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Sexual Assault Cases in Phoenix

Sexual Assault Cases in Phoenix

Phoenix Sexual Assault Crimes

 

All crimes are pretty bad and one or multiple people get hurt. Sexual assault takes a whole new onslaught of issues. Sexual assault doesn’t only mean physical assault but a sexual assault also brings on some serious mental situations. The physical aspect of assault usually always heals, however the mental issues are there permanently.

 

The first example of sexual assault I’ll be writing about is a work environment sexual assault. These are sadly not uncommon. Some people try to use their ranking to get special privileges. Some might just find someone attractive and jump the gun and get a little too frisky for the victim’s liking.

 

First Sexual Assault Example

 

A Phoenix hospital is the last place anyone would think of being sexually assaulted. Most of the time, hospitals are a safe haven for people. However, a cafeteria worker has been arrested on allegations that he sexually assaulted a fellow female employee as she was washing dishes.

 

The court paperwork stated that forty-four year old, Jose Maria Claustro-Avila had thought that the female, victim employee was actually flirting with him during their shift at the cafeteria as cooks. He assumed it was ok to touch and kiss the female.

 

Mr. Claustro-Avila is employed as a cook at the St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center cafeteria. The hospital is located near the Thomas Road and Central Avenues. The sexual assault incident was supposed to have happened on May 2nd of this year, close to seven or seven thirty.

 

Claustro-Avila did admit to the police that he did indeed hug the female victim from behind and also kissed her neck as well as her ear, he also admitted to grabbing one of her breasts according to the police paperwork.

 

The female victim told the police that she was shocked by her assaulter’s actions. She even ran out of the washroom.  Police of course did some investigating and found out that Claustro-Avila does have some family in California however he has no ties to the Valley area. Claustro-Avila was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail on one count of Sexual Abuse.

 

Dignity Health released the following statement through a spokesperson:

We are aware of this situation and are working with authorities to ensure that a complete and thorough investigation is conducted. St. Joseph’s takes the safety and security of all its patients, guests, and employees extremely seriously, and we are handling this matter in the same manner.

 

Another Example of Sexual Assault

 

Another, sadly common sexual assault is teacher/student assault. When a parent sends their child to school they expect them to be safe and well taken care of. That is sadly not always the case. It’s actually happening more and more even though schools take every precaution before allowing people or hiring people into the school.

 

When an adult, no matter if it’s a male or female or how much older takes an advantage of a child then that person definitley deserves to be judged and prosecuted for their sick crimes. A child should never have to go to school and worry about an adult touching or making them uncomfortable.

 

This story is I’m about to write about, is wrong. No matter if the elementary school teacher was young. A teacher at the Phoenix Elementary School has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a twelve year old student. The teacher however, pleaded not guilty. That’s sad a twelve year old has to deal with anything sexual at that age.

 

On Wednesday, twenty seven year old, Kenne Michael Worthen entered his not guilty plea, according to the Maricopa County prosecutors.

 

The young teacher was arrested in April for the suspicion of luring a minor, sexual conduct with a minor and child molestation.

 

Mr. Worthen teaches the sixth grade class at the Longview Elementary School. The officials from Longview say that Mr. Worthen was put on administrative leave and will not be returning to the school. I have a feeling that if Mr. Worthen is indeed guilty, he will not be returning to any school anytime soon, which is rightfully so.

 

The police say that the students have reported the relationship to a teacher. The teacher then immediately notified the school officials and the Phoenix Police. The police have stated that they arrested Worthen after the police saw some text messages between him and the young girl. They police say that the texts contained graphic sexual language.

 

The young girl told the investigators that she and the teacher, Mr. Worthen had sexual contact in April at the Longview after school program.

 

If your child has been sexually assaulted please remember that they are suffering. This situations is scary and probably makes them feel dirty and bad about themselves. If someone has harmed your child please encourage them to come forward, you don’t want the predator  to hurt others.

 

Please also encourage them to go to counseling. This can’t be easy for them and they probably feel very uncomfortable talking about it with a loved one. Sometimes you just need to talk to someone outside the family. And Besides, you probably want a profession who specializes in this sort of situation. You want to help, but you never know what could make things worse. So just be as caring and supportive as possible. Make sure they know you’re not mad and it’s not their fault.  Let them know it’s not ok what happened to them, and whoever did it needs to be put in jail. Let them know they aren’t alone. There are other people who have been sexually assaulted and you as family, will always be there fore them when ever they are ready to talk.

 

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Former Phoenix Elementary School Teacher Sexually Abused Students

Abuse Happening at Home

Sexual Predators Found Everywhere

 

Sexual predators are on the rise. They are sneaky and can pretty much anywhere in the world. They could be an old neighbor, a teacher, a doctor, there are literally no tattle tale signs of a sexual predator. Some of the nicest people can be harboring a deep dark secret.

