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For the second time in less than a week Brian Rooney found himself back in court facing 
charges unrelated to the Michelle Gardner-Quinn murder. However, Brian Rooney remains the primary suspect in Michelle’s murder. The charges faced by Rooney were also a result of the investigation into Michelle Gardner-Quinn’s disappearance.
For the second time in less than a week, Rooney entered not guilty pleas to sex charges brought as a result of the probe into Gardner-Quinn’s disappearance.
The new charges are aggravated sexual assault and inciting a felony.
Authorities accuse Rooney of repeatedly sexually assaulting a former girlfriend and soliciting someone to have her killed.
He was ordered held without bail. (WAVY 10)
Earlier this week Brian Rooney was facing charges that he sexually abused and raped a 14 year old girl 8 years earlier.
“The defendant jumped on her while she was in bed, forced a rag over face with an ether-type smell, when she woke up he was there with her. She had a feeling in her legs like they were jello,” says Matt Levine, Vt. Assistant Attorney General.
Rooney pled not guilty to charges of lewd and lascivious conduct and sexual assault. His lawyer told the judge the sex charges should be dismissed. He claims they are a police tactic that permits them to hold Rooney while they look for the evidence to charge him with the murder of the UVM student. (WCAX)
Brian Rooney is being held on cash bail set at 150-thousand dollars on the sex crime charges. However, it does not appear that Rooney will be getting out any time soon. Vermont’s largest bail bond company, ZIGNA/Freedom Bail Bonds, rejected Rooney’s bail as they did not want to do business with the suspect. Can’t say we blame them.
Vermont’s largest bail bond company says Brian Rooney and his family have the assets to finance a bail loan, but the company just doesn’t want Rooney’s business.
Sprano says Rooney’s family has enough money and own enough property to secure the bail loan, but Sprano decided his company will not help Rooney get out of jail.
“After further reviewing the case we have decided to decline to write the bond,” Sprano explained.
“Due to the heinousness of the crimes, we’ve just decided against it,” he added. (WCAX)
October 19th, 2006 at 05:33pm
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Juan Miguel Medrano Jr., 54, of Brownsville, TX is wanted for aggravated sexual assault, unlawful restraint and for abandoning of his 14-year-old stepdaughter. Surprise, surprise, Juan Miguel Medrano Jr is an undocumented illegal immigrant as well. So who was the 14 year old girl going to run to for help while being abused? Tough to do and an impossible situation when you are an illegal and your abusive step-father knows it.
Juan Miguel Medrano Jr., an undocumented immigrant, is wanted on a warrant charging him with abandoning a child, aggravated sexual assault of a child and unlawful restraint, police said. (Brownsville Herald)
Suspect Wanted for Holding Girl Captive
BROWNSVILLE - Officers are searching for the man accused of keeping a teenage girl captive in a trailer.
Juan Miguel Medrano Jr., 54, is wanted for aggravated sexual assault, unlawful restraint and for abandoning a child.
He’s accused of holding his 14-year-old stepdaughter inside a travel trailer, isolating her from family and friends for the past 2 months. (News Channel 5)
If anyone has any information please call Brownsville Crimestoppers at 546-TIPS.
Police Looking For a Man Accused of Locking Up a Girl in a Trailer
The 14 year old girl and her mother are presently in a woman’s shelter.
According to investigators, the girl’s mother advised them the girl had been locked up by Medrano for the past two months and would not allow her to contact her family. Police say the young girl appeared to be delirious and unaware of her surroundings.
Medrano is wanted for aggravated assault of a child, unlawful restraint and abandonment of a child. Medrano was not at home when the girl was picked up and now they are asking for the public’s help to find him. (KGBT 4)
October 4th, 2006 at 11:10pm
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Sunday September 24th. 9pm et. LISTEN HERE LIVE
Dana’s guest will be Brook Hart lawyer for Duane Dog Chapman and his family.
Also Tonja Doe (Victim Of Andrew Luster) and her lawyer William Daniles discuss serial rapist Andrew Luster and how Dog Chapman’s capture of Luster affected her life.
