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21 Oct 2024 US 🇺🇸
▫️Outrage as teacher at $76K-a-year Massachusetts boarding school will not be prosecuted for 'grooming and abusing multiple young girls'
A teacher at a prestigious private school in Massachusetts will not be prosecuted for allegedly grooming and abusing multiple young girls because of the state's age of consent laws.
Longtime history teacher Matthew S. Rutledge was accused of sexual abuse at Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield by five women between 1992 and 2010, two of whom have identified themselves.
The close-knit school charges fees starting at $6,800 per year up to $43,800 for a day student, while international boarding costs up to $75,600. With fewer than 200 students at the institution, Rutledge's behavior was allegedly an open secret.
Berkshire District Attorney's office declined to prosecute Rutledge because the age of consent is 16 in Massachusetts, and the alleged victims were all 16 years old at the time, according to the Boston Globe.
However, he allegedly groomed two of the women when they were aged 14 and 15, before the sexual relations began when they were 16.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13980293/matthew-rutledge-private-school-grooming-abusing-young-girls-massachusetts.html
▫️Orlando Middle School Employee Arrested for Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material
OCALA, Fla. — A middle school employee has been arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with possession of child sex abuse material.
Mitchell Regan, 36, of Leesburg, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
According to the complaint, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Orlando executed a search warrant at Regan’s residence Oct. 17. During a search of Regan’s cellphone, an HSI computer forensic agent located an image of child sex abuse material in his photo gallery. Regan admitted to agents that he had sent and received child sex abuse material using an online social media application. Regan also advised law enforcement that he is currently employed at a middle school and the Boys and Girls Club and that he teaches chess club and music lessons.
https://www.dhs.gov/hsi/news/2024/10/21/orlando-middle-school-employee-arrested-possessing-child-sex-abuse-material
▫️Bench Trial For Verona City Council member & Former Firefighter Accused of Sexually Assaulting Child Starts on Monday
A bench trial for a former firefighter accused of sexually assaulting a child will begin on Monday morning. Robert Schaffnit, 47, of Joliet has pleaded not guilty to all charges which includes four counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault, all class X felonies; one count of Criminal Sexual Assault and seven counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse/Trust or Supervision, all class one felonies and one count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, a class two felony.
The Grundy County State’s Attorney’s Office told WCSJ that Schaffnit is accused of sexually assaulting and abusing a child under the age of 13 every other day between January of 2021 to early June of 2023 somewhere in the Verona area.
Prosecutors say Schaffnit was a former Verona City Council member and former Verona firefighter.
https://www.wcsjnews.com/news/local/bench-trial-for-former-firefighter-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-child-starts-on-monday/article_d5e037da-8f3e-11ef-b2eb-8b57dd5e8693.html
▫️Youth therapist facing child sex and rape charges expected in court Monday
WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio - A West Chester therapist charged in a 21-count indictment with raping boys for years is scheduled to return to court Monday.
Michael Lesko, 33, is expected to appear for a plea or trial setting at 9:30 a.m. before Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Oster Jr.
Lesko’s indictment involves seven counts of rape, six counts of gross sexual imposition and eight counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
» https://www.fox19.com/2024/10/21/youth-therapist-facing-child-sex-rape-charges-expected-court-monday/
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21 Oct 2024 US 🇺🇸
▫️Outrage as teacher at $76K-a-year Massachusetts boarding school will not be prosecuted for 'grooming and abusing multiple young girls'
A teacher at a prestigious private school in Massachusetts will not be prosecuted for allegedly grooming and abusing multiple young girls because of the state's age of consent laws.
Longtime history teacher Matthew S. Rutledge was accused of sexual abuse at Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield by five women between 1992 and 2010, two of whom have identified themselves.
The close-knit school charges fees starting at $6,800 per year up to $43,800 for a day student, while international boarding costs up to $75,600. With fewer than 200 students at the institution, Rutledge's behavior was allegedly an open secret.
Berkshire District Attorney's office declined to prosecute Rutledge because the age of consent is 16 in Massachusetts, and the alleged victims were all 16 years old at the time, according to the Boston Globe.
However, he allegedly groomed two of the women when they were aged 14 and 15, before the sexual relations began when they were 16.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13980293/matthew-rutledge-private-school-grooming-abusing-young-girls-massachusetts.html
▫️Orlando Middle School Employee Arrested for Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material
OCALA, Fla. — A middle school employee has been arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with possession of child sex abuse material.
Mitchell Regan, 36, of Leesburg, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
According to the complaint, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Orlando executed a search warrant at Regan’s residence Oct. 17. During a search of Regan’s cellphone, an HSI computer forensic agent located an image of child sex abuse material in his photo gallery. Regan admitted to agents that he had sent and received child sex abuse material using an online social media application. Regan also advised law enforcement that he is currently employed at a middle school and the Boys and Girls Club and that he teaches chess club and music lessons.
https://www.dhs.gov/hsi/news/2024/10/21/orlando-middle-school-employee-arrested-possessing-child-sex-abuse-material
▫️Bench Trial For Verona City Council member & Former Firefighter Accused of Sexually Assaulting Child Starts on Monday
A bench trial for a former firefighter accused of sexually assaulting a child will begin on Monday morning. Robert Schaffnit, 47, of Joliet has pleaded not guilty to all charges which includes four counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault, all class X felonies; one count of Criminal Sexual Assault and seven counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse/Trust or Supervision, all class one felonies and one count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, a class two felony.
The Grundy County State’s Attorney’s Office told WCSJ that Schaffnit is accused of sexually assaulting and abusing a child under the age of 13 every other day between January of 2021 to early June of 2023 somewhere in the Verona area.
Prosecutors say Schaffnit was a former Verona City Council member and former Verona firefighter.
https://www.wcsjnews.com/news/local/bench-trial-for-former-firefighter-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-child-starts-on-monday/article_d5e037da-8f3e-11ef-b2eb-8b57dd5e8693.html
▫️Youth therapist facing child sex and rape charges expected in court Monday
WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio - A West Chester therapist charged in a 21-count indictment with raping boys for years is scheduled to return to court Monday.
Michael Lesko, 33, is expected to appear for a plea or trial setting at 9:30 a.m. before Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Oster Jr.
Lesko’s indictment involves seven counts of rape, six counts of gross sexual imposition and eight counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
» https://www.fox19.com/2024/10/21/youth-therapist-facing-child-sex-rape-charges-expected-court-monday/
» https://t.me/ENDHUMANTRAFFICKING/16434
@ENDHUMANTRAFFICKING