 

Some of the sexual assault cases are solved pretty quickly, however some could go on for years. Police try their best to catch these criminal’s as quickly as possible, but sometimes proof is hard to find or the suspect flees and goes into hiding.

 

Sexual Assault

 

Sexual assault is considered a personal offense.  A Personal Offense is made for “codes to protect the physical integrity of the body”.

 

Battery is a type of personal offense as well. Most people think Battery means “unlawful touching” that does not include the knocks and jolts of everyday life. An example of battery would be someone touching you in a harmful way.

 

Assault is creating a fear of “imminent battery”. Assault is like when someone attacks you in a fight. Other forms of battery can include: non-consensual intercourse or rape is considered an egregious form of battery. Sexual assault would fall into this category as well.

 

Examples of Sexaul Assault

 

Phoenix Teacher Accused of Sexual Assault

As sad as it is, there are plenty of examples of sexual assault cases just in Phoenix alone. A recent breakthrough on a local sexual assault investigation brings closure to one family.

 

Phoenix police have arrested an after-school arts and crafts instructor. The man was also a former Phoenix elementary school teacher. The investigators have stated that the man had sexually abused children as well as some of his own students. This went on for over a decade.

 

Jose Ruben Mada was arrested on a Tuesday. He was first arrested to crimes involving a teenage girl who he had known back in the mid 1990’s. According to the police report, Jose Mada’s sexual abuse run, dated back all the way to the early 2000’s.

 

Apparently it was happening before the 2000’s though, because the accuser claimed she had been abused from 1995-1997.  At that time, she was only in eighth grade. Poor girl must have been scared to death. The girl told the police that Mada had came into her room and would touch her body, such as her breasts and vagina while kissing her. She also told the authorities that Mada had told her not to tell anyone.

 

The now, woman gave the investigators a letter that her former instructor had written to her. The letter stated that his actions were “unacceptable”. When she was able to confront him, for something I’m sure has bothered her, her whole life, he simply said he did not know why exactly he did it. He claimed that it was “just one of those things that happened”.

 

Mada is currently a teacher for an after-school arts and crafts program that is for children between the ages six and twelve. The police report also said that the allegations against, fifty-four year old Mada had said that he had inappropriately touched and kissed his students over the years.

 

In 2002 he was a fourth grade teacher at the Bethune Elementary school. Documents show that the State Board of Education records showed that Mada had been fired from the Phoenix Elementary School District that year. This was after the sexaul harassment charges.

 

 Sexual Predator Takes Polygraph Test

 

The investigating officers at the time, gave Mada a polygraph test (lie detector) after there was another incident with a third grade girl who said that he had lifted her shirt above her breasts and then rubbed her stomach. However, he was cleared from any kind of criminal conduct after the examination.

 

Mada then went to teach at the Rose Linda Elementary school, which is still in the Roosevelt Elementary district.  Mada didn’t stay under the radar long though. In 2009 he actually resigned after one of his students had claimed to the school nurse that she was afraid of Mada because he would kiss her, touch her legs, and even slap her on her buttocks. However, according to the State Board of Education documents, there was no proof of any criminal acts. Mada finally gave up teaching in 2010.

 

According to the police report, he actually admitted to his struggle with his sexual attraction to children, which had been going on for years. It’s hard to tell how many children he had tried to mess with, he had been in the school system as a teach or teacher’s aid for twenty-six years.

 

Mada is being held without bond for charges of “dangerous crimes against children”.

 

Sexual Assault

 

Sexual Abuse is sometimes called molestation. Molestation is when someone is forcing undesired sexual behavior by one or more people towards another. When the force is “right now” or immediate, short term, it’s called a sexual assault. Most the time the offender is then called a sexual abuser or a molester. When the victim of sexual abuse is younger than the age of consent, then that is child sexual abuse.

 

Child Sexual Abuse, is a form of child abuse. It is when the child is sadly abused for the sick sexual satisfaction of an adult or older adolescent. There are several forms of child sex abuse.

 

Child Sex Abuse Examples

 

Sexual Contact is one form. That is when an adult or whoever is engaging in indecent exposure of their personal body parts to a child with the intent to “gratify” their own sexual desires.

 

The effects of child sexual abuse could and most likely does last a life time. Most victims feel guilt, self blame, flashbacks, nightmares, trouble sleeping, low self esteem, sexual dysfunction, chronic pain, addiction, self injury, suicidal tendencies, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, as well as other life long symptoms.

 

Victims of child sex abuse are over six times more likely to attempt to commit suicide. They are eight times more likely to try to repeatedly kill themselves. In Fact, much of the side effects of child sexual abuse actually come later in life.

 

It’s a sad thing to think about. I know I’m terrified to send my child to school. You literally never know who a pedofile could be. You never want your child or anyone to experience the fear, pain, and all the trauma from being sexually abused. The school system and police can only do so much to keep your children safe. It’s sad to think that the people who are supposed to be protecting and caring for your children could very well be one of the people hurting them.

 

There are plenty of help-line’s if you or someone you know is a victim of sexual abuse. You can call anonymously at any time to talk. No one will judge you, they are here to help. If someone you know or love has been abused, please try those help hot lines.

 

Make sure to always talk to your children about their teachers. Let them know that if something goes on that makes them uncomfortable that they can always tell you and not get in trouble. A lot of kids feel like they did something wrong, so make sure that your children always know that they have that freedom to come and talk to you.

 

 

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Former Teacher Sentenced for Sexual Misconduct

Former Teacher Sentenced for Sexual Misconduct

Former Physical Education Teacher Sentenced for Sexual Misconduct

 

It’s a sad world we live in now days. You can’t even trust your kids to be safe when you send them to school, that should be the safest place for them other than your home. Between the shootings and the sexual predators, it’s a little terrifying to send your child to school. It doesn’t stop when they reach high school either.

 

A former physical education teacher in Phoenix had been accused of some sexual misconduct with a female student. Apparently, she took the physical in physical education a little too seriously. Anyways, the former teacher has now been sentenced up to twenty years in prison as well as a lifetime of supervised probation.

 

Physical Education Teacher Sentenced

 

According to a Maricopa County Superior Court spokesman, stated that Nicole Wooten who is thirty-eight years old has been sentenced on Tuesday by Judge Sherry Stephens.

 

On December 1st of 2014, Nicole Wooten pleaded guilty to the charges of attempted child molestation, sexual conduct with a minor, and attempted sexual conduct with a minor.

 

The sexual misconduct happened when the victim was just an eighth grader. How sad and sick is that? That poor girl. She was a student at the Herrera School of Fine Arts & Dual Language which is in Phoenix. The sexual misconduct happened in 2005. The police say that the charges however, stemmed from incident that occurred at Wooten’s home in Mesa.

 

Which I’m not sure why the child was at the teacher’s home by herself with the teacher. Most teachers don’t have things going on at their home, so stuff like this doesn’t happen or can’t be accused of things happening. Let’s just hope if it did happen, that the little girl found some peace knowing that this woman will be in jail for some time and then supervised when she’s out.

 

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/ex-phoenix-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-on-child-sex-charges

 

 

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Former Wrestling Coach Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Student

Former Wrestling Coach Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Student

Former High School Coach to Child Abuse with Sexual Intent

In December 2013, a former wrestling coach from Goodyear high school had been accused of Sexual Misconduct with a student. The coach however, pleaded not guilty.

The prosecutors of Maricopa County said that Kyle Curtis DeBerry who was twenty five years old at the time, had entered his plea at the arraignment on that Monday. He was then scheduled for court on February 2013.

Kyle DeBerry was arrested on December 11, 2013 by the Goodyear police for suspicion of luring a minor for sexual exploitation and assault.

DeBerry had coached at Desert Edge High School until last August (2013). That is when the officials from the school suspended him and did the right thing by reporting him to the police.

The police have been investigating the accusations since then.

Update on Coach Kyle DeBerry’s Sexual Accusations

According to the press release, the former wrestling coach was accused of sending sexual text messages to a student. Kyle DeBerry pleaded guilty to “child abuse with sexual intent”.

On Monday, According to the Maricopa County prosecutors, the twenty-five year old entered his plea. His sentencing will take place on July 8th. Prosecutors think he will face a jail sentence.

The court records show that Kyle DeBerry had sent sexually explicit text messages to a sixteen year old female student in April 2013.

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/goodyear/ex-goodyear-high-coach-pleads-guilty-in-sex-case

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Sexual Assault Complaint Filed with Boy Scouts of America

Sexual Assault Complaint Filed with Boy Scouts of America

Sexual Assault Complaint 30 Years in the Making

Almost thirty years ago a complaint was filed with Boy Scouts of America however it took a comprehensive review from the National Scout leaders in October 2013. They needed to rediscover the allegations against William Challberg, luckily for the complaint the sixty-five year old Phoenix man was arrested less than a year later for suspicion of molesting boys which was decades later.

The Phoenix investigators think that there might be more victims that have not came forward yet.

Challberg was arrest for more than two dozen of sex crime allegations. Some of these allegations took place in his Phoenix home and according to the police this was over a twenty year period.

