in the report. “Officer said she was OK, a little shaken.” The report also states that another officer and his dog searched the scene for weapons and didn’t find any. A possible bullet slug was found in the passenger seat of the UTV, according to the records. The man and the woman were taken to hospitals. On Thursday, a spokesperson for the FBI said they didn’t have current information regarding their conditions. The FBI spokesperson also didn’t provide further information regarding the shooting, citing the ongoing investigation. It’s still unclear what events transpired beforehand. “Officer-involved critical incidents are always difficult to investigate," said Greg Skordas, a defense attorney and former prosecutor. "We like to think our officers are doing their job and have to act quickly on the spur of the moment, and sometimes they draw their weapon and sometimes they fire their weapon, and sometimes people are injured as a result of that." Skordas says the investigation will be treated similarly to a homicide investigation given the shots being fired by a law enforcement officer. “Just looking at the limited reports that we have so far and seeing the nature of the injuries that two individuals, which appear to have been shot in the back, there does not seem to be any other weapons involved,” said Skordas. “You’d expect that there will be an investigation against this officer to determine whether or not her conduct was justified under the circumstances.” The FBI is continuing to investigate and provided no new public insight on Tuesday. According to attorneys for the two victims who were shot, they are both "home now dealing with the aftermath of their serious injuries.” The status of the Ute Tribe Fish and Wildlife officer is unclear. Utah couple shot in back by tribal game officer had no weapons, law enforcement says By Pat Reavy, KSL.com Posted - Aug. 10, 2022 Duchesne County — No weapons were found in the area where a tribal fish and wildlife officer shot two people in the back last month, according to the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office. On July 17, a man and woman were shot by a Ute Tribe Fish and Wildlife officer near Jenkins Park in Uinta Canyon. The FBI office in Salt Lake City released a brief statement with very few details about the shooting, stating only that, "Two nontribal individuals had been shot by a Ute Indian Tribe Fish and Wildlife officer following a UTV incident on tribal lands. The two individuals were transported to various hospitals. ... The FBI has taken over the investigation. No further details will be released at this time." The couple were taken to hospitals in Colorado for treatment. Updated conditions for the two were not available Wednesday. The tribal officer was not injured. 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Posted by Travis Uresk | Aug. 8th 2022 | Duchesne Co. | Monday, August 8th 2022 DUCHESNE, Utah — A Duchesne County man is being held without bail after allegedly shooting at a family that helped him when his truck was stuck in the mud, and then shooting at responding police officers. According to an police report, Eric Delynn Burns, 31, of Ballard was booked on multiple counts of aggravated assault and felony discharge of a firearm, among other charges following his arrest last week. The shootings happened on July 28 in an area of unincorporated Duchesne County near Starvation State Park. According to a report filed by the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office, a family said a truck pulled into their driveway around 9 p.m. and got stuck in the mud. A man from the home went out and helped the driver get the truck unstuck, the report states. “The individual identified himself to [victim] as Eric, and asked if he could pay him for the help. [Victim] declined Eric’s offer, and drove back to his property,” the report states. The victim went back to his house, but shortly after saw a flashlight shining on the property, according to the report. Police said the victim went out to investigate the flashlight and Burns came out of the trees and called the victim by his name. The victim told detectives he recognized the person as a the man he had just helped with the truck stuck in the mud. The victim reported he felt uneasy and that he believed Burns had a weapon. The victim left the area and went back to his trailer and then heard gunshots within a few minutes. “That’s when they heard four shots in their general direction. [Victim] stated he and [another victim] gathered their wives and small children and retreated inside their travel trailers. [Victim] stated he heard another shot as they were running to the trailers. [Victims] had their families lay on the floor for cover, one child asked if they were going to die,” the report states. One of the people in the group told detectives they believed the shooter was "going to kill us all." Deputies responded to the area and reported hearing gunfire when they arrived. The deputies reported one of the shots had gone over their vehicles when they pulled up. They found Burns’ abandoned truck, as well as several firearms, including a stolen rifle. Details of how and where Burns was arrested were not included in the report. Burns is on probation for a prior conviction, according to court records. Probation agents searched Burns’ home and recovered several weapons and ammunition, according to court documents. “[Burns] is a substantial risk to the general public and while on probation and parole caused an imminent threat to a family with children present,” a sheriff’s report states. Burns was charged last week in Eight District Court with theft and weapons charges. Man arrested after using his horse to run down, trample individual in Uintah County by Kayla Winn, KUTV Thursday, July 21st 2022 WHITEROCKS, Utah (KUTV) — A man was arrested after police said he used his horse to run down an individual in Uintah County. Douglas Wootton, 65, was arrested and booked on one count of aggravated assault. Uintah County Sheriff Tarik Jones was dispatched at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday near the Loggers Cabin, located on Mosby Mountain. According to a probable cause statement, the victim attempted to unload his four-wheeler from his pickup truck when Wootton approached him while riding a horse. The victim claimed he heard Wootton yell at him and say, "now that we are alone what have you got to say to me." Arresting documents state Wootton "with almost a gallop but faster than a trot" ran his horse into the victim's chest. The victim was pinned up against his truck due to the force of impact. "Wootton turned his horse while whipping and kicking his horse to charge at the victim," according to charging documents. Deputies said the victim was once again slammed into his truck. While Wootton continued to have his horse trample the man, the victim was able to grab the reins of the horse near the bit and turn the horse away. The probable cause statement states the man was then struck by the horse for a third time. Following the altercation, the victim said Wootton was in a position where his wife and grandchildren could see the situation and rode away. Jones said the victim sustained injuries to his left arm and had severe lower back pain that enable his ability to walk. Wootton faces one count of aggravated assault, a third degree felony in the Uintah County Jail for using a horse as a deadly weapon knowingly to commit serious bodily injury. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW

Posted by Travis Uresk | Aug 4th, 2022 | LDS Church sex abuse | By: Michael Rezendes Associated Press Posted at 8:29 AM, Aug 04 When an Arizona bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church, learned that a member of his ward was sexually assaulting his 5-year-old daughter, he followed church policy and called the Mormon Abuse Help Line. The bishop later told law enforcement that church attorneys in Salt Lake City who staff the help line around the clock said that because he learned of the abuse during a counseling session the church considers a spiritual confession, he was legally bound to keep the abuse secret. Paul Douglas Adams, a U.S. Border Patrol employee living with his wife and six children in Bisbee, Arizona, continued abusing his daughter for as many as seven more years, and went on to abuse a second daughter. He finally stopped in 2017 with no help from the church only because he was arrested. The Associated Press obtained thousands of pages of sealed court documents that show in detail exactly how the church’s “help line” can divert abuse complaints away from law enforcement, leaving children in danger. Takeaways from the AP’s investigation: THE CLERGY-PENITENT PRIVILEGE The seven years of secrecy in the Adams case began when church attorneys in Salt Lake City advised Bishop John Herrod and later Bishop Robert “Kim” Mauzy they were exempt from reporting requirements under the state’s child abuse reporting law because of the law’s so-called clergy-penitent privilege. “You absolutely can do nothing,” Herrod said he was told during an interview with federal investigators. Arizona’s child sex abuse reporting law, and similar laws in more than 20 states, says clergy, physicians, nurses, or anyone caring for a child who “reasonably believes” the child has been abused or neglected has a legal obligation to report the information to police or the state Department of Child Safety. But it also says that clergy who receive information about child neglect or sexual abuse during spiritual confessions “may withhold” that information from authorities if the clergy determine it is “reasonable and necessary” under church doctrine. An Arizona attorney who is defending the bishops and the church in a lawsuit filed by three of the Adams children, told the AP that Herrod and Mauzy — and by extension the church — were acting within the law and in accordance with their “religious principles.” “These bishops did nothing wrong. They didn’t violate the law, and therefore they can’t be held liable,” said William Maledon. He also called the Adams children’s lawsuit “a money grab.” THE HELP LINE The Associated Press obtained nearly 12,000 pages of sealed records from an unrelated child sex abuse lawsuit against the Mormon church in West Virginia, which show that the help line is part of a system that can easily be misused by church leaders to divert abuse accusations against church members away from law enforcement and instead to church attorneys, who may bury the problem, leaving victims in harm’s way. It was established in 1995 when legal claims of sex abuse against churches were on the rise. Officials of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in sworn statements included in the sealed records that the help line is staffed by social workers who destroy records of all calls at the close of each day. When the social workers receive calls about abuse that may present a risk to the church — such as abuse committed by prominent church members, abuse perpetrated during church activities, or especially egregious instances of abuse — the calls are referred to attorneys with the Salt Lake City law firm Kirton McConkie. The church maintains that all calls referred to the attorneys are protected by attorney-client privilege, leaving no record of the accusations accessible to prosecutors or victims’ attorneys. The lawsuit filed by the Adams children alleges: “The Mormon Church implements the Helpline not for the protection and spiritual counseling of sexual abuse victims...but for (church) attorneys to snuff out complaints and protect the Mormon Church from potentially costly lawsuits.” THE SURVIVORS Miranda and Matthew Whitworth adopted the Adams’ younger daughter when she was just 2 years old. Miranda said when they met, the toddler wrapped her arms and legs around her head, buried her face in her neck, and refused to look up to say good-bye to her mother’s family. “It was the craziest thing,” Miranda Whitworth said. “It was like when you see a baby monkey or baby gorilla cling to their mother, and they just won’t let go.” The couple said they joined the lawsuit to push the church to change its policy so that any instance of child sexual abuse is immediately reported to civil authorities. “We just don’t understand why they’re paying all these lawyers to fight this,” Matthew Whitworth said. “Just change the policy. Nancy Salminen, a special needs teacher in public schools, adopted the older Adams daughter, MJ, after providing her with foster care when she was 12 years old. Today, MJ is a bubbly 16-year-old who plays in her high school band and proudly dons a crisp new uniform for her job as a fast-food restaurant. “She had every excuse to fail and to just fold into herself and run away,” Salminen said. “But instead, she came back stronger than anyone I’ve ever known.” THE UPSHOT Paul Adams died by suicide in jail before he could stand trial on federal child pornography charges and state child sex abuse charges. Leizza Adams pleaded no contest to two counts of child abuse and served two-and-a-half years in state prison. Judge Wallace Hoggatt called the abuse endured by MJ and her younger sister “one of the most horrendous cases of child molestation” he had ever encountered. Today, the lawsuit filed by the Adams children in Cochise County Superior Court, as well as a criminal investigation by the Cochise County attorney, continue to unfold. “I just think that the Mormon church really sucks. Seriously sucks,” MJ told the AP. “They are just the worst type of people, from what I’ve experienced and what other people have experienced.” Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen By MICHAEL REZENDES AP News BISBEE, Ariz. — MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his bishop that he was sexually abusing her. The father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an admitted pornography addict, was in counseling with his bishop when he revealed the abuse. The bishop, who was also a family physician, followed church policy and called what church officials have dubbed the “help line” for guidance. But the call offered little help for MJ. Lawyers for the church, widely known as the Mormon church, who staff the help line around the clock told Bishop John Herrod not to call police or child welfare officials. Instead he kept the abuse secret. “They said, ‘You absolutely can do nothing,’” Herrod said in a recorded interview with law enforcement. Herrod continued to counsel MJ’s father, Paul Douglas Adams, for another year, and brought in Adams’ wife, Leizza Adams, in hopes she would do something to protect the children. She didn’t. Herrod later told a second bishop, who also kept the matter secret after consulting with church officials who maintain that the bishops were excused from reporting the abuse to police under the state’s so-called clergy-penitent privilege. Adams continued raping MJ for as many as seven more years, into her adolescence, and also abused her infant sister, who was born during that time. He frequently recorded the abuse on video and posted the video on the internet. Adams was finally arrested by Homeland Security agents in 2017 with no help from the church, after law enforcement officials in New Zealand discovered one of the videos. He died by suicide in custody before he could stand trial. The Associated Press has obtained nearly 12,000 pages of sealed records from an unrelated child sex abuse lawsuit against the Mormon church in West Virginia. The documents offer the most detailed and comprehensive look yet at the so-called help line Herrod called. Families of survivors who filed the lawsuit said they show it’s part of a system that can easily be misused by church leaders to divert abuse accusations away from law enforcement and instead to church attorneys who may bury the problem, leaving victims in harm’s way. The help line has been criticized by abuse victims and their attorneys for being inadequate to quickly stop abuse and protect victims. Yet the Utah-based faith has stuck by the system despite the criticism and increasing scrutiny from attorneys and prosecutors, including those in the Adams case. “’I just think that the Mormon church really sucks. Seriously sucks,” said MJ, who is now 16, during an interview with the AP. “They are just the worst type of people, from what I’ve experienced and what other people have also experienced.” MJ and her adoptive mother asked the AP to use only her initials in part because videos of her abuse posted by her father are still circulating on the internet. The AP does not publish the names of sexual abuse survivors without their consent. William Maledon, an Arizona attorney representing the bishops and the church in a lawsuit filed by three of the Adams’ six children, told the AP last month that the bishops were not required to report the abuse. “These bishops did nothing wrong. They didn’t violate the law, and therefore they can’t be held liable,” he said. Maledon referred to the suit as “a money grab.” In his AP interview, Maledon also insisted Herrod did not know that Adams was continuing to sexually assault his daughter after learning of the abuse in a single counseling session. But in the recorded interview with the agent obtained by the AP, Herrod said he asked Leizza Adams in multiple sessions if the abuse was ongoing and asked her, “What are we going to do to stop it?” “At least for a period of time I assumed they had stopped things, but — and then I never asked if they picked up again.” ‘THE PERFECT LIFESTYLE’ The Adams family lived on a lonely dirt road about 8 miles from the center of Bisbee, an old copper-mining town in southeastern Arizona known today for its antique shops and laid-back attitude. Far from prying eyes, the Adams home — a three-bedroom, open concept affair surrounded by desert — was often littered with piles of clothing and containers of lubricant Adams used to sexually abuse his children, according to legal documents reviewed by the AP. Paul’s wife, Leizza, assumed most of the child-rearing responsibilities, including getting their six children off to school and chauffeuring them to church and religious instruction on Sundays. Paul, who worked for the U.S. Border Patrol, spent much of his time online looking at porn, often with his children watching, or wandering the house naked or in nothing but his underwear. He had a short fuse and would frequently throw things, yell at his wife and beat his kids. “He just had this explosive personality,” said Shaunice Warr, a Border Patrol agent and a Mormon who worked with Paul and described herself as Leizza’s best friend. “He had a horrible temper.” Paul was more relaxed while coaxing his older daughter to hold a smartphone camera and record him while he sexually abused her. He also seemed to revel in the abuse in online chat rooms, where he once bragged that he had “the perfect lifestyle” because he could have sex with his daughters whenever he pleased, while his wife knew and “doesn’t care.” He would later tell investigators the abuse was a compulsion he couldn’t stop. “I got into something too deep that I just couldn’t pull myself out of,” he said. “I’m not trying to say the devil made me do it.” The Adams family was deeply involved in the Mormon community, and on Sundays they attended services in Bisbee. So Adams turned to his church, and to Bishop Herrod, when he sought help and revealed his abuse of MJ. Herrod later told Homeland Security agent Robert Edwards he knew from the start that Leizza Adams was unlikely to stop her husband, after he called her into the counseling sessions. The bishop, who was also Leizza’s personal physician, said she seemed “pretty emotionally dead” when her husband recounted his abuse of their daughter. The bishop also recognized the harm being done to MJ. “I doubt (she) will ever do well,” he said in his recorded interview with Homeland Security agents. Herrod also told Edwards that when he called the help line, church officials told him the state’s clergy-penitent privilege required him to keep Adams’s abuse confidential. But the law required no such thing. Arizona’s child sex abuse reporting law, and similar laws in more than 20 states that require clergy to report child sex abuse and neglect, says that clergy, physicians, nurses, or anyone caring for a child who “reasonably believes” a child has been abused or neglected has a legal obligation to report the information to police or the state Department of Child Safety. But it also says that clergy who receive information about child neglect or sexual abuse during spiritual confessions “may withhold” that information from authorities if the clergy determine it is “reasonable and necessary” under church doctrine. In 2012, when Herrod rotated out of his position as bishop of the Bisbee ward — a Mormon jurisdiction similar to a Catholic parish — he told incoming Bishop Robert “Kim” Mauzy about the abuse in the Adams household. Instead of rescuing MJ by reporting the abuse to authorities, Mauzy also kept the information within the church. In a separate recorded interview with federal agents obtained by the AP, Mauzy said church officials told him he should convene a confidential disciplinary hearing for Adams, after which Adams was ex-communicated in 2013. Mauzy and other church leaders still didn’t report Adams to the police. Two years later, in 2015, Leizza Adams gave birth to a second daughter. It took her husband just six weeks to start sexually assaulting her, recording the abuse, and uploading the videos to the internet. The revelation that Mormon officials may have directed an effort to conceal years of abuse in the Adams household sparked a criminal investigation of the church by Cochise County Attorney Brian McIntyre, and the civil lawsuit by three of the Adams children. “Who’s really responsible for Herrod not disclosing?” McIntyre asked in an AP interview. “Is it Herrod,” who says he followed the church lawyers’ instruction not to report the abuse to authorities? “Or is it the people who gave him that advice?” ‘THE CALL COMES TO MY CELL PHONE’ When it comes to child sexual abuse, the Mormon church says “the first responsibility of the church in abuse cases is to help those who have been abused and protect those who may be vulnerable to future abuse,” according to its 2010 handbook for church leaders. The handbook also says, “Abuse cannot be tolerated in any form.” But church officials, from the bishops in the Bisbee ward to officials in Salt Lake City, tolerated abuse in the Adams family for years. “They just let it keep happening,” said MJ, in her AP interview. “They just said, ‘Hey, let’s excommunicate her father.’ It didn’t stop. ‘Let’s have them do therapy.’ It didn’t stop. ‘Hey, let’s forgive and forget and all this will go away.’ It didn’t go away.” A similar dynamic played out in West Virginia, where church leaders were accused of covering up the crimes committed by a young abuser from a prominent Mormon family even after he’d been convicted on child sex abuse charges in Utah. The abuser, Michael Jensen, today is serving a 35- to 75-year prison sentence for abusing two children in West Virginia. Their family, along with others, sued the church and settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. “Child abuse festers and grows in secrecy,” said Lynne Cadigan, a lawyer for the Adams children who filed suit. “That is why the mandatory reporting came into effect. It’s the most important thing in the world to immediately report to the police.” The lawsuit filed by the three Adams children accuses The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and several members, including Bishops Herrod and Mauzy, of negligence and conspiring to cover up child sex abuse to avoid “costly lawsuits” and protect the reputation of the church, which relies on proselytizing and tithing to attract new members and raise money. In 2020, the church claimed approximately 16 million members worldwide, most of them living outside the United States. “The failure to prevent or report abuse was part of the policy of the defendants, which was to block public disclosure to avoid scandals, to avoid the disclosure of their tolerance of child sexual molestation and assault, to preserve a false appearance of propriety, and to avoid investigation and action by public authority, including law enforcement,” the suit alleges. “Plaintiffs are informed and believe that such actions were motivated by a desire to protect the reputation of the defendants.” Very few of the scores of lawsuits against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mention the help line, in part because details of its operations have been a closely guarded secret. The documents in the sealed court records show how it works. “The help line is certainly there to help — to help the church keep its secrets and to cover up abuse,” said Craig Vernon, an Idaho attorney who has filed several sex abuse lawsuits against the church. Vernon, a former member, routinely demands that the church require bishops to report sex abuse to police or state authorities rather than the help line. The sealed records say calls to the help line are answered by social workers or professional counselors who determine whether the information they receive is serious enough to be referred to an attorney with Kirton McConkie, a Salt Lake City firm that represents the church. A document with the heading “Protocol for abuse help line calls,” which was among the sealed records obtained by the AP, laid out the questions social workers were to ask before determining whether the calls should be referred to the lawyers. Mormon officials in the West Virginia case said they did not recognize the Protocol and could not authenticate it. But a ranking church official in a separate sex abuse lawsuit in Oregon confirmed that those answering the help line used a “written protocol” to guide them. “There would be a page containing various topics to discuss and handle,” said Harold C. Brown, then director of the church’s Welfare Services Department. The Protocol instructs those staffing the help line to tell callers they are to use first names only. “No identifying information should be given.” Under the heading “High Risk Cases,” it also instructs staffers to ask a series of questions, including whether calls concerned possible abuse by a church leader, an employee, or abuse at “a church-sponsored activity.” The protocol advises those taking the calls to instruct a “priesthood leader,” which includes bishops and stake presidents, to encourage the perpetrator, the victim, or others who know of the abuse to report it. But it also says, in capital letters, that those taking the calls “should never advise a priesthood leader to report abuse. Counsel of this nature should come only from legal counsel.” That counsel comes from attorneys from Kirton McConkie, which represents the church. Joseph Osmond, one of the Kirton McConkie lawyers assigned to take help line calls, said in a sealed deposition that he’s always ready to deal with sex abuse complaints. “Wherever I am. The call comes to my cell phone,” he said. He then acknowledged that he did not refer calls to a social worker and wouldn’t know how to do so. Osmond declined to comment through church officials. Peter Schofield, a Kirton McConkie lawyer long associated with the help line, also declined to answer questions from the AP. Maledon, the attorney for the church in the Adams lawsuit, said church clergy or church attorneys have made “hundreds of reports” of child abuse to civil authorities in Arizona over an unspecified number of years. But he could not say how many calls to the help line were not referred to police or child welfare officials and could not provide a referral rate. Two church practices, identified in the sealed records, work together to ensure that the contents of all help lines calls remain confidential. First, all records of calls to the help line are routinely destroyed. “Those notes are destroyed by the end of every day,” said Roger Van Komen, the church’s director of Family Services, in an affidavit included in the sealed records. Second, church officials say that all calls referred to Kirton McConkie lawyers are covered by attorney-client privilege and remain out of the reach of prosecutors and victims’ attorneys. “The church has always regarded those communications between its lawyers and local leaders as attorney-client privileged,” said Paul Rytting, the director of Risk Management, in a sealed affidavit. AN OMINOUS TIME Mormon leaders established the help line in 1995 and it operated not within its Department of Family Services, but instead in its Office of Risk Management, whose role is to protect the church and members from injury and liability in an array of circumstances, including fires, explosions, hazardous chemical spills and severe weather. The department ultimately reports to the First Presidency, the three officials at the very top of the church hierarchy, according to records in the sealed documents. Risk management also tracks all sex abuse lawsuits against the church, according to a sealed affidavit by Dwayne Liddell, a past director of the department who helped establish the help line. He said members of the church’s First Presidency knew the details of the help line. “I have been in those type of meetings where ... the training of ecclesiastical leaders (and) the establishment of a help line have been discussed,” Liddell said. When asked who attended the meetings, he answered, “Members of the First Presidency and the presiding bishopric,” or the top leaders of the church. Before establishing the help line in 1995, the Mormon church simply instructed bishops to comply with local child sex abuse reporting laws. At the time, child sex abuse lawsuits were on the rise and juries were awarding victims millions of dollars. The Mormon church is largely self-insured, leaving it especially vulnerable to costly lawsuits. “There is nothing inconsistent between identifying cases that may pose litigation risks to the church and complying with reporting obligations,” church lawyers said in a sealed legal filing. But one affidavit in the sealed records which repeatedly says the church condemns child sexual abuse, also suggests the church is more concerned about the spiritual well-being of perpetrators than the physical and emotional well-being of young victims, who also may be members of the faith. “Disciplinary proceedings are subject to the highest confidentiality possible,” said Rytting. “If members had any concerns that their disciplinary files could be read by a secular judge or attorneys or be presented to a jury as evidence in a public