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INSIDE: Puppets Teach Kids to Report Abuse 3 Murder, Manslaughter Convictions 4-6 Robbery Convictions 7 The Meth Epidemic 11 Message from The DA 12 S P R I N G 2 0 1 1 Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime. ─ Herbert Ward T I M H A R R I S T U L S A C O U N T Y D I S T R I C T A T T O R N E Y In Pursuit of Justice V O L U M E 4 , I S S U E 2 DA Sends 24 to Prison So Far in 2011 For Crimes Against Children S ince declaring 2011 the Year of the Child, the Tulsa County District Attorney’s office has sent 24 offenders to prison for Crimes Against Children. Prosecutors have recommended stiff sentences and juries have levied significant prison terms against those convicted, resulting in many defendants opting to enter “blind pleas” to allow judges to determine a sentence rather than going to trial or accepting a plea negotiation from prosecutors. IN JANUARY: JERRY DAVELLE BENSON entered a “blind plea” of guilty to two counts of CHILD ABUSE BY INJURY, two counts of CHILD NE-GLECT and five counts involving DRUG DEALING. District Judge William Musseman sentenced Ben-son to two LIFE sentences for CHILD ABUSE, and two 25-YEAR TERMS for CHILD NEGLECT. The judge ordered those sentences to run consecutively. Sheriff’s deputies who served a search warrant for drugs at Benson’s home in September 2010 said they found two badly beaten 8-YEAR-OLD BOYS with bruised and swollen heads and faces. Assistant DA Sarah McAmis prosecuted. Benson had FIVE PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS for BURGLARY, ROBBERY, OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRE-TENSE, DEFRAUDING THE STATE and ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER. Co-defendant PRECIOUS JOY BENSON entered a “blind” plea to two counts of ENABLING CHILD ABUSE and two counts of CHILD NEGLECT and was sentenced to a 15-YEAR SUSPENDED SENTENCE by District Judge Carlos Chappelle. Assistant DAs Sarah McAmis and Gary Davis prosecuted. A jury convicted MICHAEL JOHN TIBBETTS of three counts of LEWD MOLESTATION of three GIRLS, AGES 8, 7, AND 4. The abuse occurred between May 2006 and July 2008. The jury sen-tenced Tibbetts to 15 YEARS IN PRISON on each count, and District Judge Dana Kuehn ordered the counts to run consecutive, for a total of 45 YEARS. Assistant DA Erik Grayless prosecuted. SHAWN STEPHEN CLARK halted jury selection in his trial and pled guilty to six counts OF LEWD MOLES-TATION of two GIRLS 8 and 10 YEARS OLD, in February–March 2010. Clark was sentenced to 15 YEARS IN PRISON and 5 YEARS PROBATION by District Judge Tom Gillert. Assistant DA Sarah McAmis prosecuted. ROBERT DANIEL BURNS en-tered a “blind plea” to three counts of LEWD MOLESTA-TION and one count of CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE in assaults on a 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL and two 12-YEAR-OLD GIRLS. The abuse of the younger girl oc-curred between January 2008 and January 2009 and the older girls were abused between March 2009 and March 2010. District Judge Tom Gillert sen-tenced Burns to FOUR TERMS OF LIFE IN PRISON, to run concurrently. Burns had FIVE PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS for POSSESSION OF DRUGS and DUI. Assistant DA Sarah McAmis prosecuted. IN FEBRUARY: MICHAEL ALCALA was convicted of two counts of SEXUAL ABUSE of a GIRL. The child was abused from the time she WAS 8 YEARS OLD until she was 10 YEARS OLD from December 2006 until February 2009. The jury sentenced Alcala to 50 YEARS in prison, 25 Years on each count. District Judge William Kellough later ordered the two sentences to run concurrently and suspended five years for a total of 20 YEARS IN PRISON. Assistant DA Erik Grayless prosecuted. JARED THROWER pled guilty to two counts of CHILD ABUSE BY INJURY of 8 AND 9-YEAR-OLD GIRLS in May 2008 and DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY on his wife and was sentenced to 10 YEARS IN PRISON. Assistant DA Ben Fu negotiated the plea. JOHN SWYDEN pled guilty to LEWD MOLESTATION, SODOMY, AND SECOND-DEGREE RAPE of two GIRLS, 12 AND 14 YEARS OLD. He was sentenced to 15 YEARS IN PRISON. Assistant DA Linsey Wil-liams negotiated the plea. See MORE CHILD CASES Page 2
