(CONVICTED CHILD) Rapist stalked (next victim)boy, charge says

The Knox News Sentinel ^ | 8/23/02 | Jamie Satterfield

[GailA]

Rapist stalked boy, charge says

By Jamie Satterfield, News-Sentinel staff writer August 23, 2002

A convicted child rapist has been arrested on charges he was stalking an 11-year-old boy, records show.

Robert Charles Druckemiller, charged Aug. 13 with stalking the boy in Halls, told Knox County Sheriff's Department deputies he cannot control his urges to prey on children, a report stated.

Druckemiller, 36, already has spent 12 years in a Pennsylvania prison for child rape, records show.

According to Pennsylvania records, Druckemiller was arrested in 1987 on 242 counts of child rape. As part of a plea agreement struck in 1988, Druckemiller pleaded guilty to only one of those counts and was sentenced to the 12-year term.

"It's what we see too often," Sheriff Tim Hutchison said about the plea agreement. "They'll let them plead to one or two cases."

In June 2000, Druckemiller moved to Tennessee. He registered as required with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Sex Offender Registry and eventually took a job at a fast-food restaurant in Halls, records show.

He met the boy he now is accused of stalking at that restaurant, according to a Sheriff's Department report.

Hutchison said Druckemiller befriended the boy and the boy's mother, who was unaware of Druckemiller's criminal history.

In January, the parents of a 13-year-old child alleged Druckemiller had befriended their teenager and supplied the child with beer, Hutchison said. Druckemiller was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, he said.

That case was handled through Knox County Juvenile Court, and Druckemiller was placed on probation. Hutchison said he did not know if the court knew about Druckemiller's criminal history.

Hutchison said his agency decided to post notices at various parks and publicly maintained ballfields in North Knox County, showing Druckemiller's picture and noting that he was a convicted sex offender.

The agency also took steps to formally serve Druckemiller with notice that he was not allowed to frequent parks and ballfields owned or maintained by Knox County, the sheriff said.

"Does he have rights?" Hutchison queried. "Yes, but children also have a right to be safe and the public has a right to be notified."

On May 20, deputies were called to Halls Elementary School by a parent who complained that a man was "hanging around the soccer field and anytime one of the male juveniles got in trouble or wandered off by themselves, the suspect would go over and talk to them," a report by Deputy Robert Howard stated.

Deputies encountered Druckemiller as he was leaving, the report said. Druckemiller told the deputies he "was there to watch" the boy, who was 10 at the time, play, the report said. The boy's mother "knew he was there," Druckemiller told the deputies.

"When asked if he had shared his past with (the boy's mother), suspect stated, 'No,' " the report alleged. "When asked if he felt rehabilitated or if he still had those urges and feelings, suspect advised he was not rehabilitated and still had those feelings."

The deputies documented the encounter with Druckemiller and contacted the boy's mother to tell her about Druckemiller's criminal history, documents show.

She confronted Druckemiller and told him "to stay away from myself and my son," the woman wrote in a statement.

On May 22, Jack Sayers, who manages the Halls Community Park, wrote Assistant Chief Deputy Robert Sexton, asking the agency "to keep this suspicious male out of the park."

Sayers said in the letter that he had gotten complaints about the suspicious man, whom he described but did not identify, from "the community."

The following day, Sexton issued a memo to all deputies, writing that Druckemiller should be asked to leave "on first contact."

"If he doesn't, arrest him for criminal trespassing," Sexton wrote. "On the second and any subsequent contact with this male at a park, arrest him for criminal trespassing."

On July 19, he allegedly began driving his car in the 11-year-old boy's neighborhood, "going down and back up" the road where the child lives, his mother wrote in a complaint.

The boy's mother alleges either she or neighbors saw Druckemiller in the neighborhood at least four more times in late July and early August. She contacted the Sheriff's Department on Aug. 11. Detective Robert Lawson investigated the complaint and sought the stalking warrant.