trial, their willingness to confess and repent and for their souls to be saved would be seriously compromised.” A GLOBAL INVESTIGATION In 2016 police in New Zealand arrested a 47-year-old farm worker on child pornography charges and found a nine-minute video on his cell phone, downloaded from the internet, showing a man in his 30s raping a 10-year-old girl. A global search for the rapist and his victim was on. It started with Interpol and led to the U.S. State Department, where investigators using facial recognition technology matched the rapist with a passport card photo of a U.S. Border Patrol employee living in Bisbee, Arizona, according to a Homeland Security synopsis obtained by the AP. Agents rushed to the Naco, Arizona, Border Station and arrested Adams, then a lanky, bearded mission support specialist with the Border Patrol. After some coaxing, Adams admitted to raping MJ and to sexually assaulting her younger sister, and to posting video of the assaults on the internet. When agents raided his home, they seized phones and computers holding more than 4,000 photos and nearly 1,000 videos depicting child sex abuse, many featuring the Adams daughters. But the nine-minute video stood out. “This video is one of the worst I’ve ever seen,” Homeland Security agent Edwards later testified, adding that haunting dialogue between Adams and his older daughter helped make the video “stand out in my mind and continue to stand out in my mind.” That video represented nine minutes and 14 seconds in seven years of continual and unnecessary trauma for MJ — and a lifetime of abuse for her tiny sister — while Bishops Herrod and Mauzy and church representatives in Salt Lake City stood by. After Paul Adams died by suicide, Leizza Adams pleaded no contest to child sex abuse charges and served two-and-a-half years in state prison. Three of the Adams children went to live with members of Leizza’s extended family in California. The other three were taken in by local families. THE SURVIVORS MJ’s little sister was only 2 when she met her adoptive mother for the first time. The toddler wrapped her arms and legs around Miranda Whitworth’s head, buried her face in her neck, and refused to look up to say good-bye to members of Leizza’s family. “It was the craziest thing,” said Whitworth who, with her husband, Matthew, welcomed the toddler into their family. “It was like when you see a baby monkey or baby gorilla cling to their mother, and they just won’t let go.” Over the next few days and weeks, the Whitworths would see additional markers of the unfathomable abuse the toddler endured at the hands of her father — much of it recorded on video. She would howl in terror when any man attempted to touch her, whether it was Matthew or the family physician. “The nurse was fine but the minute the doctor walked in she climbed onto me and started screaming bloody murder,” Miranda said. The 2-year-old was also terrified of the water, which made bathing an ear-splitting ordeal. She wouldn’t tolerate anything wrapped around her wrists. And at church, she would run and hide behind Miranda whenever anyone greeted her by an old family nickname. When they took in the toddler, neither Miranda nor Matthew knew very much about what had happened to her. But while sitting in on Leizza Adams’s sentencing hearing, they learned about the repeated rapes, the videos, and the fact that church bishops knew about the abuse of the older daughter and did nothing to stop it. The Whitworths were converts to the Mormon faith and, like many new followers of a religion, they were especially enthusiastic about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In particular, they appreciated the efforts Mormons make to help fellow church members in times of need through church organizations established to give special attention to women, teens and children. “It’s all about family,” Miranda said. “That’s one of the things we absolutely loved.” But after learning about what Adams did to their new daughter, and the failure of the church to stop him, the scales fell from their eyes. “We decided to remove our records from the church,” said Matthew Whitworth. “I personally couldn’t continue to provide tithing money to a church that would allow young children to be abused and not do anything to prevent it.” Unlike the Whitworths, Nancy Salminen has never been a member of the Mormon church. But as a special needs teacher and a rape victim herself, she has a special affinity for MJ and others like her. Over the last five years, she has opened her home to 17 girls and boys who needed a safe place to stay. Her house is a modest, ranch-style structure she bought out of foreclosure. “Everything’s a little broken here and that’s perfect because so are we,” she said. Salminen said she met MJ after receiving an urgent call on a Friday evening to rescue a 12-year-old from another family. “She was pretty scared and pretty confused when I picked her up,” Salminen recalled. “She spent a lot of time in her closet in her room when we got home, but we got to know each other and got to like each other.” Like the Whitworths, Salminen knew very little about what MJ had endured until Leizza Adams’s sentencing hearing. “What I heard made me want to throw up,” she said. “And the more I learned the more I wanted to help her fight this fight that she didn’t even know about.” Safely settled in Salminen’s household — which today includes a foster girl Salminen also plans to adopt — MJ has been transformed from a victim of unimaginable abuse to a bubbly 16-year-old who plays in the high school band and proudly dons a crisp, new uniform for her job at a fast-food restaurant. “She had every excuse to fail and to just fold into herself and run away,” Salminen said. “But instead, she came back stronger than anyone I’ve ever known.” So strong that she appears eager to play an active role in the battle she and her two siblings are waging against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “I just want them to do what they’re supposed to do and report to the police,” MJ said. The adoptive parents of the third Adams child who has filed suit declined to speak to the AP about the case. Like MJ, Miranda and Matthew Whitworth said they joined the lawsuit against the church on behalf of their young daughter not in hopes of a payday, but to change church policy so that any instance of child sexual abuse is immediately reported to civil authorities. “We just don’t understand why they’re paying all these lawyers to fight this,” Matthew Whitworth said. “Just change the policy.” THE PRIVILEGE That policy is the key to the church’s defense. In a recent filing asking a Superior Court judge to dismiss the case, Maledon and other lawyers for the church said the case “hinges entirely on whether Arizona’s child abuse reporting statute required two church bishops ... to report to authorities confidential confessions made to them by plaintiffs’ father.” Whatever moral or public policy arguments one could make that the church should have told authorities that Paul Adams was raping his daughters are irrelevant, the lawyers argued. “Arizona’s reporting statute broadly exempts confidential communications with clergy, as determined by the clergyman himself,” according to the church motion to dismiss the case. “Reasonable people can debate whether this is the best public policy choice. But that is not an issue for a jury or this court.” Bishop Herrod, in his recorded interview, said church officials told him he had to keep what Adams told him confidential or he could be sued if he went to authorities. But McIntyre, the Cochise County attorney, said that’s false, noting the Arizona reporting law says that anyone reporting a belief that child sex abuse occurred “is immune from any civil or criminal liability.” Aside from the legal arguments over whether Bishops Herrod and Mauzy were excused from their reporting obligations under the clergy-penitent privilege, critics of the inaction by the two bishops and the broader church have raised ethical issues. Gerard Moretz, a seasoned child sex abuse investigator for the Pima County, Arizona, Sheriff’s Department and an expert witness for the Adams children, is one of them. “What aspect of your religious practice are you advancing if you don’t report something like this?” he asked. ___ Associated Press editor Brady McCombs in Salt Lake City and investigative researcher Randy Herschaft in New York contributed to this story. To contact the AP’s investigations team, email investigative@ap.org. ___ Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. The role of bishops Church responds to AP story on abuse of a child and reporting hotline Aug 5, 2022, 11:05 AM BY TAD WALCH SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints responded Friday to an Associated Press story about how the church handled child sexual abuse cases in Arizona and West Virginia. “The abuse of a child or any other individual is inexcusable,” the statement said. “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes this, teaches this and dedicates tremendous resources and efforts to prevent, report and address abuse. Our hearts break for these children and all victims of abuse.” The AP story focused on the Church’s abuse help line. The help line provides professional legal and clinical advice on abuse cases to Latter-day Saint bishops and branch presidents, laymen who are not professionally trained clergy. Bishops and branch presidents, who oversee congregations, and stake presidents, who preside over groups of congregations, are instructed to call the help line when any type of abuse arises. The Church’s published goals for the help line, established in 1995, state it is designed to: “Assist victims and help protect them from further abuse. “Help protect potential victims. “Comply with legal requirements for reporting abuse.” The AP story focused on an Arizona case in which a Latter-day Saint man confessed to his bishop that he had sexually abused his daughter. The bishop, following advice from the help line about Arizona’s law on reporting abuse and its priest-penitent privilege exception, urged the man and his wife to report the abuse to authorities but did not do so himself. The bishop who followed him in the lay calling did the same. That bishop held a church disciplinary hearing for the man, who then was excommunicated in 2013. The father later began to sexually abuse a newborn daughter, according to the article. Latter-day Saint clergy regularly report abuse to law enforcement based on advice from the help line. For example, the Church was sued recently in Oregon by a woman whose husband confessed that he was sexually abusing his children and went to prison after a church leader reported the abuse. That case illustrated the complexity of the different reporting requirements across the United States. The Church’s statement continued: “The nature and the purpose of the Church’s help line was seriously mischaracterized in the recent Associated Press article. The help line is instrumental in ensuring that all legal requirements for reporting are met. It provides a place for local leaders, who serve voluntarily, to receive direction from experts to determine who should make a report and whether they (local leaders) should play a role in that reporting. When a leader calls the help line, the conversation is about how to stop the abuse, care for the victim and ensure compliance with reporting obligations, even in cases when the law provides clergy-penitent privilege or restricts what can be shared from private ecclesiastical conversations. “And the help line is just one of many safeguards put in place by the Church. Any member serving in a role with children or youth is required to complete a training every few years about how to watch for, report and address abuse. Leaders and members are offered resources on how to prevent, address and report abuse of any kind. Church teachings and handbooks are clear and unequivocal on the evils of abuse. And members who violate those teachings are disciplined by the church and may lose their privileges or membership. These are just a few examples. “The story presented in the AP article is oversimplified and incomplete, and is a serious misrepresentation of the church and its efforts. We will continue to teach and follow Jesus Christ’s admonition to care for one another, especially in our efforts related to abuse,” the statement concluded. The AP story explained that reporting laws vary across the United States. “Arizona’s child sex abuse reporting law, and similar laws in more than 20 states that require clergy to report child sex abuse and neglect, says that clergy, physicians, nurses or anyone caring for a child who ‘reasonably believes’ a child has been abused or neglected has a legal obligation to report the information to police or the state Department of Child Safety,” the story says. “But it also says that clergy who receive information about child neglect or sexual abuse during spiritual confessions ‘may withhold’ that information from authorities if the clergy determine it is ‘reasonable and necessary’ under church doctrine.” Abuse reporting laws also vary country by country, “which means a single policy can’t apply to all bishops, and they will need individualized advice,” wrote C.D. Cunningham, who published a response to the AP story for Public Square Magazine, which is published by a group of Latter-day Saints. The church’s published policy on its official website, titled “Protecting members and reporting abuse,” instructs bishops, branch presidents and stake presidents that “the first responsibility of the church in abuse cases is to help those who have been abused and to protect those who may be vulnerable to future abuse.” They also state “the church is committed to complying with the law in reporting abuse. Laws differ by location, and most church leaders are not legal experts. Calling the help line is essential for bishops and stake presidents to fulfill their responsibilities to report abuse.” A bishop also should notify his stake president of instances of abuse. The church’s General Handbook says its leaders and members around the world should follow reporting laws. “Church leaders and members should fulfill all legal obligations to report abuse to civil authorities,” the Handbook states. “In some locations, leaders and teachers who work with children and youth are considered “mandated reporters” and must report abuse to legal authorities. Similarly, in many locations, any person who learns of abuse is required to report it to legal authorities. Bishops and stake presidents should call the help line for details about mandated reporters and other legal requirements for reporting abuse. The Church’s policy is to obey the law.” Related articles: Church Pedophiles & Child Sex Trafficking Nests Intersect by The Thousands https://www.1nationjustice.com/post/church-pedophiles-child-sex-trafficking-nests-intersect-by-the-thousands The Catholic Church: Pedophilia, Trafficking Children as Sex Slaves https://www.1nationjustice.com/post/the-catholic-church-pedophilia-trafficking-children-as-sex-slaves Human Trafficking in the Land of Zion https://www.1nationjustice.com/post/human-trafficking-in-the-land-of-zion-1 LDS Bishop Who Was Formerly On A Police Vice Squad Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting BY NICOLE ROJAS 2/21/19 A bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) was removed from his post after he was arrested during a human trafficking sting in Lehi, Utah. David N. Moss, 51, is accused of contacting online women he believed to be prostitutes and claiming he could manage them. Moss, a former police vice squad lieutenant, was arrested on Tuesday for exploiting a prostitute, patronizing a prostitute, two counts of lewdness and sexual battery. