On behalf of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law posted in Child Pornography on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A Florissant, Missouri, man who worked as a high school tennis coach and substitute teacher has been indicted in federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, for allegedly engaging in Internet pornography crimes.
The man, 49, has been charged with possession of child pornography. Authorities claim that an investigator found child pornography on a peer-to-peer file sharing site. According to an affidavit filed with the court, FBI agents downloaded the child pornography from a web file-sharing account earlier in the year. The affidavit alleges that the agents traced the IP address accessing the account to the man; the FBI then searched his home and seized a computer as evidence.
On behalf of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law posted in Sexual Abuse on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Police say that a St. Louis, Missouri, area man committed sexual abuse against a school-age child more than two decades ago. The man, now 83, was arrested and charged with five counts of sodomy. According to police, the alleged victim, who was between the ages of 5 and 9 at the time the alleged abuse occurred, made a report to investigators in December. Authorities said that the alleged sex offenses happened between 1987 and 1991, when the man's wife had been the boy's babysitter.
Charges were filed after the police spoke to the alleged perpetrator and collected other evidence. His bail was set at $100,000.
On behalf of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law posted in Rape on Thursday, May 3, 2012
A 24-year-old male psychiatric patient of a Creve Coeur, Missouri, hospital was arrested after a female patient there claimed that he raped her at the facility. The female patient, 19, told police that the rape occurred in a "quiet room" adjacent to a lounge on the floor where the hospital's behavioral health program is located. Police said that the two were being supervised in the lounge when they left separately. They were later found together in the quiet room, according to police.
The man also spoke to police, and investigators were attempting to determine what happened based on the statements made by the two parties. Police, who were waiting for results from a rape examination, did not disclose what the man had told them.
On behalf of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law posted in Rape on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
When the topic of cultural differences comes up in St. Louis, Missouri, most people think of the diverse traditions of the various ethnic groups that live in the city. Cultural differences usually do not result in criminal charges.
Unfortunately for one St. Louis man, criminal charges of statutory rape are exactly what he is facing. Police say that the man, originally from the war-torn country of Eritrea and believed to be in his mid-twenties, had a one-time sexual encounter with a girl that resulted in a pregnancy. The girl is believed to have been 12-years-old at the time of the encounter, and she is also a refugee from Eritrea.
On behalf of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law posted in Sex Offender Registration on Monday, April 16, 2012
A New London, Missouri, man who was convicted of a sex crime 29 years ago has been arrested and charged with failing to register as a sex offender.
Police say that the man violated Missouri Sex Offender Registration laws by failing to provide a correct address of residence to authorities. The arrest was made after the U.S. Marshals Service partnered with a local sheriff's office to investigate the case.
On behalf of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law posted in Sexual Abuse on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
A onetime Missouri camp counselor has been arrested in another state and will be extradited to face charges of sex offenses back in Missouri. The 22-year-old man was a counselor at Kanakuk Kamps near Branson, Missouri, until July, when he was let go after an allegedly inappropriate incident took place.
The man was charged late last month with several counts including child molestation, sexual misconduct, statutory sodomy and attempted sodomy. The charges were filed after three boys between the ages of 9 and 12 told authorities that the man abused them at the Missouri camp.
On behalf of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law posted in Sex Offender Registration on Monday, April 2, 2012
People in Missouri who are on the state's sex offender registry find it difficult to lead a normal life. Having to publicly register for crimes that may have happened decades ago can lead to difficulty finding work, harassment from neighbors and trouble when it comes to child custody issues.
However, a bill in the Missouri House may put an end to that for some people. The bill would allow for the removal of thousands of people from the registry, thus lifting the burden on those people as well as law enforcement officials, who are tasked with tracking them.
On behalf of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law posted in Sexual Abuse on Monday, March 26, 2012
People accused of sex offenses often face an uphill battle to prevent being convicted. This is especially true for someone who is already in prison for a sex crime. This situation unfolded recently in St. Louis, Missouri, and did not end well for the accused, despite his contention that he was innocent.
In this particular case, the man had been sent to prison in 2006 after he pled guilty to a charge involving a 14-year-old girl. The trial that just concluded, however, was in regard to a girl who was then 5 years old. The alleged abuse began in 2004 and, according to the girl, continued until the man was sent to prison two years later.
On behalf of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law posted in Child Pornography on Monday, March 19, 2012
Defending oneself against sexual offenses can be a tall task in Missouri. When allegations are made involving children, the task gets all the tougher. A man from Ballwin, Missouri, who was a Cub Scout leader will now find that out for himself.
The man, whose Cub Scout leader license was revoked after the charges were made public, was charged with several counts including first-degree promotion of child pornography and possession of child pornography. The man successfully underwent a criminal background check before he was placed into his leadership position by the Cub Scouts.
On behalf of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law posted in Rape on Monday, March 12, 2012
Many times, people in Missouri who are charged with sex offenses are presumed to be guilty, whether or not they are ultimately convicted of any charges. Six Missouri men had been facing this stigma since 2009, when they were all charged with various sex crimes, including rape, regarding members of their family. However, the men recently received good news when a prosecutor announced that she would be dropping all charges against them.
The men were all related to one another: four brothers, their father and their uncle. Younger family members went to authorities in 2009 claiming that they had been abused in the 1980s and 1990s by the men, and told investigators where to find written accounts of the alleged crimes at the family farm. However, no such accounts were found, and prosecutors said that it would be difficult to prosecute the cases based on the long period of time that had elapsed since the alleged abuse took place.