Druckemiller faces a hearing Monday in juvenile court on charges of violating the terms of his probation in the contributing-to-delinquency case, Hutchison said. The Sheriff's Department also is notifying the TBI that Druckemiller moved at least once without informing the agency as he is required to do under the Sex Offender Registry law, he said.

Jamie Satterfield may be reached at 865-342-6308 or Satterfield@knews.com.

[GailA]

SICK

[dd5339]

We've got one of these sick freaks living in the small town where my family lives. His neighbors have all been quitely notified and he is watched closely.

Semper Fi

[maximus@Nashville]

Druckemiller was arrested in 1987 on 242 counts of child rape

Which BEGS the question, "Why is this guy walking around?"

I think that the plea bargain agreement in this case was an atrocity. What I recomend is (sigh) another federal law. Why not make a stipulation of any conviction of child molestation life-long probation? The convicted offender would be prohibited from moving to another state, unless that state agrees to take them into their probation program. In such a scenario, this guy would either still be in PA or be shipped back to face the other 241 charges of child molestation.

[asformeandformyhouse]

We've got one of these sick freaks living in the small town where my family lives. His neighbors have all been quitely notified and he is watched closely.

Accidents do happen, you know.

[Frankss]

How many children does a sicko have to rape before he is locked up for good? They had the monster and they let him go!

[Vic3O3]

Personally,if you're gonna let them live, then I favor big tattoos in red on the face & hands of convicted sex offenders. Another color is ok if skin tone would obscure the red ink. Oh and make it a crime to attempt to remove them.

[Vic3O3]

ping#6

[GailA]

Laziness on the part of prosecutors, insufficent evidence in some of the cases. It is quite common to only go after the one or two most recent and easy to prove cases and to except plea bargains. Prosecutors also think they are sparing the victim further trauma by not actually going to trial thus the high volume of plea bargains in child sex cases.

[GailA]

One of the laws child rapist LOVE is the EXPUNGEMENT law. It allows them to get their early records of lesser sex offenses aginst children expunged IF they keep clean (don't get caught) for a specified period of time. Another one they like is the ability to change their names..thus avoiding the intent of the sex offenders registry list.

[maximus@Nashville]

Personally,if you're gonna let them live.....

I agree that would be the only proven method of stopping further abuse.

[Houmatt]

"Does he have rights?" Hutchison queried.

Of course he has rights. He has the right to pray to whatever God he worships before he is shot in the head with an AR-15.

[An.American.Expatriate]

Bumb for later reading

[jokar]

241 charges of child molestation

I quessing this is HOMOSEXUAL rape. Child molestation infers he might select girl.

He appears to be aggressively seeking to offend again. showing up at schools and making friends with a single mother with a boy child are classic examples his out and out predatory behavior. On second thought maybe he could apply to be a Big brother.

Some dad needs to take him out like a rabid dog

[GailA]

http://www.wmcstations.com/global/Frameset.asp?P=/default.asp

Young girl raped in Forrest City

Police arrested a group of (7) men in connection with the rape of a 12-year-old Mid-South girl.

Police in Forrest City, Arkansas arrested a total of 7 men ranging in age from 15 to 28.

One of the men, Freddy Gray, was arrested for violation of parole and charged with rape.

Three of the suspects were under-age, but charged as adults.

Investigators say the rapes took place in a ditch and an apartment.

http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=907287&nav=1ugBAqf9

Clarksville Man Pleads Guilty to Over 50 Counts of Child Sex Abuse
Reporter: Christi Lowe

A Clarksville man has pleaded guilty to more than 50 counts of child sex abuse - rapes he listed in a private journal.

The man is now convicted of an unimaginable crime: molesting and raping a young girl for five years. The victim eventually went to police, but what did the suspect in was a journal he kept at work.

"Those were his private and personal thoughts and feelings."

Investigators told News 2 a 33-page journal, found on a computer where Craig Quevedo worked, pretty much says it all. In it, Quevedo describes in detail numerous sex acts he performed on the victim, beginning when she was only 12-years-old.

"His employers were able to find where on his computer, he had deleted his journal, but it had backed up on the mainframe," said Detective Karen Hurst.