According tot the court documents, Challberg abused his trusted position as a scout leader. The documents also give detail the “drug and alcohol fueled encounters” that Challberg had with his victims.

Fifty-one year old, Julian Mendoza was Challberg’s roommate. Mendoza has also been arrested on more than a dozen allegations that also involved crimes against children.

According to the Police records, Challberg was thirty-five years old when he began to commit the alleged offenses. Many of the crimes occurred at his home which is located near the 32nd Street and Campbell Avenue. Mendoza was twenty years old when he started.

According to the Court Records about the Sexual Assault Complaint

Phoenix police were contacted in October 2013 by the new risk-assessment supervisor of the Boy Scouts of America, who reported an incident of sexual abuse involving Challberg and one victim.

The police statement showed that the victim and his father had filed a written complaint with the Boy Scouts of America in 1986. However, the family did not file a separate complaint with the Police.

The victim is now forty-five years old. He told the police investigators that he had met Challberg at the Boy Scouts conference in New Jersey this was in 1983.

Challberg has Many Sexual Victims

The brave victim told the police that Challberg had molested him when he was only fourteen years old while they were at a Boy Scouts activity in Phoenix. The same day Challberg then took the victim to his home and showed the boy some pornographic movies and then engaged in sexual activity in front of the young male.

Challberg was a bus driver for Veolia Transportation at the time that the victim claimed that Challberg had engaged in sexual conduct with him inside of the bus in Phoenix.

According to the court records, Challberg also asked the young boy to bring other boys to his house. The victim did what he was asked and brought a friend to Challberg’s home, he later learned that, that friend died of AIDS as an adult. Challberg also sent the victim a letter asking him to get checked for AIDS.

The last time that Challberg sexually abused the boy was when he was sixteen years old. This time Challberg forcefully engaged in sexual activity with the boy. After the police interview the victim, they were able to identify several other victims.

Another man came forth and told the police that he was only around 13-14 years old when he was at Challberg’s home. They were drinking beer and smoking marijuana when Challberg then molested him.

According to the court documents, the boy and Challberg had allegedly engaged in sexual conduct on multiple occasions. The second victim also said that Challberg had recorded him engaging in the sexual activity, then allowed him to watch the recording.

A third boy also came forth and told the police that Challberg would offer him beer or beer money in exchange for sexual conduct, according to the boy he would always decline. He also told the police that Challberg would invite him and the second boy to watch the pornographic material and then asked to videotape them.

There was also a fourth boy to come forth, he lived in the same neighborhood as Challberg. He said that Challberg would give him and his younger brother pornographic material. He also showed the fourth boy a home video of him engaging in the sexual conduct with a young male.

Challberg’s In Jail

Challberg is being held in prison without bond due to the nature of the charges.

Source: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/06/13/former-phoenix-boy-scout-leader-arrested-abrk/10460051/

 

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Toddler Fighting For Life, After Couple Abused Him

Toddler Fighting For Life, After Couple Abused Him

Couple Arrested for Brutally Beating a 3 Year Old Toddler

A couple now faces felony charges for child abuse for the brutal beating of a three year old toddler boy. The doctors have now reported that the young boy is now fighting to live.

The local police arrested twenty three year old, Shamika Reaves as well has her thirty-two year old boyfriend, Corey McCree earlier in the week after the woman’s son was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted in their motel room.

One of their neighbors told the local NEWS that they hear a commotion on early Tuesday. Corey McCree then called 911 at 3:45 in the morning, that is after he found out that the little boy had stopped breathing. The little boy was beaten with some kind of object. He is still in critical condition at a local hospital.

On Wednesday before the couple appeared before the judge, there was some family members present for the hearing. The young boy’s grandmother also spoke with the News, she was in tears as she spoke about her grandson’s critical condition.

Felisha Brown, the boy’s Grandmother spoke about his assault injuries

The whole left side of his head is gone. When I look at his private area — his private area — Oh, God.

Brown also said that the toddler’s bones had been crushed.

Charges for the Assault Crimes

In addition to abuse counts, McCree also faces sexual assault charges in the case. Dreamin’ Demon reports that the boy’s genitals were mutilated. WSOC obtained a description of the child’s sexual assault injuries, but said they were too graphic to publish.

The boy’s family asked the judge to deny the accused bond on Wednesday. Both Reaves and McCree remain in Mecklenburg County jail.

Gwendolyn Lee, who is the boy’s Godmother also told the NEWS that she had reported a possible sexual abuse to the boy in March but the authorities allowed the mother to keep custody.

source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/25/charlotte-couple-beat-boy-shamika-reaves-corey-mcree_n_5388484.html?utm_hp_ref=crime