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Man makes startling discovery in break-in
Dayton Daily News ^ | 10/28/03 | Nancy Bowman

Posted on 10/28/2003 9:52:35 AM PST by arjay

TROY | A 20-year-old man burglarizing an apartment pried open a tackle box and found nude photos of young girls, including his little sister.

The man turned himself and the pictures into police, who later arrested the apartment's tenant, a registered sex offender now facing a possible life sentence after being charged with rape of a child under the age of 13 and illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material.

Police said the rape charge against Richard Yearsley, 51, involved sexual touching in March of a child who was just under 4.

The 20-year-old man told police he watched Yearsley, whom he knew, leave the apartment and broke in once he left. Police said he then became enraged when he saw his 4-year-old sister's picture among "numerous" Polaroid photos of nude or partially nude young girls inside the tackle box.

He showed some of the photos to the building maintenance man, who convinced him to go to the police.

Police then searched the apartment late Friday and found photos of other young children in various states of dress.

The man said he knew what he had done was wrong, but "he knew that Yearsley was involved in something much worse and had to be stopped," according to the police report.

Police said that Yearsley admitted to taking photos of four other children during the past couple of years, and sexually touching some of them.

Wayne Willcox, deputy Piqua police chief, said the 20-year-old's case was referred to the city prosecutor to determine what charges will be filed.

Yearsley was registered as a sexually oriented offender with the Miami County Sheriff's Office following a 1995 conviction in Miami County for felony gross sexual imposition and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.

Bail for Yearsley was set at $150,000 at arraignment Monday in Miami County Municipal Court.

Yearsley's preliminary hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday .

The Dayton Daily News is not identifying the 20-year-old man in order to protect the identity of his sister.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: childpornography; crime; porn; yikes
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To: arjay
This wouldn't happen if maintenance men were allowed to marry.
61 posted on 10/28/2003 10:26:04 AM PST by el_chupacabra (I'm glad you were born.)
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To: Cobra Scott
You read incorrectly.

Police said that Yearsley admitted to taking photos of four other children during the past couple of years, and sexually touching some of them.

62 posted on 10/28/2003 10:26:28 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: Little Pig
I just re- re- read the article. You may be right.
63 posted on 10/28/2003 10:27:49 AM PST by Egon (Safety Tip: You can get AIDS by sitting at a public toilet before the previous person vacates!)
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To: PISANO
I don't know but the burglar gave the polic probable cause to search the pervert's apt. The pervert admitted his guilt so as long as the police proceeded properly in the search warrant and in reading the pervert's rights...I think it has a good chance of conviction
64 posted on 10/28/2003 10:27:55 AM PST by ruoflaw
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To: arjay
**Police said he then became enraged when he saw his 4-year-old sister's picture among "numerous" Polaroid photos of nude or partially nude young girls inside the tackle box.**

Will this be enough for this young man to turn his life around and seek God rather than burglary?
65 posted on 10/28/2003 10:28:03 AM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Ciexyz
"This is a great story...almost too great. My cynical side is leaning to the suspicion that the breakin was part of a plot to "get" the registered sex offender."

THAT says it EXACTLY and that's what a judge will rule, unless the burglar is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!!!!!

66 posted on 10/28/2003 10:28:04 AM PST by You Gotta Be Kidding Me
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To: ArrogantBustard; HuntsvilleTxVeteran; All
He seems to have a conscience. Or at least a sense of decency.

I believe this man can be rehabilitated.

He's got some guts & his heart must be in the right place

While it would seem the burglar might have a conscience, I believe that had one of the pictures not been of his own sister, this story would be very different. I do not believe he should be praised for his actions. It would seem revenge is his motive and that is hardly a trait of any man of good character.

67 posted on 10/28/2003 10:29:05 AM PST by Between the Lines ("What Goes Into the Mind Comes Out in a Life")
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To: Nov3
At least this thief has some moral code

When it comes to child molesters, apparently there is a moral code of sorts among the prison population. It's open season on child molesters, to the extent that they are very likely to be killed if housed with the normal prison population.

(I don't know the statistics on how many convicts were molested as kids, but I seem to recall that the percentage is pretty high.)

68 posted on 10/28/2003 10:29:31 AM PST by r9etb
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To: arjay
The man said he knew what he had done was wrong, but "he knew that Yearsley was involved in something much worse and had to be stopped," according to the police report.

The man didn't break in to steal anything, it sounds like he knew this guy was a pervert and went in to get evidence.

69 posted on 10/28/2003 10:30:54 AM PST by Doomonyou
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To: Salvation
No
70 posted on 10/28/2003 10:32:19 AM PST by US admirer
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To: nevergore
Err?, what? this punk is a hero because he burgled a house and happened to find pictures of his sister nude??????!!!!!Your being sarcastic I hope.
71 posted on 10/28/2003 10:32:56 AM PST by BOOTSTICK
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To: Dan Evans
OK I see so now the police can, not only hire informants, but also pay people to break into your home to collect evidence "Legally". Oh Brother!
72 posted on 10/28/2003 10:35:42 AM PST by BOOTSTICK
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To: Ciexyz
If the burgler went straight to the tackle box then you know he was looking for evidence from the get go.

If he had ransacked the plance first and fished then it was a burglery.

In eather case the burgler stood up and did the legal thing. His little sister being a victim would have given him a walk if he had beeten the perv to death (no jury would convict).

No doubt he's a screw-up, if I was the judge I'd let him inlist.

73 posted on 10/28/2003 10:37:28 AM PST by Dinsdale
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To: FreedomPoster
This IS Protection From Porn Week!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/10/print/20031025-1.html
74 posted on 10/28/2003 10:53:06 AM PST by SwinneySwitch (Freedom isn't Free - Support the Troops!!)
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To: Capt. Tom
The lawyer for the sex offender will probably argue it was a planned break to get evidence against his client by an interested party.

Unless he has something besides his say-so to back it up, that's a non-starter. He can try, but unless it's more than bare assertion, it won't work.

75 posted on 10/28/2003 10:56:03 AM PST by general_re ("I am Torgo. I take care of the place while the Master is away.")
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To: arjay
Police said the rape charge against Richard Yearsley, 51, involved sexual touching in March of a child...

Could have read like this a few years ago: "Police said the rape charge against BillyBob Clinton, 51, involved sexual touching in March of a child, Monica... "

76 posted on 10/28/2003 10:58:32 AM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: ridesthemiles
Just when you think the TV crime shows are written by Larry Flint's photographers you find out that real life is even worse.
77 posted on 10/28/2003 11:26:29 AM PST by biblewonk (I must answer all bible questions.)
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To: BOOTSTICK

OK I see so now the police can, not only hire informants, but also pay people to break into your home to collect evidence "Legally". Oh Brother!

No, if the police ask someone to break into your house, he becomes a government agent. The evidence is then illegal.

78 posted on 10/28/2003 11:30:39 AM PST by Dan Evans
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To: Blood of Tyrants
"To play the devil's advocate, if I were the pervert's lawyer, I would claim that the pictures belonged to the guy who broke in and were planted to force the pervert out of the area. This could REALLY spell trouble for the burglar. "

Yep, that's what I was thinking as well.
79 posted on 10/28/2003 11:32:13 AM PST by RatSlayer
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To: PISANO
That's my question... fruit of the poison tree and all that....
80 posted on 10/28/2003 11:33:19 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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