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Thread (Discussion): [BendBulletin.com] Officials explain boy's release - Koolkiddo14

"The boy was home during the day, without supervision, while his parents were at work, Deschutes County Deputy District Attorney Christina McMahan said. "

These include limits on how long juveniles can be held in detention, a lack of resources for juvenile sex offenders and supervision plans that rely on the cooperation of the offender's parents.

"Previously convicted of raping one child, the boy was waiting for a place to open in a residential treatment program — and living at home — when he allegedly sexually abused a 6-year-old girl in his neighborhood. "

In addition, McMahan said the law requires authorities to offer juvenile offenders an opportunity to reform with the least restrictions possible, while still keeping the community safe.

In June, he was found guilty of the rape and strangulation charges.

As part of his conditions of release, McMahan and the district's attorney's office required that the boy:
Be under 24-hour adult supervision;
Have no contact with the victim;
Not take the school bus;
Not have any unsupervised contact with children;
And not have any unsupervised computer access.

Scanlon said the county does have five electronic ankle bracelets the juvenile department can use to monitor offenders. The bracelets are not usually used for sex offenders, because they only monitor when the juvenile leaves and enters the home.

Johnson said the boy did well in school — he didn't receive any complaints — and had started his sex offender treatment. When summer started, Johnson and the boy's parents agreed that he would work at a family friend's business during the day, where he could be supervised.

They are to have no contact with their victims or children under 18 years old without written permission from their sex offender treatment therapists or community justice officers;
And they are not to frequent places where there are children younger than 18, including parks, school playgrounds, arcades and swimming pools, without written permission from their community justice officers.

I believe some people are just hardwired "bad" and this kid may be one of them.

He's apparently thought just as likely to do the same to a 16 year-old if there isn't a 6 year-old handy.

If it is true that you are a minor, why are you posting in a forum with pedophiles, child molesters and convicted sex offenders?

I wonder if your parents are aware you're on an internet site communicating with adults who have victimized children.

It would be highly unlikely you'd be communicating with a pedophile in that forum.

Some of the folks on this site are not allowed to even communicate with minors, so please do not feel offended if they don't respond directly to you.

Considering her fear that her boyfriend may be forced to join our little pedo club simply because he's going to have a birthday, where else should she seek advice?

Before allowing your child on the Internet, instruct them to:

1. to never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone they met on- line;

2. to never upload (post) pictures of themselves onto the Internet or on-line service to people they do not personally know;

3. to never give out identifying information such as their name, home address, school name, or telephone number;

4. to never download pictures from an unknown source, as there is a good chance there could be sexually explicit images;

5. to never respond to messages or bulletin board postings that are suggestive, obscene, belligerent, or harassing;

6. that whatever they are told on-line may or may not be true.

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