Posted on 12/04/2009 6:43:36 AM PST by Born Conservative
An Edwardsville man was arrested Thursday and charged with raping a 6-year-old girl.
Joseph D. Marcy, 23, of Roosevelt Street, is accused of having sexual intercourse with the girl at his Hilltop Apartments home during the period beginning Jan. 20 until recently, according to arrest papers filed by Edwardsville police. A warrant for Marcy’s arrest was issued Thursday morning.
Police said they captured him later Thursday in his family’s vehicle on Grove Street.
Marcy was charged with felony counts of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault, court records state.
According to the criminal complaint affidavit: A caseworker from Luzerne County Children and Youth Services notified borough police of suspected child abuse on July 7. Officer Michael Lehman investigated.
On July 28, the girl, a kindergartner, told police that Marcy kept two magazines with “bad stuff in them” in a toy box at his home. The girl said Marcy raped her and committed other sexual acts.
The victim reported the abuse to her grandmother, who at the time was caring for her.
According to the affidavit, she told the girl “it was a dream” and to “just tell him to stop and throw the book away.”
On Nov. 23, a second interview was conducted with the girl. Police said in arrest papers the child’s allegations remained consistent throughout the investigation.
The Times Leader does not identify victims of sexual assault.
Marcy was arraigned Thursday evening before District Judge Diana Malast, Plains Township, and taken to the county prison for the lack of $100,000 straight bail.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 9.
From your lips...
No. From my finger tips.
Somehow that evokes an image of you sticking your fingers in God’s ears.
A very good point.
There is a natural human tendency to allow our outrage over the nature of the crime to cause us to assume guilt.
IOW, the more angry we are the crime was committed the more likely we are to assume the accused is guilty.
This is not, of course, logical. And in this case it has not yet even been proven a crime occurred.
A good friend of mine about 20 years ago was in a vicious custody fight. The ex dropped the nuke on him, accusations of molestation of his 5 and 8 year old girls.
To this day I firmly believe he was innocent. He of course lost the custody fight. Although acquitted in a criminal trial, many people still assumed he was guilty and had beat the rap.
I’m afraid that I’m not following your cryptic messages. Perhaps you could do me a favor and clarify.
It does happen. Sometimes, officers inadvertently put ideas in the child’s head as to what answer the officer wants. Sometimes, it isn’t inadvertent.
At anyrate, we got some training on this issue, and how to frame questions that were not leading, and didn’t put ideas in the child’s head. Same with the anatomically correct dolls. Let the child show you, not the other way around.
Ah. Sorry.
The full phrase is:
“From your lips to God’s ears.”
It’s a way of saying I agree with you, and hope that God takes note of, and acts on, your wishes.
You’re in SC, perhaps you’ve heard the same sentiment expressed by the even more cryptic “AMEN!”
THEN get a rope. I'll tie the knot!
I missed that line....I do that alot lately. My eyes are going in the crapper these days. Thanks for pointing that out....and that grandma should be in the same jail cell as the perp. That poor little girl.....God help her.:(
I have to lean real close to the monitor to see. Believe me, I understand!
This gettin’ old is heck....(speaking for myself).....LOL
Ain't that the truth. I don't mind the graying hair and wrinkles but I sure wish body parts functioned better! :-)
I follow. Thanks.
You’re quite welcome!
I try to be brief, but not cryptic. A little feedback now and then helps.
We all know a woman who is getting a divorce will never lie. She would never try to destroy her husband. :0)
I am still fighting the lies my ex wife told 30 years ago. My children believed her and I have very little contact with them. She accused me of being a homosexual and went all over my neighborhood telling people I was.
The saddest part of all this is the fact my oldest boy is gay. He thinks I hate him. He didn’t even consider me to be his father. The bastard she hung up with while we were married became their Father after she pushed me to the ground. Odd thing about that is he died about 4 years later.
It is a screwed up world.
My sympathies. The world is indeed screwed up. A significant part of the screwing is related to the odd notion that women are inherently morally superior to men and therefore less likely to lie.
A remarkable number of men have been released from prison after DNA proved they were not guilty of the rape of which they were accused.
Things are good. At least my boy( now 36 Years old) is able to e mail me now. He lives in San Diego. He wants to get together and talk. I have a very big problem with that. I have a severe disability. I was raised to tell the truth. I see no way to talk to him without casting stones. I don’t need the strain.
I have been able to talk to my 33 year old daughter. She doesn’t even remember living with me. All she really knows about me is what her dear mother told.
Bad mess I was in.
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