Police created this sketch of a predator who attacked young children.
Posted on 05/21/2005 7:10:52 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
A man who was arrested for preying on children at a popular tourist spot near Disneyworld is on the run. Police say 31-year-old Emanuel Veiga, a Brazilian citizen in the United States on a work visa has disappeared, and police fear he's victimizing more children.
In 2003, there'd been dozens of sexual assaults near Disneyworld; the youngest victim was just nine years old. Most of the victims had been ambushed in hotel elevators or stairwells. For months, cops say the predator stalked, attacked and violated numerous small children. Then, it happened again - another young girl attacked. This time, cops say the predator struck in a YMCA parking lot. The teenager was on her cell phone talking to her father when she became the predator's next target. But the brave teenager fought back. She repeatedly hit the attacker until she managed to free herself. She ran one way - he, the other. But the young girl got a good look at his face - good enough to help police make a sketch. Even more importantly, she saw the vehicle he jumped into. That gave the team of investigators a major lead in their manhunt. Investigators were now looking for a red Ford Explorer and were doing anything to track it down.
For the first time, police knew how their suspect was getting around. As part of an undercover team continued to stake out hotels, others immediately began searching for the Explorer. The surveillance went on for weeks, with no red Explorer. Then, cops spotted it. For the next 30 minutes, the undercover cops watched as the suspect cruised through one hotel parking lot after another. Although the cops believed the man they were watching was their suspect, they had no proof. That meant cops couldn't take him down --yet. But there was something they could do. The vehicle had no license plate, so the undercover team called in a marked patrol car. Using the missing plates as an excuse, the uniformed officers pulled the suspect over.
The suspect had to hand over his driver's license. Now, cops finally knew who he was - Emanuel Carlos Veiga. After getting a citation, Veiga drove off with no idea he was being trailed. Meanwhile, aremed with the picture from his driver's license, detectives quickly arranged a photo lineup for several victims. The young girl who was attacked in the YMCA knew right away that cops had the right guy.
The positive ID gave police what they needed. Veiga was charged with kidnapping a child, sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation and rape.
When cops searched Veiga's home, they got a look at what might have been the next step in his devious plan. Papers cops found on his desk indicated Veiga was writing, or pretending to write, a book about child safety called "Protect Your Kids." He also claimed to be producing a safety video called "Don't Go With Strangers." He was planning to seek celebrity endorsements - even one from John Walsh!
After posting $72,500 bond, a judge - Carolyn Freeman - decided it would be safe to place Veiga on house arrest with a monitoring deviced attached to his angle while he awaited trial. Judge Freeman has refused to publicly comment on the case, but her decision stunned the team of detectives who'd worked so hard to take an accused predator off the street.
Six weeks after being allowed to go home, Veiga cut off the monitoring device and walked away. He hasn't been seen since.
Saw this tonight. Unbelievable...
Another judge that needs to become unemployed.
I was just watching AMW tonight. Did you see it? How do you like the one scumbag who killed his girlfriend, arrested 41 times for everything from rape, murder, felony assault and he only did 2 years in jail!!!! That just is un-freggin`-real, and dimorats got the gall to stand in the way of conservative judges. The judicial system in this country is a joke. 41 freggin` times.
Yeah, here`s the guy. Read this. How the hell someone can be arrested 41 times, felony arrests by the way, and only spend 2 years in jail is something I`ll never understand in a million year.
http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=25767
I could not find political affiliation of Judge Freeman
She has got to be a Dim-o-rat, probably Clinton appointed as well. Love that name, Freeman. She takes it to heart.
She`s a Democrat, what a suprise. She belongs to this group..
http://www.bernardsdemocrats.org/
Here they held a meeting at her house, I guess on helping `Rats better steal the election in Florida...
http://commerce3.forest.net/onlinetrading/btdems/voting.htm
Wait, this is NJ this website...I just know she is a `Rat, I must find out.
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Emanuel Veiga was arrested on lewd or lascivious molestation and sexual battery charges. Orange County Sheriff's Office detectives said Veiga committed the acts in hotel elevators or parking lots starting in late 2003.
"He would select children walking alone, going back to their rooms alone and he would engage them in the elevator and commit sexual acts," Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary said.
So far, six victims have identified Veiga as the man who fondled or exposed himself, but detectives said he may be responsible for a dozen such attacks.
"If you have someone who is more likely to leave town, they make a better victim because they may or may not be around to report or assist the investigation," Orlando police spokesman Jonathan O'Hern said.
Veiga, a self-employed cleaning service worker, was being held without bail in the Orange County Jail. He told investigators he was writing a book on how to protect children from sexual predators.
Why on earth would a judge let this guy out when he was charged with: kidnapping a child, sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation and rape.
NO another judge that should use his own house for house arrest. IF these judges are willing to put up this scum out side prison, let them serve parol in the judges house one door down from his childrens room.
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