October 16, 2008
A 36-year-old man will spend the remainder of his life in prison for three convictions of sexual abuse involving a child.
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Francisco Almanza-Garcia, 36, received 75 years in prison on Tuesday from Marion County Circuit Judge John Wilson.
Almanza-Garcia's sentencing comes under Oregon's "Jessica's Law" that went into effect April 2006.
The law mandates that class A felony sex offenses involving a child under 12 carry a 25-year minimum sentence.
Almanza-Garcia was convicted of two counts of first-degree rape and one count of first-degree sodomy involving a child under the age of 12, said Marion County Deputy District Attorney Nicole Theobald, who prosecuted the case.
Almanza-Garcia knew the child before the offenses occurred, Theobald said.
Almanza-Garcia received consecutive sentences for each of his three counts, Theobald said.
In November 2007, Michael David Robinson of Salem received 138 years in prison under the same law for eight convictions of sexual abuse involving two young children.
Almanza-Garcia was indicted Aug. 7, 2007, and pleaded not guilty Sept. 11, 2007.
He was found guilty after a one-day trial Sept. 11 in front of Wilson.
Federal immigration charges also are pending against Almanza-Garcia, jail documents show.
Almanza-Garcia is from Mexico and had been living in the Salem area for less than a year, according to his attorney Mark Obert.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Man is jailed for child sex abuse
Colin Houghton, 40, of Hackworth Street, Ferryhill, committed "very serious" offences against a young girl, Teesside Crown Court heard.
Houghton was found guilty after a trial last month of 11 charges of indecent assault, sexual activity with a child and attempted rape.
He has been ordered to register as a sex offender for life and banned from living with children under 16.
Houghton was found guilty after a trial last month of 11 charges of indecent assault, sexual activity with a child and attempted rape.
He has been ordered to register as a sex offender for life and banned from living with children under 16.
Aboriginal child-abuse measures must stay: report
By ROD McGUIRK,Associated Press Writer AP - Monday, October 13
CANBERRA, Australia - A radical government crackdown on child sexual abuse among Aborigines should continue but in an altered form, an independent report found Monday.
The government-commissioned review of the first year of a crackdown on child abuse and neglect in Australia's Northern Territory has partially vindicated a scheme that critics condemned as discriminatory and an attack on indigenous culture.
The intervention _ which includes increasing police numbers as well as improving health care and housing in remote settlements _ is a drastic response to a report that found Aboriginal child abuse was rampant on Australia's northern frontier.
In June 2007, then-Prime Minister John Howard announced his government would use its constitutional powers over the territory to impose strict measures aimed at protecting children from abuse in Outback Aboriginal settlements.
Alcohol and hard-core pornography were banned from Aboriginal communities and Aborigines were forced to spend a portion of their welfare checks on family essentials like food.
Three members of the review panel, which included two prominent Aborigines, reported Monday to the new government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd that some measures _ including the alcohol ban _ should stay.
But controls on how Aborigines spend their welfare money should be lifted except in cases where a court orders them or an Aborigine requests them, the report said.
Aborigines are an impoverished minority who die on average 17 years younger than other Australians.
The so-called federal intervention should continue because "the situation in remote communities and town camps was _ and remains _ sufficiently acute to be described as a national emergency," the report said.
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said she would consider the report and respond soon.
"The government remains committed to continuing and strengthening" the intervention, she said in a statement.
CANBERRA, Australia - A radical government crackdown on child sexual abuse among Aborigines should continue but in an altered form, an independent report found Monday.
The government-commissioned review of the first year of a crackdown on child abuse and neglect in Australia's Northern Territory has partially vindicated a scheme that critics condemned as discriminatory and an attack on indigenous culture.
The intervention _ which includes increasing police numbers as well as improving health care and housing in remote settlements _ is a drastic response to a report that found Aboriginal child abuse was rampant on Australia's northern frontier.
In June 2007, then-Prime Minister John Howard announced his government would use its constitutional powers over the territory to impose strict measures aimed at protecting children from abuse in Outback Aboriginal settlements.
Alcohol and hard-core pornography were banned from Aboriginal communities and Aborigines were forced to spend a portion of their welfare checks on family essentials like food.
Three members of the review panel, which included two prominent Aborigines, reported Monday to the new government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd that some measures _ including the alcohol ban _ should stay.
But controls on how Aborigines spend their welfare money should be lifted except in cases where a court orders them or an Aborigine requests them, the report said.
Aborigines are an impoverished minority who die on average 17 years younger than other Australians.
The so-called federal intervention should continue because "the situation in remote communities and town camps was _ and remains _ sufficiently acute to be described as a national emergency," the report said.
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said she would consider the report and respond soon.
"The government remains committed to continuing and strengthening" the intervention, she said in a statement.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Swiss national charged with child abuse
Thu, Oct 9 02:45 AM
Kerala Police have registered a case against an 80-year-old Swiss national on charges of child abuse over the past five years. The case is likely to blow the lid on sex tourism thriving in the state.
According to the police, four complaints have been lodged against retired engineer Jacob Spalti, who has been staying at Kovalam, a tourist destination near Thiruvanathapuram, for the past 20 years. Children, two of them teenagers, have told the police that Jacob had repeatedly subjected them to sexual abuse. The children, all of them hailing from poor socio-economic background, were lured into the rented house of the foreigner, who offered them money and other facilities.
According to social activists, around 24 boys and teenagers had been subjected to sexual exploitation by Jacob.
Sources said the foreigner had even got one of the teenagers trained in professional massaging for his personal service. Jacob, who frequently shuttled between Switzerland and India, used to financially support the poor people at Chowara near Kovalam reportedly to win the confidence of the local people.,
Kerala Police have registered a case against an 80-year-old Swiss national on charges of child abuse over the past five years. The case is likely to blow the lid on sex tourism thriving in the state.
According to the police, four complaints have been lodged against retired engineer Jacob Spalti, who has been staying at Kovalam, a tourist destination near Thiruvanathapuram, for the past 20 years. Children, two of them teenagers, have told the police that Jacob had repeatedly subjected them to sexual abuse. The children, all of them hailing from poor socio-economic background, were lured into the rented house of the foreigner, who offered them money and other facilities.
According to social activists, around 24 boys and teenagers had been subjected to sexual exploitation by Jacob.
Sources said the foreigner had even got one of the teenagers trained in professional massaging for his personal service. Jacob, who frequently shuttled between Switzerland and India, used to financially support the poor people at Chowara near Kovalam reportedly to win the confidence of the local people.,
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