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Full text | INSIDE: Puppets Teach Kids to Report Abuse 3 Murder, Manslaughter Convictions 4-6 Robbery Convictions 7 The Meth Epidemic 11 Message from The DA 12 S P R I N G 2 0 1 1 Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime. ─ Herbert Ward T I M H A R R I S T U L S A C O U N T Y D I S T R I C T A T T O R N E Y In Pursuit of Justice V O L U M E 4 , I S S U E 2 DA Sends 24 to Prison So Far in 2011 For Crimes Against Children S ince declaring 2011 the Year of the Child, the Tulsa County District Attorney’s office has sent 24 offenders to prison for Crimes Against Children. Prosecutors have recommended stiff sentences and juries have levied significant prison terms against those convicted, resulting in many defendants opting to enter “blind pleas” to allow judges to determine a sentence rather than going to trial or accepting a plea negotiation from prosecutors. IN JANUARY: JERRY DAVELLE BENSON entered a “blind plea” of guilty to two counts of CHILD ABUSE BY INJURY, two counts of CHILD NE-GLECT and five counts involving DRUG DEALING. District Judge William Musseman sentenced Ben-son to two LIFE sentences for CHILD ABUSE, and two 25-YEAR TERMS for CHILD NEGLECT. The judge ordered those sentences to run consecutively. Sheriff’s deputies who served a search warrant for drugs at Benson’s home in September 2010 said they found two badly beaten 8-YEAR-OLD BOYS with bruised and swollen heads and faces. Assistant DA Sarah McAmis prosecuted. Benson had FIVE PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS for BURGLARY, ROBBERY, OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRE-TENSE, DEFRAUDING THE STATE and ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER. Co-defendant PRECIOUS JOY BENSON entered a “blind” plea to two counts of ENABLING CHILD ABUSE and two counts of CHILD NEGLECT and was sentenced to a 15-YEAR SUSPENDED SENTENCE by District Judge Carlos Chappelle. Assistant DAs Sarah McAmis and Gary Davis prosecuted. A jury convicted MICHAEL JOHN TIBBETTS of three counts of LEWD MOLESTATION of three GIRLS, AGES 8, 7, AND 4. The abuse occurred between May 2006 and July 2008. The jury sen-tenced Tibbetts to 15 YEARS IN PRISON on each count, and District Judge Dana Kuehn ordered the counts to run consecutive, for a total of 45 YEARS. Assistant DA Erik Grayless prosecuted. SHAWN STEPHEN CLARK halted jury selection in his trial and pled guilty to six counts OF LEWD MOLES-TATION of two GIRLS 8 and 10 YEARS OLD, in February–March 2010. Clark was sentenced to 15 YEARS IN PRISON and 5 YEARS PROBATION by District Judge Tom Gillert. Assistant DA Sarah McAmis prosecuted. ROBERT DANIEL BURNS en-tered a “blind plea” to three counts of LEWD MOLESTA-TION and one count of CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE in assaults on a 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL and two 12-YEAR-OLD GIRLS. The abuse of the younger girl oc-curred between January 2008 and January 2009 and the older girls were abused between March 2009 and March 2010. District Judge Tom Gillert sen-tenced Burns to FOUR TERMS OF LIFE IN PRISON, to run concurrently. Burns had FIVE PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS for POSSESSION OF DRUGS and DUI. Assistant DA Sarah McAmis prosecuted. IN FEBRUARY: MICHAEL ALCALA was convicted of two counts of SEXUAL ABUSE of a GIRL. The child was abused from the time she WAS 8 YEARS OLD until she was 10 YEARS OLD from December 2006 until February 2009. The jury sentenced Alcala to 50 YEARS in prison, 25 Years on each count. District Judge William Kellough later ordered the two sentences to run concurrently and suspended five years for a total of 20 YEARS IN PRISON. Assistant DA Erik Grayless prosecuted. JARED THROWER pled guilty to two counts of CHILD ABUSE BY INJURY of 8 AND 9-YEAR-OLD GIRLS in May 2008 and DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY on his wife and was sentenced to 10 YEARS IN PRISON. Assistant DA Ben Fu negotiated the plea. JOHN SWYDEN pled guilty to LEWD MOLESTATION, SODOMY, AND SECOND-DEGREE RAPE of two GIRLS, 12 AND 14 YEARS OLD. He was sentenced to 15 YEARS IN PRISON. Assistant DA Linsey Wil-liams negotiated the plea. See MORE CHILD CASES Page 2 |
Date created | 2012-08-24 |
Date modified | 2012-08-24 |