PODCAST Replay here.
cross-posted at Scared Monkeys
September 24th, 2006 at 09:08pm
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Thirty-five year old Miguel G. Canela was arrested Tuesday and charged with the rape of a 
15 year old.
A 35-year-old Henderson resident is arrested Tuesday morning, charged with rape, custodial interference and two counts of possession of a forged instrument.
Miguel G. Canela of 112 Letcher Street was found with a 15-year-old from Las Vegas Tuesday morning. The juvenile was listed as missing by the Las Vegas Police department.
According to Henderson police, Canela was also found to be in possession of a forged ID and Social Security card.
(14 WFIE)
September 5th, 2006 at 09:55pm
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What is wrong with judges in this country? A 5-foot-1 man can sexually abuse a 12 year old girl but some how he is too short to survive i n jail according to a judge. First of all who cares, second of all how is being too short a defense? This low life had no problem molesting a child, yet some how our legal system protects him as he is too short to survive i jail. What ever happened to protecting the children, the defenseless of our society?
A judge’s decision to sentence a 5-foot-1 man to probation instead of prison for sexually assaulting a child has angered crime victim advocates who say the punishment sends the wrong message.
But supporters of short people say it’s about time someone recognizes the unique challenges they face.
Cheyenne County District Judge Kristine Cecava issued the sentence Tuesday. She told Richard W. Thompson that his crimes deserved a long prison sentence but that he was too small to survive in a state prison.
Though he could have been sentenced to 10 years behind bars, he ended up with 10 years of probation instead. On Thursday, the state’s attorney general, Jon Bruning, promised to appeal within two weeks, calling the sentence far too lenient.
“I’m concerned about the message this sends to victims and perpetrators,” said Marla Sohl with the Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition, adding that it shows more concern is being placed on the criminal and his safety in prison than the victim.
(Yahoo News)
How can height play a part in the sentencing of a sexual predator? Obviously his height did not prevent him from committing the crime. This just plays in a long line of judges who would rather protect the rights of child molesters than their victims.
May 26th, 2006 at 07:39pm
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For now prosecutors will no decide on whether to pursue an allegation that Steven Avery sexually assaulted a teenage girl in 2004. They will make the determination after Steven Avery stands trial on murder and rape charges against Teresa Halbach.
The teenage accuser agreed with the decision and does not want her allegation prosecuted at this time, District Attorney John Zakowski said.
“We believe this decision to be in the public interest after considering all the circumstances, and certainly in the best interests of the complainant,” he said.
Zakowski was asked to evaluate the sexual assault allegation made in Manitowoc County in August 2004, more than a year before Avery was accused in the murder of Teresa Halbach, also in Manitowoc County.
One wonders whether this rape allegation would have ever seen the light of day if it had not been for Steven Avery’s involvement and arrest in the rape and murder of Teresa Halbach? It would appear that the that due to the release of Steve Avery in 2003 after spending 18 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit; authorities were none too anxious to try Avery on another rape charge.
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April 13th, 2006 at 01:06pm
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Sick and tired of reading about judges from Vermont and Ohio letting child rapists out with little to no punishments for their crimes? Tired of hearing about the rights of the criminals and that they have an illness?
South Carolina has an answer to that illness that will cure it permanently. In a backlash to the recent “Dungeon rapes“ by sex offender Kenneth Glenn Hinson, the SC attorney general backs a proposal that will execute twice convicted child molesters.
Some S.C. legislators want to execute twice-convicted child molesters, and experts say such a law could be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
“This is a historic moment for South Carolina to step forward and force the Supreme Court’s hand,” said Sen. David Thomas, R-Greenville, who is supporting a bill that could make the state the second — behind Louisiana — to allow the death penalty for a crime other than murder. “We have changed as a nation since the 1970s when the court last addressed the constitutionality of capital punishment for a sex crime. It’s a horror — someone who twice rapes a young child — they deserve a death sentence.”
It is about time someone start taking the protection of our children seriously. All too often we hear that a sexual predator needs to be rehabilitated and provided therapy. This of course after they have violated how many children? It is well documented that a sex offender has committed far too numerous to count acts before they are ever arrested. Then when they are, misguided judges provide a slap on the wrist. Not any more in SC if the legislature and AG get their way.