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office said that Moss contacted two undercover detectives he believed to be prostitutes on February 14. Moss, under the name “Pilot,” contacted one woman and arranged to pay $150 for “services such as kissing, touching and pleasure that Moss was looking for,” a police affidavit cited by Deseret News said. Moss also told the undercover detectives that he could “manage” them but not as a “pimp.” The suspect reportedly claimed he could protect them, help them avoid police and said he would take care of booking. Moss alleged he had “run” other women in the past. The two undercover detectives and Moss arranged a meeting, where they discussed avoiding police. David Moss, 51, was arrested on February 19, at his Lehi, Utah, home following a human trafficking operation. Moss claimed to two undercover cops that he could “manage” them as prostitutes. UTAH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Moss reportedly grabbed the hand of one of the detectives and “forcibly put it on his genitals over his pants,” the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. He also unzipped his pants and exposed his genitals to the two detectives. “The female (undercover) detectives immediately became concerned and retreated to the bathroom,” the police affidavit said. “One of the decoys stated she locked the door, which is something she had never done in previous undercover operations.” When he left the meeting location, Moss was stopped by deputies from the Utah County Sheriff’s Special Victims Task Force. Officers found a handgun in Moss’s pocket. He was released on Valentine’s Day but arrested at his home in Lehi on Tuesday. Moss admitted to authorities most of the information he spoke about with the undercover detectives but denied having managed girls in the past. Following his arrest, Moss was removed from his position within the LDS. “The behavior alleged in this incident is completely unacceptable and unbecoming of any member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and especially of someone serving in a position of local leadership,” spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a statement to the Deseret News. “Upon learning of this situation, local leaders took immediate steps to relieve him of his role and to identify his replacement.” West Valley City also confirmed on Wednesday that Moss resigned from his position as deputy director of the Community Preservation Department. Jail records show Moss was released on Wednesday. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW

Posted by Travis Uresk | Aug 3 2022 | Detective of the Year | by Jonathan Anderson August 3, 2022 A California police officer who won “Detective of the Year” allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to a user he believed was a 14-year-old girl, KTLA-TV reports. On Tuesday, authorities announced that 43-year-old Gregory Daniel Beaumarchais has been charged with one misdemeanor count of annoying or molesting a victim believed to be under the age of 18. Prosecutors allege that Beaumarchais encountered someone online who he thought was a 14-year-old girl and sent that person graphic messages in December and January. The individual who received the messages was a civilian posing as a teen and subsequently notified the Orange County Crime Stoppers hotline about the interaction. At least some of the communications occurred while Beaumarchais was on duty, NBC News reports. Beaumarchais has worked at the Santa Ana Police Department since 2011 and was honored in 2019 as the “Detective of the Year,” according to a department Facebook post. Beaumarchais turned himself in on Tuesday and he has been released from custody. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case but investigators received assistance from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In a press release, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said it is “beyond disturbing that a sworn police officer would engage in inappropriate conversations with someone he believed to be a child,” according to KTLA-TV. “Our children should not have to worry about being preyed upon by the very people we teach them who are there to protect them,” Spitzer said in the press release, according to KTLA-TV. “The vast majority of police officers are the trusted authority figures we expect them to be and when an officer engages in criminal behavior it tarnishes the badge of all of our hardworking law enforcement officers.” The Santa Ana Police Department was notified of the alleged interaction on December 17 and contacted federal authorities on December 20 after the police department’s internal affairs division had concluded that the allegations were “criminal in nature.” “The Police Department took immediate and swift action in referring these allegations to the appropriate local and federal authorities,” the department said in a press release. Beaumarchais is presently on paid leave. He will remain on leave until criminal and administrative investigations conclude. If convicted, Beaumarchais could be sentenced to up to one year in jail and may be required to register as a sex offender for life. A lawyer for Beaumarchais told the Orange County Register it was “premature to comment,” according to the newspaper. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW ‘He shot my arm off!’ Store owner blasts would-be robber with shotgun, police say https://www.1nationjustice.com/post/he-shot-my-arm-off-store-owner-blasts-would-be-robber-with-shotgun-police-say

By Travis Uresk | July 31st 2022 | Celebrity Pedophiles | *Graphic Material* | He doesn’t really need an introduction. He began a affair with Priscilla Beaulieu in 1959 when she was only 14 years old, which is put under the carpet now. He later married her when she was 21. Joel Williamson's book "Elvis Presley: A Southern Life" talks about how Presley spent time with children. Williamson writes while on tour, he preyed on three 14-year-old girls who'd pillow fight, wrestle, tickle, and even kiss him when has 22 years old. Numerous reports claimed that Presley went as far as drugging his only wife, spiking her amphetamines to keep her awake through their sex sessions. Chuck Berry was a legendary American musician who is one of the architects of rock and roll music. He was ranked fifth on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He was arrested in 1959 for transporting a 14-year-old girl across state lines. He was sentenced to three years in prison in January 1962 for offenses under the Mann Act, after a very short trial. But that was almost 60 years ago, some might say: different time, different morals! Well, kinda. That he was then accused of installing a video camera in the ladies’ toilet of his Missouri restaurant is less easy to jazz hands away, given that it happened in the not wildly distant year of 1989. After tapes from this camera were found in Berry’s home, he was given a suspended sentence and settled a class action with 59 women. Roman Polanski is a Polish born film director. His most acclaimed movies are Rosemary’s Baby (1968) and Chinatown (1974). In 1977 he was arrested for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl, Samantha Geimer. He was charged with five offenses. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. In 1978 he fled to France hours before his sentence. Because he fled before sentencing his charges are still pending. He will be arrested immediately upon entering USA. It is also rumored that he slept with the star of his movie Tess, Natassja Kinski, who was underage at the time. Michael Jackson is one of most famous and greatest entertainers of all time. In 1993 Evan Chandler accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing his 13-year-old son, Jordan Chandler. A lawsuit was filed against him which he settled out of the court. Michael paid the Chandlers $23 million as financial settlement. After the release of the documentary, Living with Michael Jackson, in which he said that he saw nothing wrong with having sleepovers with minors and sharing his bedroom, he was charged by the Santa Barbara authorities with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of intoxicating Gavin Arvizo, a a cancer patient in remission who was thirteen years old at the time with alcoholic drinks in 2003. There was a trial which went on for four months, at the end of which the jury returned with the verdict of not guilty. Yes, it was 1958. But even back then, a 22-year-old marrying his 13-year-old cousin while still married to another woman was scandalous. And yet that's exactly what Jerry Lee Lewis, one of rock ’n’ roll's most important pioneers, did. There's one detail that is particularly unsettling: When Brown moved out of her parents' house to join Lewis on tour, she packed her belongings in the only container she had — her dollhouse. "It's been as if my life has gone on without my permission. I have been a bystander in my life," she told the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1989. At 14, the couple had a child, who would die in a swimming pool accident three years later. Lewis' infidelity and drug use further strained the marriage, and they got divorced in 1971. This one is dark. R. Kelly was a rising producer when he met teenage singer Aaliyah Haughton. He became the producer and lead songwriter for her debut album. He illegally married Aaliyah in 1994 when she was 14 and he was more than a decade her senior. He even had the guts to name her debut album, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number. "The marriage was quickly annulled once Aaliyah's family and the public found out," reported the Chicago Sun-Times, but more troubling allegations involving underage girls would continue to pile up around Kelly. In 2002, Chicago prosecutors charged Kelly with 21 counts related to child pornography, mostly revolving around one sex tape involving a then-35-year-old Kelly and a 14-year-old girl that included intercourse, fellatio, and urination. Yes, this is the incident Dave Chappelle mercilessly ridiculed on his Comedy Central show in 2003, but you have to remember — there was a real 14-year-old girl in that video, according to her friend's testimony at the trial. The charges against Kelly did not result in a conviction. Journalist Jim DeRogatis was the pop music critic at the Sun-Times when someone anonymously shipped two sex tapes starring R. Kelly to the paper. When DeRogatis described the case against R. Kelly to our former sister paper Village Voice two years ago, he used the descriptor "stomach-churning." "Dozens of girls — not one, not two, dozens — with harrowing lawsuits," he said. "The videotapes — and not just one videotape, numerous videotapes. And not Tommy Lee/Pam Anderson, Kardashian fun video. You watch the video for which he was indicted and there is the disembodied look of the rape victim. He orders her to call him Daddy. He urinates in her mouth and instructs her at great length on how to position herself to receive his 'gift.' It's a rape that you're watching. So we're not talking about rock star misbehavior, which men or women can do. We're talking about predatory behavior. Their lives were ruined. Read the lawsuits!" Julia Holcomb had just turned 16 when she met the Aerosmith singer at a concert in Portland, Oregon. She had not lived a happy life before meeting him. Her father abandoned her mother early on, and her younger brother died in a car accident when she was 13. She was in a fragile place when a 24-year-old woman befriended her, dressed her in revealing clothing, and got them backstage at an Aerosmith concert. Holcomb tells this account in a 5,000-word essay on Life Site, an anti-abortion blog with an obvious agenda. Perhaps as a result, she skips the details of how she and Tyler met and skips to her mother granting Tyler guardianship over her, the reason being so that he could bring her on tour with him over state lines. Tyler ended up impregnating her, and by her account, they almost ended up married. Things soured, however, and Tyler pressured her to get an abortion at five months, one week before the legal limit. She went through with it, moved home, and except for a few phone calls, never heard from Tyler again. John of God- Back in 2010, talk show guru Oprah Winfrey dedicated an entire episode of her show to a self-professing “faith healer” with whom she claims she had a “blissful” encounter. But as reported, this “faith healer” has since been exposed as a serial rapist who had actually been operating a massive child “sex slave farm” and “birth factory” behind his religious facade. A cult leader known as “John of God” has been accused of running a sex slave farm and selling babies to the highest bidder on the black market. Joao Teixeira de Faria was arrested a week after over 600 allegations were made against him in what prosecutors say could be the worst serial crimes case in Brazil’s history. John of God achieved international fame after being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey and having a list of famous visitors, including Bill Clinton and Naomi Campbell. Clinton called “John of God” his spiritual adviser. Lesbian flings, prostitution & abuse lies: Oprah’s ‘hidden’ life By Jeremy Olshan New York Post Oprah Winfrey — who built a billion-dollar empire persuading everyone from celebs to average Joes to reveal the truth about themselves — is a big phony when it comes to her own past, an explosive new book charges. Winfrey’s relationship with longtime “love” Stedman Graham, her reputed dirt-poor upbringing in rural Mississippi, her rumored lesbian crushes on women such as Diane Sawyer — all are stories she has manipulated for decades in the name of sensational ratings, according to writer Kitty Kelley’s latest unauthorized biography “Oprah.” The much-anticipated book details how: * Winfrey concocted stories about sexual abuse she suffered as a child — and grossly exaggerated the poverty she was brought up in. * She went to great lengths to conceal her “lesbian affairs” — including hefty payoffs — and publicly attached herself to Graham to appear more normal to her audience of housewives. * She lavished romantic gifts — including a diamond toe ring — on ABC talking head Diane Sawyer. * Winfrey sold her body to earn extra money and has even described herself as a teen “prostitute.” * She doesn’t know the true identity of her biological father. * Her relationship with her own mother is so cold that Winfrey won’t even let the older woman have her phone number. Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Miss., in 1954, and, the way she likes to tell it, she was so impoverished that she never had any new dresses or dolls and had to adopt two cockroaches as pets, naming them Melinda and Sandy. But her family says that’s nonsense. She may not have been well off, but Oprah was relatively “spoiled” as a little girl, her cousin said. “Where Oprah got that nonsense about growing up in filth and roaches I have no idea,” said the relative, Katherine Carr Esters. “I’ve confronted her and asked, ‘Why do you tell such lies?’ Oprah told me, ‘That’s what people want to hear. The truth is boring.’ ” A friend of Esters added that the manipulation of her past is a key to her success. “Every move is calculated to further her brand and lift her image, which is why she does good works,” Jewette Battles said. As a teen, Winfrey was a wild child, promiscuous to the point of prostitution, her relatives said. The future star would steal from her mother’s purse, pawn her jewelry and even turn tricks. She was eventually sent to live in Nashville with Vernon Winfrey, who was her mother’s former lover and who is listed on her birth certificate as her father. He has been described as the domineering disciplinarian who set her straight. Later, determined to become rich and famous, Winfrey was ready to change her story to her advantage, making sure she cultivated her image as an everywoman, the book alleges. That meant she had to quell rumors about her sexuality. At one point, the rumors included seamy talk at ABC about a relationship between Winfrey and Sawyer when Oprah worked there. Employees there described “giggly late-night phone calls” and a series of lavish gifts from Winfrey — including gigantic sprays of orchids and a 1-carat diamond toe ring — to Sawyer. Despite such rumors, Kelley concludes Winfrey is “asexual.” Still, she quotes sources describing how, in 1989, Winfrey was insistent on paying Tim Watts, an ex-boyfriend, $50,000 to keep quiet about her lesbian affairs and the fact that her brother, who died of AIDS, was gay. “He said she did not want him to talk about her brother being gay,” said Judy Lee Colteryahn, who also dated Watts. “It’s no big deal to have a brother who is homosexual, but apparently it was to Oprah. Tim also said he knew about some lesbian affairs.” As for Winfrey’s very public relationship with Graham, the pair do not even share a bedroom, according to the book. Landscape architect James van Sweden of Oehme, who spent years working for the couple, said he planned to design a space for a wedding in front of their new estate but knew immediately after watching them together that there would never be a wedding. “Oprah keeps Stedman around because she wants her audience to accept her as a normal woman with a man in her life, but from what I saw during those four years, I can tell you there’s nothing there with Stedman. Nothing at all,” he said. “He’s simply a fixture in her life,” van Sweden added. “Window-dressing.” According to her father, Vernon, Oprah admitted that she was not in love with Stedman. “I’m in like . . . not in love,” she told him, according to the book. She did reportedly have one affair with a man — “Entertainment Tonight’s” John Tesh, while the two were working in Nashville. According to Tesh’s ex, he broke things off because he couldn’t deal with the stigma of being an interracial couple. “He said one night he looked down and saw his white body next to her black body and couldn’t take it any more,” the ex said. “He walked out in the middle of the night.” Winfrey has played coy on Tesh. Vernon Winfrey says he’s been dismayed by how Oprah plays fast and loose with the truth. “She may be admired by the world, but I know the truth,” he says. “So does God and so does Oprah. Two of us remain ashamed.” Vernon reserves his harshest words for Winfrey’s best friend, Gayle King, who put the kibosh on a biography he was working on. Calling her a “dirt hog” and “street heifer,” he blames King for a rift in his relationship with Oprah. “She’s become too close to that woman Gayle,” he says. King and others in Oprah’s entourage worked hard to keep a tight grip on employees in order to keep her out of the tabloids. “I thought I would be working for the warm and fuzzy person I saw on television,” a former employee at Winfrey’s Harpo production company said. “But, God, I was conned. It’s a cult at Harpo. So oppressive it’s frightening.” Perhaps the biggest secret of the book is left a secret. Oprah allegedly does not know the true identity of her father. Esters told Kelley who he is, on the condition she not publish the information until Winfrey’s mother comes clean to her daughter. “And you’ll know when that happens because Oprah will probably have a show on finding your real father,” Esters said. “As I said, the girl wastes nothing.” ALEX JONES SAYS OPRAH WINFREY IS A SATANIC PEDOPHILE By RICH WINKEL AUGUST 8, 2020 You have to admit that she seems to be “the chosen one” among her demographic. How did a daytime TV talk show host wind up attending Bilderberg and the WEF? There was a time when such claims would qualify Alex for the looney bin in most peoples’ minds, but the invisibility of the Luciferian aristocracy is wearing thin. BTW: there does seem to be some kind of special hostility that Luciferians have against black children. Another Child Satanic Survivor Speaks out Oprah says old, prejudiced white people "just have to die" to end racism Jerry Harris, who gained celebrity on the Netflix docuseries Cheer, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on July 6, 2022, for soliciting sex from minors and pressuring young boys to send him inappropriate photos and videos. In February 2022, Harris pleaded guilty to two charges for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old in the bathroom during a cheer competition, and for paying a 17-year-old to send him sexually explicit photos and videos via Snapchat, per court records. He admitted to similar conduct involving other minors, but those charges were dismissed as part of the plea agreement. Harris had initially been arrested in September 2020, an event which sparked others to share their own accounts of abuse in the world of competitive cheerleading. Former Disney Channel star Kyle Massey was charged with a felony in June 2021 for allegedly sending pornographic photos to a 13-year-old girl. This is tied to his 2019 civil lawsuit, in which the child in question is sued him for $1.5 million for allegedly sending “numerous sexually explicit text messages, images, and videos” via Snapchat. Hollywood Celebrities’ Tweets Surface Involving Pedophilia and Child Rape After James Gunn was fired by Disney for a number of sickening tweets involving pedophilia and child rape, more celebrities’ old Tweets are being exposed which cover the same subject. Those celebrities include Sarah Silverman, who stars in Disney’s upcoming Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It-Ralph 2, James Gunn American filmmaker and actor was fired and rehired by Disney, Patton Oswalt, who lends his voice to a number of animated cartoons like Justice League Action, Spider-Man, and Disney’s Big Hero 6. NAMBLA-The North American Man/Boy Love Association is a pedophilia and pederasty advocacy organization in the United States. It works to abolish age-of-consent laws criminalizing adult sexual involvement with minors and campaigns for the release of men who have been jailed for sexual contacts with minors that did not involve what it considers coercion. The group no longer holds regular national meetings, and as of the late 1990s—to avoid local police infiltration—the organization discouraged the formation of local chapters. Around 1995, an undercover detective discovered there were 1,100 people on the organization's rolls. NAMBLA was the largest group in International Pedophile and Child Emancipation (IPCE), an international pro-pedophile activist organization. Since then, the organization has dwindled to only a handful of people, with many members joining online pedophile networks, according to Xavier Von Erck, director of operations at the anti-pedophile organization Perverted-Justice. As of 2005, a newspaper report stated that NAMBLA was based in New York and San Francisco. Mark Zuckerberg Joins The North American Man-Boy Love Association, And Other Adventures In Facebook Groups https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2010/10/07/mark-zuckerberg-joins-the-north-american-man-boy-love-association-and-other-adventures-in-facebook-groups/?sh=774a92b02ab4 Chrissy Teigen has come under fire for deleting over 60,000 tweets after some questionable posts re-surfaced. These posts resulted in users wondering whether Chrissy Teigen was potentially tied to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced pedophile. Reports suggest that Teigen not only deleted 60,000 tweets, but also blocked an additional 1 million Twitter users from being able to see her account. In 2011. This is just some examples of the 60,000 tweets that have now been deleted. She also made jokes about “tying” kids in the basement and made references to disgraced politician Anthony Weiner. More screenshots of the deleted tweets, below: Online conspiracy theorists have targeted Chrissy Teigen, a former Sports Illustrated model, celebrity food blogger, and wife of singer John Legend, accusing her of being connected to pedophile sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In response to online allegations that flight logs prove she flew on Epstein’s private jet to Little St. James, also known as “sex slave island,” Teigen has deleted some 60,000 past tweets and blocked 1 million Twitter users. Teigen adamantly denies these rumors. “I have never even met the man,” she tweeted on July 10, “Or been to the island. Or on the plane.” Online conspiracies connect the Epstein allegations to her past tweets about the hit TLC reality television show “Toddlers & Tiaras.” In one now-deleted tweet from 2011, Teigen wrote, “Seeing little girls do the splits half naked is just … I want to put myself in jail. #toddlersandtiaras” In reference to her 2011 tweet, Tiegen wrote on Twitter, “Finding me talking about toddlers and tiaras in 2013 and thinking you’re some sort of f***ing operative.” True to Teigen’s bare-all style, she has used Twitter to express her anger and desperation with the embarrassing controversy and widening public relations nightmare. Yesterday, in a hysterical Twitter thread, Teigen wrote, “I have block chained over one million people, ONE MILLION people today and I am still flooded with sick psychopaths. So please, spare me the ‘just ignore them, they’re just trolls.’” As she attempts to clear her and her family’s name from the sick and twisted Epstein saga, Teigen used Twitter to position herself as a victim of online harassment, saying she fears for her family’s safety. “… I cannot f***ing STAND you idiots anymore and I’m worried for my family” Teigen is also threatening to leave the platform if Twitter and CEO Jack Dorsey do not find a way to protect her from her online critics, “If twitter doesn’t do something about this *actually scary* harassment, I am gonna have to go.” If Teigen deletes her Twitter account, she will lose a powerful tool in her self-promotion marketing machine. Even after deleting upwards of one million followers, she still has more than 13 million remaining followers on the platform. At the moment, Teigen’s Twitter account is protected, so people not already following her are unable to see her tweets. Ironically, Teigen is one of social media’s most prolific trolls and has unabashedly orchestrated some of the biggest cancel culture online moments. In May, Teigen cancelled New York Times food columnist and blossoming celebrity chef Alison Roman by fueling a Twitter mob that accused Roman of being “racist” because she called Teigen’s cooking website a “content farm.” Marina Abramović Breaks Her Silence on Being Labeled a Satanist By Helen Holmes • 04/22/20 Besides earning her spot as one of the world’s most famous and talented performance artists, Marina Abramović has also inadvertently become one of the most divisive public figures currently working in the arts. In January, Christie’s announced an upcoming collaboration with Abramović and Microsoft that would involve Abramović ‘s work This Life being projected to audiences via “mixed reality” headsets. A Microsoft YouTube video promoting the project was subsequently down-voted en masse by detractors and conspiracy theorists, encouraged by Reddit threads and Infowars, who labeled Abramović “the queen of occult symbolism” and a “Spirit Cooking priestess.” Such profoundly Salem-flavored denouncements of Abramović’s work have followed her throughout her career, but they evidently increased exponentially when the WikiLeaks dump of John Podesta’s emails unearthed brief correspondence with Abramović in which she talked about a “Spirit Cooking” dinner at her residence that he was invited to. Abramović has spoken extensively about the tensions involved with offering up her body and femininity to the public as part of her performance art. However, she’s rarely, if ever, addressed accusations from conspiracy theorists of her loyalty to occult practices, until now. “I need to open my heart,” Abramović told the New York Times in a new interview. “I really want to ask these people, ‘Can you stop with this? Can you stop harassing me? Can’t you see that this is just the art I’ve been doing for 50 years of my life?'” Indeed, Abramović’s art has frequently involved blood, bodies, nudity, pain and tension, but that doesn’t maker a demonic worshipper of dark entities; it just makes her daring! “I am personally afraid that any kind of lunatic with a gun will come and shoot me, because they think I’m a Satanist,” Abramović continued in her Times interview. And if Marina Abramović is scared of nutcase conspiracy theorists, she probably has a really good reason to be, because there’s not too much that can spook her: earlier this month, the performance artist told the Times that she hasn’t thought once about the possibility of contracting the coronavirus. Plus, it must be said that as far as conspiracy theories go, accusing famous artists of worshipping Satan is very tired and dated. You’d think they’d have come up with something else by now, but during a pandemic, new material must be pretty thin on the ground. MARINA ABRAMOVIC SPIRIT COOKING "Spirt Cooking" "Spirt Cooking" Some of Marina Abramović's "art" Clinton Pastor, Who Adopted Orphans in Haiti, Arrested for ‘Sickening’ Child Sex Crimes By Sean Adl-Tabatabai March 12, 2022 U.S. Pastor Corrigan Clay, 43, adopted orphans in Haiti and boasted numerous celebrity clients, including: the Clintons, Oprah, Donna Karan, Chan Luu, Disney, Rainn Wilson, Olivia Wilde, Maria Bello, Petra Nemcova, Ben Stiller, and Kim Kardashian. Child welfare authorities in Florida confirmed in January that James Corrigan Clay violently raped the children he adopted with his ex-partner, Shelley Jean, in Haiti. Shelley Clay, his ex-wife, attended a Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York. Yahoo News reports: Clay sexually abused the unidentified child from January 2014 to December 2017, the indictment states. No further details are provided in the filing, except that the alleged victim was under 18. But Clay’s ex-wife, with whom he had two biological children in addition to the pair they adopted, told The Daily Beast on Friday that the illicit conduct involved one of their own kids. Shelley Jean Clay, who split from Clay more than a decade ago and now operates a Haitian-focused crafts market in Florida, declined