Posted on 04/09/2013 9:31:31 PM PDT by Perseverando
HARTFORD—
— A judge on Friday allowed two Glastonbury men, accused two years ago of sexually assaulting two of their nine adopted boys, to withdraw their no-contest pleas and take their cases to trial.
The unusual action came during what was to be a sentencing hearing for George Harasz and Douglas Wirth, who entered pleas in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor. They agreed to suspended prison sentences. The only issue for Friday's hearing was to be whether each would be required to register as sex offenders.
But a new allegation of sexual assault against Harasz by one of the victims, contained in a pre-sentence investigation of Harasz, helped scrap the plea agreement. The case was further clouded Friday by disclosure in court of new allegations of abuse by three other of the nine children. No new criminal charges have been filed.
The new information gives rise to the possibility of new criminal charges, and therefore continuing with Friday's planned sentencing would not have been prudent, prosecutor David Zagaja told Judge Joan K. Alexander. Further, Zagaja said, the victim has said he wants to testify against Wirth and Harasz at trial.
"I think the only proper resolution of this matter is to try it," Zagaja said.
Initially, Harasz, 49, was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault, aggravated first-degree sexual assault, fourth-degree sexual assault, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and cruelty to persons. Wirth, 45, was initially charged with third-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. Those charges were reduced to a single charge for each man as part of the plea agreement.
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Why are we not hanging them both by the neck until dead?
Giving children to perverts ... what could go wrong.
I sure hope the chattering classes will start focusing on the kids in all of this morass.
Accused of molesting (raping) a total of 5 of the 9 “adopted” boys.
No adopted girls?
The judge was going to plea bargain them with no jail time? Probably wouldn’t have had to register as sex offenders.
A lot of people were complicit in orchestrating things so that this was inevitable. And now they would all love for it to just go away.
“two Glastonbury men, accused two years ago of sexually assaulting two of their nine adopted boys...”
Two gay guys, nine boys....what could go wrong?/
How about a white-hot poker thrust into their hindquarters?
Let’s flip a coin: heads, we win; tails, they lose.
I was thinking they should be hung by something else...
Somebody needs to get this to O’Reilly. Although it involves members of a protected class.
Nine children, all boys, adopted since 2000. There is no way this should have been allowed. The people in the DCF who are responsible need to be punished, severely.
Gay recruiters need death penalties
straight child molesters too
So they were going to give them a suspended sentence for abusing 2 of the 9 boys? Did anybody really think they had 9 boys and only abused two of them once? And they seriously thought they deserved no jail time? WTH is wrong with people?
The defense attorney, the prosecutor and the judge are all queers. That’s the only possible explanation. They need to hang the whole bunch of deviates.
What’s wrong is that the entire world view is basically taped together. It falls apart when you look at it funny. They plea this out and all of the media and political pressure of having to put these guys away subsides.
Nobody on the left or in the LGBT establishment will forgive anyone in this case.
And the timing on this, well . . .
This happened TWO YEARS AGO!!!!!
With whom have the other boys been staying?
Because they haven’t been convicted yet.
Personally, I am more in favor of rope, a millstone, and the depths of the sea if convicted.
Homosexual pedophiles are the latest "protected class" - - many government politicians are even pushing for homosexuals like these two defendants to be Scout leaders who take little boys off into the woods. I am not joking.
What IDIOT allowed two gay guys to adopt 9 boys?.....
WHo ever signed off on this should be indicted, jailed, looted, and then hung.. fed to sharks..
The gay guys just did what most gay guys want to do..
and ARE doing to many neigborhood kids..
What is WRONG with this state?! Two men rape little boys in their care and SUSPENDED SENTENCES are a possibility for them?!!
There is only one thing that should be “suspended.”
I suspect that somebody, within the DCF, probably ensured such easy access to vulnerable kids.
Re-locate all of them to California and be done with it.
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