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Shane Sparks, Judge on MTV's 'America's Best Dance Crew,' Arrested On Suspicion of Child...
LATimes ^ | December 18th 2009

Posted on 12/18/2009 8:40:24 PM PST by Steelfish

Shane Sparks, judge on MTV's 'America's Best Dance Crew,' Arrested On Suspicion of Child Molestation

December 18, 2009

Shane Sparks, a judge on MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew," was arrested this morning on suspicion of felony child molestation, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Sparks was taken into custody at his North Hollywood home at 8 a.m., said Officer Gregory Baek. He is being held in lieu of $590,000 bail.

Authorities released few details but said the alleged crime occurred in the 1990s and that authorities only recently learned about it. More details are expected to be released later today. The Los Angeles district attorney’s office filed an eight-count felony complaint today against Sparks, alleging multiple lewd acts upon a child, starting in 1994. It identified the victim as a girl who was younger than 14 years old when the incidents began.]

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
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1 posted on 12/18/2009 8:40:25 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

$590K bail? That’s an interesting number.


2 posted on 12/18/2009 8:42:51 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Steelfish

Another thing I don’t get. There seems to be an abundance of perverts all around.


3 posted on 12/18/2009 8:48:02 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken
$590K bail? That’s an interesting number.

That is a little odd. Also odd that it's for something almost 16 years ago. As it says it was someone "under the age of 14" then they'd be 30 (or something less) now.

I sure wouldn't defend any molester, but how would an innocent person possibly defend themselves against a charge that's that old? I wonder if this is one of those "recovered memory" sorts of cases.

4 posted on 12/18/2009 8:50:03 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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5 posted on 12/18/2009 8:50:32 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Steelfish
Police say he is 40 years old, but his website says he’s 35.

Yeah, basically nobody really know.

6 posted on 12/18/2009 8:52:31 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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'America's Best Dance Crew,'

When the word "crew" is in the media and doesn't apply to the operators of larger vehicles, be they military or civilian, it usually means we're gong to be hearing about...miscreants.

7 posted on 12/18/2009 8:53:12 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Steely Tom

Based on that photo I have to ask how old was he in 1994? If he was 18...I gotta say give him a mulligan if she was 14. But if he was in his 20’s then well I guess it’s another story. And if she was younger than 14 then throw the book at him (assuming he was over 18).


8 posted on 12/18/2009 8:53:36 PM PST by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: freekitty; devolve

[There seems to be an abundance of perverts all around.]

I agree, they are coming out of the woodwork everywhere now. Have people always been this BAD, or are those who used to just ‘think thoughts’ going out and doing the acts now because the liberals have ‘enabled’ them? Unreal!!


9 posted on 12/18/2009 8:54:19 PM PST by potlatch (ACTIONS - Speak Louder Than Words)
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To: potlatch

It’s plain sick. They know it; we know it.


10 posted on 12/18/2009 8:58:43 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Steelfish

What is the statute of limitations on this? And how exactly would you expect to be able to develop hard evidence after such a long time?


11 posted on 12/18/2009 9:02:21 PM PST by ikka
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To: Steelfish

He is a some time choreographer on my favorite show, So You Think You Can Dance. However, his routines invariably hurt the dancers’ chances in the contest; he’s not that good.


12 posted on 12/18/2009 9:02:30 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: freekitty

[It’s plain sick.]
Yes, it is a sickness of the soul.


13 posted on 12/18/2009 9:05:24 PM PST by potlatch (ACTIONS - Speak Louder Than Words)
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They caught 2-3 young illegals in the next town

Broke into a home and ripped off 15 firearms

TV coverage was heavy


14 posted on 12/18/2009 9:09:07 PM PST by devolve ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It is only US taxpayer's money! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)
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To: devolve

Christmas time, more robberies than ever.
You wouldn’t believe all the happenings with illegals down here in South Texas. Something almost every day.


15 posted on 12/18/2009 9:11:23 PM PST by potlatch (ACTIONS - Speak Louder Than Words)
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To: Steelfish

How R Kelly of him.


16 posted on 12/18/2009 9:12:48 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: potlatch

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Be careful

If it gets worse -

Wear a jacket with handy holster pockets at each side and inside too

- That MTV creep seems to have the same look as Obama’s college pix


17 posted on 12/18/2009 9:23:34 PM PST by devolve ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It is only US taxpayer's money! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)
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To: devolve

With our Texas laws they pretty much do robberies when people are gone.

They know many have guns and they are dead meat if they try to break in, - or even threaten you on your property.


18 posted on 12/18/2009 9:28:39 PM PST by potlatch (ACTIONS - Speak Louder Than Words)
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To: freekitty

Have you heard the music these kids listen to today? Some of it is totally porn. shocking to say the least.


19 posted on 12/18/2009 9:35:03 PM PST by Irisshlass
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We are having a rash of home evasions here...One in Buckhead which is new for that area.


20 posted on 12/18/2009 9:36:15 PM PST by Irisshlass
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