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Pair Sentenced For Two Counts of Rape In The National Park
justice.gov ^ | December 7, 2020 | U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Tennessee

Posted on 12/08/2020 8:53:37 AM PST by ransomnote

KNOXVILLE Tenn. – On December 7, 2020, Dusty William Oliver, 41, and Richard Graham, 49, both from Blaine, were sentenced by the Honorable Judge Thomas A. Varlan, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville, for raping two men in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP).

Oliver and Graham pleaded guilty to an indictment charging them with two counts of aggravated sexual abuse in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2241(a) and 2. Oliver was sentenced to 300 months in prison, followed by 15 years’ supervised release. Graham was sentenced to 230 months in prison, followed by 15 years’ supervised release. Both Oliver and Graham will be required to register with state sex offender registries and comply with special sex offender conditions during their supervised release.

In June 2012 and again in November 2015, Oliver and Graham raped two different male victims in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The defendants preyed on homeless, drug-addicted, heterosexual males, who they believed were unlikely to report their attacks to law enforcement. After quickly befriending their victims on the roadside in Knoxville, they took the victims to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Each victim was tricked into hiking unfamiliar trails in pitch darkness, whereon they were raped by both defendants at once.

The defendants escaped prosecution for their crimes until a tenacious investigation by special agents with the U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park developed prosecutable cases against them. "The defendants exploited vulnerable victims; however, the victims were brave enough to come forward and report their attacks. The victims’ cooperation throughout the investigation and prosecution was necessary, and I commend them for seeing it through. The hefty sentences should serve as a warning to others that one will pay heavily for committing violent crimes in our national parks," said U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey.

"I want to express my thanks to ISB investigators, park rangers, and the Blount County Sheriff’s Office for their perseverance and hard work that led to the conviction and sentencing of these two men responsible for heinous crimes within the park," said Superintendent Cassius Cash. "To ensure that we’ve heard the voices of all victims, investigators continue to welcome any information about additional assaults that may be associated with Graham and Oliver."

The criminal indictment was the result of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service for the GSMNP.

Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Kolman represented the United States.

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KEYWORDS: deliverance; gaypride; homosexualagenda; knoxville; metoo; nationalparks; nps; raperape; sexualassault; smokymountains; tennessee
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1 posted on 12/08/2020 8:53:37 AM PST by ransomnote
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2 posted on 12/08/2020 8:56:59 AM PST by Red Badger ( “The goal of socialism is communism.”... Vladimir Lenin)
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To: ransomnote

Vestiges of Deliverance....


3 posted on 12/08/2020 8:57:33 AM PST by Jumper
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4 posted on 12/08/2020 9:00:17 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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Horrible assault and abuse. Just terrible.

On another note, nice to see on this official webpage a link to “Report COVID-19” crimes.” (Do I have to include a sarc tag?)


5 posted on 12/08/2020 9:00:45 AM PST by Hulka ( )
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The liberal media of Sodom will pass this totally or very lightly.


6 posted on 12/08/2020 9:01:17 AM PST by KDF48 (Redeemed by Christ.)
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Whoopie says it wasn’t “Rape Rape”.


7 posted on 12/08/2020 9:02:02 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ransomnote

I hear banjos.....


8 posted on 12/08/2020 9:03:14 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: ransomnote

“Deliverance.”. Life imitates art.

No parole!


9 posted on 12/08/2020 9:06:54 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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I hear banjos.....

You hear Banjos? too?

10 posted on 12/08/2020 9:07:10 AM PST by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, Libs, Progs, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder.)
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The liberal media of Sodom will pass this totally or very lightly.

But, were they able to cast multiple votes for Biden/Harris in November. That's the important thing here. /sarc

11 posted on 12/08/2020 9:13:32 AM PST by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, Libs, Progs, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder.)
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To: Red Badger
Crazy how rape conviction sentences are so wildly inconsistent. Is this worse than someone raping a 12 year old? (no, not even close)
12 posted on 12/08/2020 9:16:21 AM PST by olepap
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My first thought, too! But mine ran more toward Burt...


13 posted on 12/08/2020 9:19:14 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
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Quite some time ago, there was a woman from Kalifornia that praised a couple of homos that arranged to meet men in parks by pretending to be underage boys. They then raped the creeps that showed up, figuring they wouldn’t report the crime. I had trouble convincing her that they weren’t noble heroes, but just another breed of sexual predator.


14 posted on 12/08/2020 9:19:34 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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They raped filthy hobos?

“It’s just about love!”


15 posted on 12/08/2020 9:21:13 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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” I had trouble convincing her that they weren’t noble heroes, but just another breed of sexual predator.”

She’s just another Rapist/Fraud/Pedophile/Whore supporter.


16 posted on 12/08/2020 9:22:27 AM PST by treetopsandroofs
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Sentenced in U.S. District Court. Not eligible for parole under Federal law, the most they can get is a 10% reduction in sentence for good behavior. They’re in for a long stay in prison either way.


17 posted on 12/08/2020 9:24:41 AM PST by Roadrunner383
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That movie could NEVER be made in today’s Hollywood..............


18 posted on 12/08/2020 9:27:28 AM PST by Red Badger ( “The goal of socialism is communism.”... Vladimir Lenin)
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I know freepers ....folks who rarely read the article love to indulge Hollywood fantasies .....albeit pretty far fetched ones

It kind of disgusts me that folks on a forum who judge themselves as informed are more often than not woefully uninformed but what saves them is their politics are more often than not reasonable

And they were valley folks not toppers

The notion that hillbillies are prone to be rapist faggots is just about as non fact based a notion as Hollywood or James Dickey...not a nice man...could envision.

Appalachian folks constantly maligned are pretty solid folks who believe in Christ and vote right

These two faggot rapists were in fact a dandy couple and one even professed to be transitioning

Hardly your toothless man raping Hollywood stereotype

Sexual predation is often a fact of male homosexuality , but the media likes the toothless hillbilly stereotype better
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19 posted on 12/08/2020 9:30:48 AM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you run the tra)
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No parole or time-off for good behavior in the federal system.


20 posted on 12/08/2020 9:32:21 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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