Post by Critique on Dec 30, 2006 4:16:30 GMT -5
Charles R. Wise, a former Clark County sheriff's deputy accused of bringing a 14-year-old Arkansas girl to Kentucky for sex, pleaded not guilty to the charges in federal court in Lexington today.
Wise is charged with producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, interstate travel for illicit sexual conduct, transporting a minor for illegal activity, possession of child pornography and making false statements to a federal law enforcement agent.
His trial is set to begin at 9 a.m. April 10.
Officials say Wise began com she admitted to him that she was 14. Wise was informed of the girl's age on several other occasions, but he continued communicating ...
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2006-12-21
CLARK COUNTY, KENTUCKY - A federal judge sentenced a Winchester locksmith Thursday to 30 years in prison for having a relationship with a 14-year-old Arkansas girl he met on the Internet and brought to Kentucky in January.
The sentence came after U.S. District Judge Karl Forester heard a tearful apology from Charles R. Wise, 38, and then an emotional plea for justice from the victim and her mother.
The victim, now 15, told the judge she has suffered mentally and physically from her relationship with Wise.
She fights through the mental anguish with frequent visits to psychologists and psychiatrists. But the physical aspect, she said, is something she cannot get over. Wise also gave her herpes, a reminder she said she would have for the rest of her life.
"My innocence was stolen," she told the judge. "Put him away."
In October, a federal jury convicted Wise, a former Clark County sheriff's deputy, on four charges: traveling out of state to have sex with a minor, transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of having sex with her, lying to a federal officer and possessing child pornography.
Federal officials say Wise and the girl met on the Internet in October 2005, establishing a relationship that progressed quickly.
During the trial, the girl testified that Wise persuaded her to send him graphic photos of herself and encouraged her to engage in phone sex.
Wise traveled to Arkansas three times, according to testimony. On one of those trips, the two had oral sex at an Arkansas hotel. On the third trip, Wise brought the girl to Kentucky, and she stayed at a Mount Sterling motel. While there, the two had oral and anal sex, prosecutors say.
Wise testified that the girl told him she was 18. The girl, who also took the stand, said that she initially lied about her age but told Wise in November that she was 14. Wise also denied charges that the two had sex.
Police and FBI agents found the girl shortly after she left with Wise on Jan. 20, in large part because her mother had monitored her daughter's cell phone and Internet activities. After the girl's cell phone bill showed thousands of minutes of calls to a Winchester phone number, the mother called the phone number and asked Wise to leave the girl alone.
After Wise sent the girl two cell phones so they could continue to communicate, the mother found them and filed a complaint against Wise with Jonesboro, Ark., police. When her daughter went missing, she dismissed the initial assessment by Arkansas authorities that her daughter was a runaway and went to Jonesboro police with her suspicions that Wise was involved.
Before imposing his sentence, Forester said there was "no question for what she has suffered" both physically and mentally.
"Hopefully the mental aspect will resolve," he said, adding that "short of a medical miracle," the physical won't.
"This is one of the most serious offenses I've seen since I've sat on the bench," Forester said. "I think a long sentence is necessary."
Wise is charged with producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, interstate travel for illicit sexual conduct, transporting a minor for illegal activity, possession of child pornography and making false statements to a federal law enforcement agent.
His trial is set to begin at 9 a.m. April 10.
Officials say Wise began com she admitted to him that she was 14. Wise was informed of the girl's age on several other occasions, but he continued communicating ...
Read the full article with a Free Trial at KeepMedia.
2006-12-21
CLARK COUNTY, KENTUCKY - A federal judge sentenced a Winchester locksmith Thursday to 30 years in prison for having a relationship with a 14-year-old Arkansas girl he met on the Internet and brought to Kentucky in January.
The sentence came after U.S. District Judge Karl Forester heard a tearful apology from Charles R. Wise, 38, and then an emotional plea for justice from the victim and her mother.
The victim, now 15, told the judge she has suffered mentally and physically from her relationship with Wise.
She fights through the mental anguish with frequent visits to psychologists and psychiatrists. But the physical aspect, she said, is something she cannot get over. Wise also gave her herpes, a reminder she said she would have for the rest of her life.
"My innocence was stolen," she told the judge. "Put him away."
In October, a federal jury convicted Wise, a former Clark County sheriff's deputy, on four charges: traveling out of state to have sex with a minor, transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of having sex with her, lying to a federal officer and possessing child pornography.
Federal officials say Wise and the girl met on the Internet in October 2005, establishing a relationship that progressed quickly.
During the trial, the girl testified that Wise persuaded her to send him graphic photos of herself and encouraged her to engage in phone sex.
Wise traveled to Arkansas three times, according to testimony. On one of those trips, the two had oral sex at an Arkansas hotel. On the third trip, Wise brought the girl to Kentucky, and she stayed at a Mount Sterling motel. While there, the two had oral and anal sex, prosecutors say.
Wise testified that the girl told him she was 18. The girl, who also took the stand, said that she initially lied about her age but told Wise in November that she was 14. Wise also denied charges that the two had sex.
Police and FBI agents found the girl shortly after she left with Wise on Jan. 20, in large part because her mother had monitored her daughter's cell phone and Internet activities. After the girl's cell phone bill showed thousands of minutes of calls to a Winchester phone number, the mother called the phone number and asked Wise to leave the girl alone.
After Wise sent the girl two cell phones so they could continue to communicate, the mother found them and filed a complaint against Wise with Jonesboro, Ark., police. When her daughter went missing, she dismissed the initial assessment by Arkansas authorities that her daughter was a runaway and went to Jonesboro police with her suspicions that Wise was involved.
Before imposing his sentence, Forester said there was "no question for what she has suffered" both physically and mentally.
"Hopefully the mental aspect will resolve," he said, adding that "short of a medical miracle," the physical won't.
"This is one of the most serious offenses I've seen since I've sat on the bench," Forester said. "I think a long sentence is necessary."