to provide further details about the allegations, emphasizing that she was not involved and had no idea what was happening. “It was my child, but I don’t think I am at liberty to talk about it because the court case is in process,” she told The Daily Beast. “I’m not opposed to the truth coming out, but I don’t want to jeopardize the case.” Shelley did not specify whether or not the alleged victim was one of the adoptees or a biological child. Clay operated his ministry, the Apparent Project, with a stated goal of “building future leaders in Haiti,” alongside a tattoo and body piercing parlor in Port-au-Prince. He parted ways with the organization in 2013, according to Shelley. Clay remains detained in a Pennsylvania lockup pending a court hearing on Mar. 15. Both devout Christians, Corrigan and Shelley Jean Clay left Washington State and headed to Haiti in 2008. There, they took jobs as “house parents” at an orphanage, where they were in charge of 25 boys ranging in age from 7 to 17. After a year or so, the couple began a workshop that taught locals how to earn money by making jewelry and handicrafts. Their products were sold locally and in partnerships with large companies abroad, including the Gap, Donna Karan, and Macy’s. The project boasted celebrity clients such as Oprah Winfrey, Ben Stiller, and Kim Kardashian, according to Clay. “Currently, in addition to teaching adults, they are sponsoring classes for children, offering lunch-time ‘parties’ to feed street kids, and offering food and in some instances shelter to those with little to nothing to call their own,” an arts blogger wrote of the Clays in 2010. By 2016, the couple’s “desire to continue their care increased,” and they opened the “AP Preschool,” according to the post. “The year was a success, and in 2017, we added our AP Kindergarten,” it explains. “The goal is to grow with our AP children by adding a class to our school each year! And… to provide quality education, along with character development based on Biblical principles! We are working to raise leaders who will be able to bring positive change to their world!” By this time, Clay had already been abusing his victim for roughly three years, according to the feds. Clay and his then-wife launched the nonprofit Apparent Project with an inheritance Clay received from his late father, who died in a plane crash in 2003. The two had “struggled with fertility issues for years and had decided that if they were going to add to their family, they may as well adopt from a country where thousands of children are abandoned each year,” according to a 2012 profile of the couple in the Deseret News. “Because Haiti requires a two year wait for international adoptions, Clay decided to move into the orphanage where her future son lived.” They bought a house in Port-au-Prince, “began collecting garbage from the streets,” the profile explains, and the Apparent Project soon started to take shape. Once they got established, Clay began working on a documentary about Haitian children living in slavery. “Abandoned by their parents, most work as indentured servants for family members, but some end up in the sex trade,” explained the Deseret profile. Clay, who earned a degree in visual arts at Seattle Pacific University, a private Christian liberal arts school, was also building his tattooing and body art business, called Ayiti Ink. “Corrigan enjoys training amature [sic] and professional artists in multiple mediums,” his shop’s still-live website says. “He is currently establishing an apprenticeship course for Haitian tattoo artists to raise the national standards for health, safety, and artistic excellence. He strives to change the negative cultural stigma of the tattoo art form in Haiti by focusing on positive subject matter, beautiful composition, and demanding integrity and ethical business practices from those he trains.” The site now carries a disclaimer at the bottom, reading: “We are no longer based in Haiti.” As of late December, the Apparent Project said it employed 25 Haitian teachers and support staff, had enrolled 70-plus Haitian children in its school, had more than 25 teens and adults participating in job training programs, and had enlisted a software engineer to teach Haitians how to code. “From my experience in the past decade… Haitians have always welcomed prayer,” current executive director Marilyn Monaghan wrote in a blog post. “They have always cried out to God. They still do. I’ve seen their cries of desperation. But now I often see joy & gratitude in their times of prayer & worship! They are experiencing a new life! The seeds ‘you’ sowed into their lives are producing good ‘stuff’ in their hearts & is evident in their daily lives! Their lives have changed.” Officials with the Apparent Project, which is still registered as a 501(c)3 and has brought in annual donations as high as $715,000, according to tax records, did not immediately respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment. Clay’s lawyer, William H. Difenderfer, was out of the office on Friday afternoon and unavailable to comment, his assistant said. If convicted, Clay faces up to 30 years in federal prison. The Clintons, Laura Silsby, Haiti, Amber Alerts & Human Trafficking By TIM BROWN SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 There is no doubt that Bill and Hillary Clinton are at the center of a major human trafficking ring, including sex trafficking. But how many remember a woman by the name of Laura Silsby? Silsby, now known as Laura Silsby-Gayler was jailed for the kidnapping of 33 children in Haiti and eventually wound up working for the company that put out Amber Alerts, which were said to be notifications to warn of children who were missing or kidnapped. However, she was provided assistance by none other than Bill and Hillary Clinton. For some background on Silsby-Gayler, William Craddick at Disobedient Media documents not only what Silsby-Gayler did, but how the Clintons were involved and how the media was used to cover it up. Craddick writes: Contrary to reports in the media, the crowd sourced investigation labeled by some as “Pizzagate” did not begin with internet sleuths digging through the Wikileaks Podesta Files releases looking for pizza parlors and encoded language discussing human trafficking. It began with the shocking discovery that Hillary and Bill Clinton provided assistance to convicted child trafficker, Laura Silsby, resulting in a reduced sentence for child trafficking. Silsby was arrested at the Haitian border attempting to smuggle 33 children out of Haiti without documentation. Her sentence and charges were reduced after an intervention by Bill Clinton. In the aftermath of Silsby’s arrest, her originally retained lawyer Jorge Puello was arrested in connection with an international smuggling ring accused of trafficking women and minors from Central America and Haiti. The revelation of this news in November was either ignored by the Western media or attacked by Clinton controlled publications. I. Hillary Clinton Intervened Politically on Behalf of Laura Silsby Laura Silsby is the former director of The New Life Children’s Refuge. Emails from her organization can be found in Wikileaks’ Hillary Clinton Email Archive discussing the NGO before her arrest. Silsby’s organization also appears in Clinton’s emails, soliciting donations for their “ministry.” The Refuge was founded by Silsby and Charisa Coulter, both attendees of the Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho. Silsby was reported to have a history of bad debts and unpaid wages. Laura had claimed she planned to build an orphanage in the Dominican Republic, but a State Department diplomatic cable revealed that authorities in the country said she never submitted an application for this purpose. They instead located to Haiti. On January 29, 2010, Silsby was arrested with nine other American nationals attempting to steal 33 children from the country, most of whom were not even orphans and had families according to some reports. CNN reported on February 9, 2010 that this was not the first time Silsby had attempted to traffic children out of Haiti. Haitian police acting on a tip had intercepted Silsby in an earlier, separate attempt to remove 40 children out of the country. She was turned back at the Haitian border. For a brief period, Haitian authorities were considering adding a new kidnapping charge based on this evidence. Hillary and Bill Clinton took an extraordinary interest in Silsby’s case from the moment she was arrested and almost immediately stepped in on her behalf. The Harvard Human Rights Journal stated that one of Bill Clinton’s first acts as special envoy for the United Nations in Haiti “was to put out the fire of a child abduction scandal involving American citizens.” On February 7th, 2010, The Sunday Times reported that Bill Clinton had intervened to strike a deal with the Haitian government, securing the release of all co-conspirators except for Silsby. Prosecutors ultimately sought a six-month sentence in Silsby’s case, reducing charges for conspiracy and child abduction to mere “arranging irregular travel.” A shockingly light penalty given the circumstances of her arrest, which would likely not have been possible but for the intervention of the Clintons in Silsby’s case. On February 9th, 2010 Hillary Clinton consulted with Counselor Cheryl Mills and other attorneys in an email discussing the U.S. Government’s “options” regarding the arrested Americans. The heavily redacted memo attached to that email does not reveal what these “options” consisted of. However, the State Department’s American Citizens Services is only authorized to offer lists of local, English speaking attorneys to Americans arrested or detained abroad. To go beyond that authorization is a severe violation of protocol and is illegal. Additional emails reveal that the State Department was involved with making statements on the Silsby scandal and preparing to assist Silsby’s co-conspirators with their return to the United States, although this is consistent with State Department protocol in these situations. II. Silsby’s Lawyer and His Wife Were Both Arrested For Involvement in Human Sex Trafficking of Minors and Women On February 11th, the New York Times reported that Silsby’s original lawyer, Jorge Puello, was suspected of leading an international human trafficking ring involving women and minors. According the the Harvard Human Rights Journal, Puello was ultimately arrested in an investigation being lead by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in connection with the ring. He was wanted in the United States, El Salvador and Costa Rica for his involvement with a network trafficking Central Americans and Haitians. At the time of his arrest, his wife was already imprisoned in El Salvador and “faced charges of presumed sexual exploitation of minors and women.” Puello was ultimately sentenced to three years in federal prison for “alien smuggling.” Another surprisingly light sentence given the original charges he was sought for. It it not known at this time whether or not Laura Silsby was associated with Puello’s criminal enterprise. III. The Daily Beast Engaged in an Illicit Cover Up Operation of the Above Information On November 3rd, 2016, this author made a post to Reddit containing preliminary research and information on the above story. The post was made to the pro-Trump subreddit r/the_donald due to the forum’s reputation as the only outlet on Reddit where news was not being censored during the U.S. Presidential Election. The same day, Wikileaks tweeted a link to the Reddit post labeling it as a “significant, if partisan, find.” On November 4th, 2016 The Daily Beast wrote a non-factual and intentionally misleading article covering the Clinton-Silsby scandal. They accused Wikileaks of publicizing a “Reddit conspiracy theory” which was “riddled with incorrect information.” The author, Ben Collins neglected to do basic research on the totality of the links presented in the post as evidence. Mr. Collins attacked the policies of r/the_donald towards freedom of speech and accused the forum of being racist without citing extensive or definitive proof. At no point did The Daily Beast provide proof that the allegations were not true, and did not disprove any of the evidence submitted. A link to an extensive study of the case by the Harvard Human Rights Journal which clearly linked Bill Clinton to the scandal was totally ignored. They similarly failed to acknowledge or address emails published by Wikileaks between Hillary Clinton and her legal counsel which may potentially indicate that she violated State Department policy for the treatment of U.S. citizens arrested or detained abroad. The Daily Beast is a holding of American media conglomerate InterActiveCorp. Chelsea Clinton, Vice President of the Clinton Foundation and daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton, sits on InterActiveCorp’s Board of Directors. The proximity of the Clinton family to the organization responsible for oversight and direction of The Daily Beast raises questions about the publication’s journalistic independence and their commitment to factual and ethical reporting on current events and topics of public interest. Given their slanderous and incorrect reporting on the Clinton-Silsby scandal, it seems clear that they do not hold these values in high regard. Since her release from detention in Haiti, Laura Silsby has returned to Idaho. In 2015, she married and took the last name Gayler. Silsby is currently employed by software company AlertSense as their Vice President of Marketing. AlertSense works with the Federal Government on FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS). One of IPAWS functions is to issue Amber Alerts during kidnapping events. Update: It appears that since the time of publication, Laura Silsby-Gayler is no longer listed as a member of Alert Sense’s Leadership Team. Suspicious activity can be submitted online at ice.gov/tipline, by phone at 866-DHS-2-ICE or by contacting your local ICE office. National Human Trafficking Hotline Get Help 1-888-373-7888 TTY: 711 *Text: 233733 PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW

By Travis Uresk |July 29th 2022 | Human Trafficking | From April 2021 to July 21st 2022 | “In April of 2021, an investigation began into ritualistic child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking that occurred in Utah County. The ensuing investigation discovered that other victims had previously reported similar forms of ritualistic sexual abuse and trafficking in Utah County, Juab County, and Sanpete County between 1990 and 2010. On May 31, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office had a press release about investigating allegations of “ritualistic sexual abuse and trafficking” happening within the county. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office investigates what the agency calls “reports of ritualistic child sexual abuse,” which has oddly spurred outrage by a local country lawyer who asks for the sheriff’s resignation over investigating these claims. Portions of these allegations were confirmed. These allegations are being investigated by the Utah County Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with other local and federal agencies.” The press release ended by urging the public to share any kind of information they might have, specifically mentioning how the sheriff’s office is aware some victims have been intimidated into silence. “We are pleading with the public and encourage victims, or individuals with knowledge of these crimes, to contact the Utah County Sheriff’s Office Special Victim’s Unit so that they can be offered all the assistance possible. We understand that there are individuals who have concerns for their safety and/or well-being that have been silenced. We need your help.” Leavitt stated that Sheriff Smith used this investigation to sully Leavitt’s reelection efforts, “The sheriff’s office is using its position for political gain.” Leavitt also confessed that his name is connected to this investigation, stating that a case dismissed in 2014 named him and his wife in a witness statement from all those years back. “I learned that my wife and I were part of those allegations, alleging that we were guilty of cannibalizing young children and murdering young children.” Leavitt added that the case was dismissed “because the evidence was so outlandish and so unbelievable.” But, the case was dropped without prejudice “due to trouble getting discovery to defense counsel,” according to court records. The county attorney labeled the victim statement from years back as “151 pages of utter baloney” and said the complainant was “tragically mentally ill.” Sheriff Smith stated, “These are victims of crime who have mustered the courage to come forward, and this is what we call them is mentally ill?” The Utah County sheriff believes Leavitt “is using his authority and his pulpit to bully, distract and mischaracterize the facts of an ongoing investigation.” Investigation Confirms Ritual Child Sexual Abuse, Sex Trafficking Ring in Three Utah Counties By Radix Verum MAY 31, 2022 Patriots' Soapbox UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, May 31, 2022 — The Utah County Sheriff’s Office has issued a press release confirming that an investigation into ritualistic child sex abuse and sex trafficking is ongoing and they are requesting information from any members of the public who might know something: In April of 2021, an investigation began into ritualistic child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking that occurred in Utah County. The ensuing investigation discovered that other victims had previously reported similar forms of ritualistic sexual abuse and trafficking that occurred in Utah County, Juab County, and Sanpete County during the time between 1990 and 2010. Portions of these allegations were confirmed. These allegations are being investigated by the Utah County Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with other local and federal agencies. We are pleading with the public and encourage victims, or individuals with knowledge of these crimes, to contact the Utah County Sheriff’s Office Special Victim’s Unit, so that they can be offered all the assistance possible. We understand that there are individuals who have concerns for their safety and/or well-being, who have been silenced. We need your help. Contact the Utah County Sheriff’s Office at (801)851-4010. – Utah County Sheriffs Office I reached out for comment with some questions and received the following responses: Can you provide any general details on the nature of the ritual aspect? -We aren’t commenting on specifics of what makes this abuse ritualistic. Generally, however, it could be an organized effort by a group or individual, or it could have a religious component to it. We just aren’t commenting about that right now. Have you considered or have you already gotten federal agencies involved? -We do have Federal agencies involved with us already. Was the trafficking limited to Utah, or was it inter-state? -With what we have now it is just within Utah. But we recognize that it is possible, maybe even likely, that what we are finding will flow beyond just the state of Utah. What we know has already involved three neighboring counties in Utah. I will continue to provide updates on this investigation as I receive them. I have included some information that may or may not be relevant to the investigation but includes similar allegations in the same area: Mormon Stories #1311: Claims of Satanic Ritual Abuse within Mormonism: An Introduction Mormon Stories #1312: Dr. David Frankfurter: The History of Rumors of Satanic Abuse Pt. 1 21 arrested in Utah human trafficking sting, some victims trafficked through social media Published March 24, 2022 By Audrey Conklin| Fox News Utah authorities have arrested 21 individuals involved in a large-scale human trafficking sting. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office (UCSO), in collaboration with seven other Utah police departments, Federal Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Utah Attorney General’s Office, rescued three trafficking victims during their operation conducted between Feb. 14-17. Some victims were trafficked through social media, though UCSO told Fox News Digital it could not disclose which platforms due to ongoing investigations. The sheriff's office noted that some are "less-known or less-used" social platforms. One of the three rescued victims included an 18-year-old Honduran immigrant. He had sought help from suspects who eventually "took his passport and his phone and forced him into human trafficking sex operations and would not let him go," Utah County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Sgt. Spencer Cannon said. "This young man thought he was working to earn his freedom. He spoke almost no English and felt trapped with no way out," Cannon continued. 21 people were arrested during those days, which included three men who were traveling to meet children for sex. One of those men, "had in his possession ropes, sex toys, and lingerie." A forensic examination of eight cell phones allowed law enforcement to identify several potential victims, traffickers and a witness who cooperated with authorities. Follow-up forensic examination of eight cell phones identified several potential victims, traffickers and a cooperating witness in a current human trafficking case being investigated by Unified Police Department. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes' office issued a statement Thursday saying it is "observing a growing number of teens are putting themselves in danger" on social media "by getting involved with strangers who pretend to be friendly but who are, in reality, dangerous." "Young people may not be fully aware of the risk involved," the release states. The primary focus of the operation was to identify and rescue victims of human trafficking or sex trafficking, USCO said. An investigation into the trafficking case is ongoing. 21 arrested in Utah sex trafficking operation; police say it is 'not even the tip of the iceberg' By Pat Reavy, KSL.com | Posted - March 24, 2022 SPANISH FORK — A recent operation headed up by the Utah County Sheriff's Office to combat human sex trafficking resulted in 21 arrests and three women being rescued, according to the sheriff's office. But Sheriff's Lt. Jason Randall, head of the investigations unit, said despite the success of the operation, it represented just a small fraction of the overall problem of sex trafficking in Utah and throughout the nation. "This isn't even the tip of the iceberg. This is like a snowflake on an iceberg. We are barely scratching the surface," he said. On Thursday, the sheriff's office held a press conference to announce the results of an undercover operation held Feb. 14-17. During the campaign, investigators went online looking for both victims of human trafficking, as well as people — mainly men — who were willing to engage with women or children in illegal sexual activities. Utah County Sheriff won't resign despite county attorney's demand By: Jenna Bree Jun 01, 2022 PROVO, Utah — Tensions were flying between the Utah County Attorney and Sheriff Mike Smith on Wednesday. County Attorney David Leavitt asked Smith to resign, even calling for an investigation into his activities. It all stems from an investigation into allegations of a ritualistic child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking case that took place over a 20-year period beginning in 1990. Leavitt said the case, which spans three Utah counties, involved a woman who he says was mentally ill and made claims of sex abuse against 15 people. Those allegations were found not to be credible, causing the case to be dismissed. “There is no organized ring of abuse," said Leavitt. "It was it was debunked more than ten years ago. The allegations that are there are so outlandish and so crazy that they're just not true.” During a news conference, Leavitt admitted that he and his wife were named in the allegations, saying the two were not guilty of cannibalizing and murdering young children. "If it can be demonstrated that the sheriff has used his office for political purposes and there is no evidence of that I would bring to court, but if an investigation can demonstrate it, then I am saying the sheriff should resign," said Leavitt. A FOX 13 News report revealed one of the targets of the investigation was a therapist who was previously charged with a series of sex crimes against young female family members. The Utah County Attorney's Office dropped charges against the therapist without prejudice and he was never convicted. About two hours after Leavitt made his plea for Smith to resign, the sheriff responded, saying what the County Attorney said was disturbing and even contradictory on more than one occasion, and that he even possibly tainted the sheriff's office investigation. "I will tell you right now, I think that this is probably the best way we could use public funds is to investigate child sexual abuse," said Sheriff Smith. "I take exception to any victim who comes forward and is characterized as tragically mentally ill, how dare you?" Smith added that he will not be resigning. “This is some of the most egregious crimes that happen in our communities, when our children are victimized to this level," he said. "And we will look into this. You can label it and deflect and say whatever you want, we will continue to investigate.” The sheriff said his department's investigation is ongoing and that they were contacted by no less than 20 people since posted about this crimes Tuesday. “I think that this is probably the best way we could use public funds, is to investigate child sexual sexual abuse," said Smith. It is worth noting that both Leavitt and Smith are up for re-election for their respective positions. The sheriff shot down any notion that the information about the investigation was released for political gain. Utah County: 120 Come Forward with Information in ‘Ritualistic Child Sexual Abuse’ Investigation By CULLEN MCCUE July 3, 2022 The 120 figure includes victims and people who know victims, according to the Utah County Sheriff's office. An investigation into “ritualistic child sexual abuse” has continued to turn heads after 120 victims and those who know victims have come forward, a Utah sheriff reported. A local prosecutor was reportedly named in the probe during a May 31 press conference, though the sheriff’s office has not released names of potential victims or suspects. The Utah County Sheriff’s Department has asked for assistance in the investigation from the FBI, which it has received. “It’s common practice for the FBI to offer assistance, when requested, to our law enforcement partners. We are assisting, and so I will defer to the lead agency, which is the Utah County Sheriff’s Office,” said FBI spokeswoman Sandra Barker. “I don’t know the exact number, but it is now over 120 people who have contacted us. [Of that number], I am sure. There are likely more than 120 at this point,” Sgt. Spencer Cannon told The Epoch Times. The 120 figure is comprised of both victims and people who know victims, Cannon said. According to the department, the alleged abuse took place between 1990 and 2010. The Utah County Sheriff’s office previously announced the investigation — which has been underway since April 2021 — in a May 31 press release. The department detailed its investigation into “ritualistic sexual abuse and child sex trafficking” in Utah’s second largest county. In addition, law enforcement uncovered similar instances in neighboring Juab County and Sanpete County during the same period. Utah County Attorney David Leavitt was reportedly among those named in the probe. Leavitt has denied the allegations and described one of the alleged victims as “tragically mentally ill” after the May 31 press release. “I learned that my wife and I were part of those allegations, allegedly that we were guilty of cannibalizing young children, and murdering young children,” Leavitt said before denying the allegations. The prosecutor has also criticized the handling of the investigation by Sheriff Mike Smith and has accused him of conducting a politically motivated “witch hunt” in an election year. “Mr. Leavitt named himself,” Cannon, who did not confirm or deny any names, told The Epoch Times. “What I will say, however, is that the case Mr. Leavitt referred to is not the case we began investigating in April 2021. He implies otherwise, but he is wrong,” Cannon said. Another suspect is a therapist previously charged with a series of sex crimes against young female family members, according to Adam Herbets of Fox 13. Police said they had a taped confession, but the Utah County Attorney’s Office dismissed the charges. The investigation is currently ongoing. Sheriff Announces County Attorney Is Being Investigated in Utah County “Ritualistic Sex Abuse” Case — County Attorney Responds to Allegations Calling Witness “Mentally Ill” Posted on July 21, 2022 by Constitutional Nobody- USSA News On Tuesday night Utah County Sheriff’s office accused County Attorney David Leavitt and his wife were subjects of a child sex abuse investigation approximately 10 years ago involving ritualistic sexual abuse. Dozens of victims stepped forward at the time to make allegations against at least 15 members of the community. The alleged sex ring operative in Utah, Juab and Sanpete counties in Utah between 1990 and 2010. In response, County Attorney David Leavitt held a press on Wednesday morning. Leavitt called for the sheriff’s resignation after the allegations were made public. Leavitt told reporters earlier today that he and his wife were accused of cannibalizing young children and murdering young children. Leavitt called the accuser and victim in the case “tragically mentally ill.” Attorney Leavitt also called for an investigation of Sheriff Smith’s handling of the allegations. Here is a report from last month on the ritualistic abuse case. Utah County Attorney David Leavitt is calling for an investigation of Sheriff Mike Smith’s handling of allegations involving “ritualistic sex abuse.” Leavitt called a press conference Wednesday morning after the Utah County Sheriff’s Office told the media the night prior that it is investigating a child sex abuse ring that operated in Utah, Juab, and Sanpete counties between 1990 and 2010. At the press conference, Leavitt announced that he and his wife were subjects of a child sex abuse investigation approximately 10 years ago, but claimed those allegations were totally untrue. “I learned that my wife and I were part of those allegations, allegedly that we were guilty of cannibalizing young children, and murdering young children,” Leavitt said. Leavitt called the victim of the case ‘tragically mentally ill’ and dismissed that he or his wife had ever participated in ritual child sex abuse. “To have [my wife’s] reputation, her professional character and everything about her life’s work called into question brought into question by a few cheap political opportunists offends me to the depth of my being. It does nothing but to demean the integrity of me, my wife, and 15 other members of this community who had absolutely nothing to do with a discredited case from 15 years ago,” Leavitt said Leavitt said the woman’s allegations named “15 to 20” other people and that the case was debunked. Leavitt suggested the timing of the Utah County Sheriff’s Office announcement of its ‘ritualistic sex abuse’ investigation is politically motivated.“ “There is no organized ring of abuse, it was debunked more than 10 years ago, it was dismissed by someone who was not in any respect affiliated with me and it wasn’t even investigated in a serious way by the sex crimes task force of Utah County. That this all occurs less than one week before ballots drop in an election in which I am participating causes me tremendous concern,” he said. At a hastily-called press conference Wednesday afternoon, Sheriff Smith said Leavitt has his facts wrong. Smith said the ritual sex abuse investigation involves more than just the case where Leavitt said he and his wife were accused. “Several times, Mr. Leavitt named himself and mentioned cannibalism and murder. This investigation is about child sex abuse,” Smith said. “I take exception to any victim coming forward and being categorized as ‘tragically mentally ill’. How dare you. These are victims of crimes who have mustered the courage to come forward and this is what you call them? Mentally ill. How dare you.” Smith said Leavitt may have compromised their case by making certain statements at the press conference earlier in the day. Utah County seeking tips on 'ritualistic' child sex abuse across three counties PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS CASE BELOW