“I’m going to give the General Assembly a green light on passing this law because we need this to protect our children and to deter these sexual predators,” McMaster said late Monday.
Robert Blecker, a professor who teaches a course in death penalty law at New York Law School, says he believes the “right case” for capital punishment for a twice convicted child molester could be ruled constitutional.
Several states seem to be following this same “get tough” attitude to protect children. However, some states like Maine just don’t get it and actually have the audacity to call things that would protect children like Jessica’s Law, an election-year gimmick.
Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, said several states, including Oklahoma and Georgia, are considering capital punishment for repeat child molesters. Kentucky has tightened penalties for repeat child molesters but decided recently not to pursue the death penalty.
In Louisiana, a convicted child rapist has been sentenced to death row, and in 1999 the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the ruling.
(Charlotte Observer)
SC Sex Offenders List
The most dangerous states for American kids
March 28th, 2006 at 07:34pm
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Darryl Littlejohn, the bouncer of The Falls bar, today pleaded not guilty to the first degree murder charge against him in the death of Imette St. Guillen.
Suspect pleads not guilty to first-degree murder.
NEW YORK (CNN) — A nightclub bouncer has been formally charged in the slaying of a New York graduate student, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office said Thursday.
The office said Darryl Littlejohn has been indicted on one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder. He entered not guilty pleas during his arraignment Thursday afternoon.
March 23rd, 2006 at 04:54pm
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Fox News is reporting that Darryl Littlejohn, The Falls bouncer, has been indicted for 
Murder of Imette St. Guillen. The heinous murder and rape of Imette St. Guillen shocked the collective conscience and souls of all.
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Grand Jury Indicts Littlejohn in Murder of N.Y. Grad Student
NEW YORK — A bouncer with a long rap sheet has been charged with murder in the death of a graduate student from Boston who was savagely raped, strangled and dumped last month in a desolate area of Brooklyn, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.
(FOX News)
Littlejohn indicted in St. Guillen murder
Littlejohn, 41, will be arrested at Riker’s Island tonight where he is being held on probation violations, sources tell the Herald today.
He will then be booked and fingerprinted at the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn, not far from the deserted area where St. Guillen’s body was found Feb. 25.
St. Guillen’s family is en route to New York City to be present at tomorrow’s arraignment of Littlejohn. New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is also expected to hold a press conference tomorrow.
(The Boston Herald)
March 22nd, 2006 at 03:51pm
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From FOX News: Blood Match in Rape and Murder of NYC Grad Student
Police say they found blood and DNA evidence on plastic ties allegedly used to restrain St. Guillen during her rape and murder last month. They say that evidence links the crime to Littlejohn.
New York police say they will seek an indictment against Darryl Littlejohn for the murder of Boston-native Imette St. Guillen.
UPDATE: AP; NYPD: DNA Link Between Bouncer, Student
NEW YORK (AP) — DNA evidence found on the plastic ties that were used to bind strangled student Imette St. Guillen has been matched to prime suspect Darryl Littlejohn, police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Sunday.
The New York Police Department commissioner said authorities would be taking that match and other evidence to a grand jury to get an indictment against Littlejohn for the murder of the graduate student last month. He didn’t give a date for when the grand jury would get the case.
DNA Links Littlejohn To Murder Of St. Guillen
(CBS) NEW YORK Darryl Littlejohn has been named the prime suspect in the murder investigation of Imette St. Guillen after DNA evidence linked the 41-year-old bouncer to the crime, NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly said at a press conference Sunday.
The forensic match was made after Littlejohn’s blood was found on hand ties used to bound St. Guillen, Kelly said.
(CBS2)
“This is very significant development. When you talk about DNA here you are talking about the certainty of 1 in a trillion, so it’s a very important piece of evidence for us,” Kelly said. “The investigation is going forward and has certainly not reached a finality. There’s a lot more work to be done.”
MSNBC: N.Y. police ID prime suspect in student death
Club bouncer’s blood found on ties used to bind victim, commissioner says
March 12th, 2006 at 04:38pm
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