The abuse went on for years, and police said Quevedo even used GHB. He ordered the "date-rape" drug off the internet.

"On several occasions, it was documented in his journal, he did use GHB on the victim, which would render her unconscious."

Police said all of the incidents happened in what used to be Quevedo's home. Not only did he keep a journal of what happened, but he also sent letters and emails to the victim.

Quevedo also tape-recorded himself talking about the abuse - an audio diary, he kept hidden. When the victim turned 17 and started dating, she went to police. According to investigators, she felt she had no choice.

"She was trying to have a normal relationship, and that infuriated him to the point he would have done someone physical harm."

Quevedo fled to Texas when he learned police were after him, but he was arrested soon after arriving there. On Tuesday, the day his criminal trial was to begin, Craig Quevedo plead guilty to 54 charges of child rape and sexual battery. It was the moment his victim had been waiting for.

"She's the most courageous and brave young woman I've ever met. She's doing real well now."

Quevedo was originally charged with 79 counts of child sex abuse. He plead guilty to more than 50 of those charges. He will be sentenced in October.

[GailA]

http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/02/08/21349237.shtml?Element_ID=21349237

Minister arrested in rape case

Rev. La Monte McNeese on left

by Todd Defeo

The Leaf-Chronicle

State had removed some of church's children

A Clarksville minister was arrested yesterday and charged with the rapes of several young people, including two children, after an almost four-month police investigation.

Police booked the Rev. La Monte McNeese into the Montgomery County Jail on 19 counts of statutory rape, eight counts of sexual battery and two counts of child rape. He was released a short time later after posting $50,000 bail.

''Taxpayers' money is being used for people's personal agendas,'' McNeese said as police led him into the magistrate's office. He declined to comment further.

A telephone call to McNeese later yesterday was not returned.

McNeese was charged in a sealed indictment by a grand jury earlier this month.

In a sealed indictment, the charges are not made public until an arrest is made.

McNeese, 42, is founder and minister of One Way Apostolic Assembly, 703 Providence Blvd. He was arrested at his residence yesterday morning.

A police investigation launched April 27 into allegations of child abuse later prompted the state Department of Children's Services to take custody of 11 children who attended his church.

DCS spokesman Carla Aaron said parents of the children who have been taken into custody could be charged.

''It's always a possibility if you have parents that knowingly allowed their children to be in a position where they are subject to abuse and neglect,'' Aaron said. ''You have to look at what was told to the mother.''

McNeese's previous criminal record includes a 1991 guilty plea to patronizing a juvenile prostitute in Washington.

He was originally charged with second-degree rape for the incident involving a 16-year-old girl, Washington state authorities said in May.

Court records show that McNeese served one day behind bars, and that a judge suspended his jail sentence.

[Winfield]

No doubt one of these guys figures he has a bright future as governor of Arkansas, ala Bubba Clinton.

[tdadams]

Reading stories like this makes me think the days of lynch mobs and vigilante justice weren't so bad. Pervs of this kind wouldn't do things like this if a dozen or so of the biggest guys in town took it upon themselves to keep him in line.

[ladytruth]

Here are some of the lastest develpments with this case. I just thought everyone should know.

Judge Reverses Misdemeanor Sex Conviction Of Minister
Posted: 1/25/2005 9:00:00 AM
Updated: 1/25/2005 9:32:46 AM

A Stewart County judge has reversed his conviction of a Clarksville-area minister on a misdemeanor sex charge.



The ruling clears the Reverend LaMonte McNeese of the charge of inappropriately touching a 13-year-old girl in 2001.

McNeese is the founder of the One Way Apostolic Assembly. He has initially been indicted on a charge of sexual battery by an authority figure.

Circuit Judge George Sexton had convicted McNeese on the lesser charge in October.

McNeese still faces two counts of child rape and one of sexual battery, stemming from a 2003 indictment involving the same girl.

A trial is scheduled for March 28.

In Montgomery County, the court has either dropped or "retired" 29 other sex charges against McNeese.