Posted By Travis Uresk | July 28th 2022 | Pedophiles | By Adam Herbets SALT LAKE CITY — A FOX 13 News investigation has revealed how the Utah Department of Corrections makes exceptions to its own rules, allowing clusters of sex offenders to live together throughout the state. Dan Blanchard, the director of Adult Parole & Probation, said his office started receiving complaints in spring about a house on Catherine Street in Rose Park. AP&P manages the sex offender registry and supervises most offenders after they leave prison. Neighbors said they decided to stay away from the cute house with the pink butterfly (see below) once they learned there were 14 sex offenders registered to the address, a single-family residence. “I make sure that my windows and doors are locked every single night,” said neighbor Marguerite Casale. “If your child were walking home from school in front of that house, how would that make you feel? Probably pretty angry.” According to AP&P, sex offenders on parole are not allowed to associate with other felons, which means they should not have 13 felon roommates – unless they get permission from their parole agent for good behavior. In this case, AP&P made 14 individual exceptions. “These are reviewed by the agents – maybe multiple agents reviewing them,” Blanchard said. “We trust that our field team – they're managing those appropriately.” FOX 13 News asked how often AP&P is making exceptions to its own rules. “It’s case by case, and there are times when we decline those requests,” Blanchard responded. “There’s not necessarily a box that’s checked that says this one was denied or this one was approved.” “But as a supervisor, you have no way of knowing whether your agents are approving these in 90 percent of cases or 10 percent of cases,” asked FOX 13 News investigative reporter Adam Herbets. “We would need to look at the specific cases to see,” Blanchard responded. Blanchard said sometimes it is unhealthy for sex offenders to live together, but there are pros and cons. One of the concerns he cited was Utah’s housing crisis. “We understand it’s complex and it can be challenging, so we’re trying to balance both of those issues,” Blanchard said. “I believe there is some benefit with people having some peer – a peer environment where others are helping to hold them accountable.” According to Dr. C.Y. Roby, the psychologist who helped develop Utah’s sex offender rehabilitation program, the idea of them living together is “frowned upon,” but he understands the housing crisis makes things difficult. As of late July, the registry showed eight sex offenders living at the address. Although their names are public, FOX 13 News is not identifying by name in this story because neighbors have not accused them of illicit conduct. Some of the original 14 sex offenders have moved out. Some have been arrested. At least one is missing. “I’m not aware of any specific serious violations or – such as an arrest that has occurred,” Blanchard said. FOX 13 News showed Blanchard a photo of Kenneth Reyos, a registered sex offender on parole who is now missing from the address. “Do you know who this man is?” Herbets asked. “No, I don’t,” Blanchard responded. “His name is Kenneth Reyos,” Herbets said. “He was convicted of attempted rape. He’s not there anymore, and we don’t know where he is now.” Cartel Mehraban, a 13-year-old boy who visits his terminal grandmother on Catherine Street, said he was scared to be in the neighborhood. “My mom hasn’t allowed me to ride my bike around. I don’t even want to personally, because I’m just scared that something will happen if they notice me riding my bike,” Mehraban said. “I’ve seen people walk out, I just don’t look at them very much because I don’t want to be around them. I don’t want to be near them because it scares me.” The home is close to multiple parks and schools. AP&P said it is legal for sex offenders to live next to restricted areas, so long as they don’t go onto the property. Neighbors said they were disappointed to hear AP&P’s explanation for allowing so many exceptions. “Honestly what the state is doing is it’s setting these folks up for failure,” Casale said. “I bet that if the head guy of AP&P lived three doors down from that house, his opinion would likely change.” At least one of the sex offenders who lives at the address disagreed that he was being set up for failure. “They do pretty good on checking on us, making sure we’re all doing good,” he said. “We couldn’t be here if they didn’t.” Blanchard said AP&P has never directed people to live in sex offender clusters like the one on Catherine Street. “If we’re aware of areas that are felon friendly, those may be kind of circulated among people,” Blanchard explained. At least one of the sex offenders said he found out about the home because of a poster at his halfway house. Two sex offenders said they were glad some of their previous roommates are gone. “People were using drugs and a lot of them ended up running,” he explained. “(AP&P) should definitely be more careful because I don’t think this should be allowed at all,” Mehraban said. “It’s dangerous. It’s unnerving. People are moving aware because of it. Yeah, it’s scary.” Allison Plant, the landlord, said Salt Lake City has been fining her company for code violations. “We’ve never had an issue with AP&P. My issue has never been with them. Our issue has been with the city,” Plant said. “Thousands and thousands and thousands (of dollars in fines). Do I think some of them are fair? Maybe a few of them... To completely humiliate them is not – that's not fair. I disagree with that, and I will fight for them and fight for this cause.” Plant said she is not allowed to accept any more tenants and that she is starting to move the sex offenders out of the house because she feels like they’re being targeted. The city would not comment on ongoing enforcement, other than to say it really doesn’t matter whether the individuals living in the home are sex offenders because the situation doesn’t meet the definition of a “single family” in a “single-family residence.” “It’s hard to house people with a felony, with a sex offense, but is this solving the problem or is this creating more problems?” Casale asked. “I’m a family of three, and sometimes our house seems a little tight... This is Rose Park. This wouldn’t be happening in Cottonwood Heights.” The pedophile logos By Travis Uresk Once recognized, the logo imagery is easy to reconcile. According to FBI documents, the following logos are used within the pedophile community. Symbols and Logos Used by Pedophiles to Identify Sexual Preferences This intelligence bulletin addresses Crimes Against Children Standing Intelligence Requirements Set contained in Q-FBI-2200-005-06, HRWC CAC-VI.A.5. Pedophiles, to include those who sexually abuse children as well as those who produce, distribute, and trade child pornography, are using various types of identification logos or symbols to recognize one another and distinguish their sexual preferences. To specifically indicate the pedophile’s gender preference, members of pedophilic organizations encourage the use of descriptions such as “boylove”, “girllove”, and “childlove.” These symbols have been etched into rings and formed into pendants, and have also been found imprinted on coins. The BoyLover logo (BLogo) is a small blue spiral-shaped triangle surrounded by a larger triangle, whereby the small triangle represents a small boy and the larger triangle represents an adult man. A variation of the BLogo is the Little Boy Lover logo (LBLogo), which also embodies a small spiral-shaped triangle within a larger triangle; however, the corners of the LBLogo are rounded to resemble a scribbling by a young child. Images of the BLogo and LBLogo symbols are depicted below. FBI investigations in several cities have uncovered several symbols used by pedophiles to proclaim their attraction to children. After a seizure of a subject’s computer in connection with an Innocent Images case in the Jacksonville Division, a Computer Analysis Response Team forensic examiner came across an unfamiliar symbol that was integrated into a Web site banner named “ATBOYS.COM, where the “A” in “ATBOYS” was actually the BoyLove symbol and written as follows: TBOYS.com. It was further determined that “ATBOYS” is an acronym for Attracted To Boys. These pedophilia symbols also appear on Web sites such as one of the banners advertised on www.boylover.net. In another incident, FBI Sacramento was alerted by the California Department of Justice about an unusual marking on a coin. Research of the marking concluded that the BoyLover logo (BLogo) was imprinted on the front of the coin, and the phrase “Kids Love Pedos” was engraved on the back of the coin. (Coins depicting the BLogo are pictured on page one.) The appearance of the BLogo on coins is another method used by pedophiles to announce their sexual preferences. Pedophilia symbols on jewelry, coins, Web sites and other effects are indicative of advertisement methods used by child sexual predators to promote their cause. Pedophile activists advocate for the social acceptance of sexual relationships between adults and children. These organizations seek to decriminalize sexual relationships between adults and children and to legalize child pornography based on their belief that children have the ability to consent to sexual acts. Identical or similar jewelry and symbols as described in this intelligence bulletin should raise suspicion of possible pedophilia activity when found during searches. Investigators should also be attentive to pedophilia symbols advertised on Web sites. During examinations of computer files, investigators should be conscious of subjects who try to conceal child pornography by labeling them with symbols instead of the typical suggestive explicit names. More Codes: Samples NY Detective Rothstein investigated powerful child abuse networks all his life and every time he got close to arresting the perpetrators the investigation was shut down for national security reasons. The national security in question being that if people realized how common this is in the corridors of power they would revolt and overturn the political leadership of the West. Favorite Drag Queen Storytime Author ‘Likes’ Pedophile Instagram Post https://www.newswars.com/favorite-drag-queen-storytime-author-likes-pedophile-instagram-post/ Check your neighborhood, child sex crimes are on the rise. Pedophiles don't spend much time in prison. The FBI released these symbols for a reason, save them, and watch out for them. They look innocent, but they are not. I have seen articles where companies have been putting these symbols on kid's toys now. Disney has been using them for many years. National Sex Offender Public Website https://www.nsopw.gov/ Utah Sex Offender List https://www.icrimewatch.net/index.php?AgencyID=54438&disc= With child sex crimes on the rise and the internet making it easier for these predators to prey on your children, I found two really good articles for parents to help protect their kids against these evil people. I hope they help. The Stages of Online Grooming https://www.1nationjustice.com/post/the-stages-of-online-grooming

Posted By Travis Uresk | July 27th 2022 | Vernal, Ut. | By Pat Reavy, KSL.com | VERNAL — A bar bouncer at the Quality Inn Hotel who was trying to remove an intoxicated person from the business on Monday is facing a criminal charge for allegedly breaking the man's neck, according to police. Caleb Christian Lee Pemberton, 26, of Vernal, was charged Wednesday in Utah's 8th District Court with aggravated assault causing serious injury, a second-degree felony. According to a police booking affidavit, officers were called to a hotel bar on Monday on a report of a fight "and the victim was on the ground screaming and yelling while foaming at the mouth." Pemberton told police that the victim was intoxicated and had been asked to leave, according to charging documents. The police affidavit further adds that the victim "became very intoxicated and attempted to fight other customers at the bar" and refused to leave. Pemberton claimed that he and the victim pushed each other but no punches were thrown. However, after watching surveillance video of the incident, "officers could clearly see that the defendant and the individual had thrown punches at each other," charging documents state. The victim was punched in the face and then pushed to the ground, landing on his stomach and face, the charges state. Pemberton "then grabbed the individual by the hair and drug him to a flight of stairs, approximately 10 feet away." While Pemberton held the man by his hair and dragged him toward the stairs, both men fell and the victim hit his neck on the stairs, the charges state. Doctors at a local hospital later confirmed the man's neck was broken, according to the charges. "I asked the manager what their policy was for the bouncer's use of force was. She stated they were only allowed to detain and contact the police," the arresting officer wrote in the affidavit. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW