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| 2008-08-26 |
| Unless your an Islamic fundamentalist, in which case you'll probably wonder what all the fuss is about. [Whoops! Did I say that?] A San Antonio couple is accused of trying to trade sex with the woman's 5-year-old daughter for an apartment, a used car and child care for her 10-month old daughter. Jennifer Richards, 25, and her married boyfriend, Sean Michael Block, 40, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Stein Nowak on Friday. Richards is charged with using interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor. Block is charged with distributing child pornography. Nowak ordered Block held. Richards' detention hearing was delayed until Tuesday, the San Antonio Express-News reported Sunday. According to an affidavit, the investigation began when an informant told the FBI about a text message allegedly sent by Block reading: "Nice piece 5 yrs old belongs to my gf and she wants to sell it." It. Richards and Block crafted a deal that, in addition to the apartment and used car, included child care for Richards' 10-month-old daughter, whose sexual service the couple intended to sell later, Rex Miller, the FBI's lead agent on the case, testified. What will you take for the gf? The couple had also hoped to blackmail the informant, Miller said. That only works if he's not an informant. Richards "was of the belief that these sexual interactions would be a positive experience for [her daughter] and that Richards would receive sexual gratification" from watching, according to the affidavit. So if I think I would receive gratification watching you thrash on the end of a pitchfork, does that make it OK? Authorities said both children are no longer in Richards' custody and that neither child was sold for sex. That goes without saying. In most states, anyway. After reviewing computers the couple used and listening to taped conversations, Miller determined Block and Richards were making further plans to abduct, rape and "carve up" a teenage runaway. I wonder how long it will take before the American legal system decides what to do with this poor fellow with the difficult childhood. Block allegedly sent an e-mail with a link to a Russian child pornography site, according to the affidavit. Ronald Guyer, Block's lawyer, acknowledged the severity of the charges. But Guyer told the judge that there was no evidence that the behavior progressed beyond Block's fantasy. I didn't know that a fish could talk. "There has been no action on his part," Guyer told Nowak. Great. Then why don't you let him babysit your daughter while you are working feverishly on his defense. Richards' attorney did not return a call or e-mail left Sunday. Yeesh! Can't it wait 'til Monday? Vultures. The couple worked at the Cheesecake Factory at North Star Mall, where he was a bartender and she was a waitress. Court records show that Block's now-estranged wife, Sarah Block, filed for a protective order earlier this week on behalf of the couple's 14-month-old child. Her lawyer said she filed for divorce Friday. Probably too late. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #7 Not that there's anything wrong with it.... [/Jerry Seinfeld] |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul in Tok, AK 2008-08-26 23:10 |
| #6 CF, I didn't say I have any sympathy for the guy. Just that even if he is sentenced for only a year or two, it could very well end up being a lifelong sentence for him. Not that I endorse that sort of thing. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-08-26 14:23 |
| #5 Rambler.... as hard as I try I just can't generate any sympathy for the 'poor misunderstood guy'... And Bigjim - I would guess that his lawyer is a public defender who got the short straw in the office draw. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-08-26 13:19 |
| #4 Perfesser, I know what you mean. Especially the guy - prisoners don't like child molesters. Any sentence the guy gets is likely to be a life sentence. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-08-26 12:33 |
| #3 Prison is going to love these guys. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2008-08-26 09:20 |
| #2 What kind of slimeball, shitbag, human turd of a lawyer or public defender would touch this case with a 10ft. cattleprod? And to make assertions like "There has been no action on his part", as your defense?! Throw this guy down a well before he rapes or kills a child. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-08-26 09:10 |
| #1 "So if I think I would receive gratification watching you thrash on the end of a pitchfork, does that make it OK?" Who cares if it's ok... let's do it anyway... can't stand this crap! I've seen to many kids hurt... Blackvenom-2001 |
| Posted by: Blackvenom-2001 2008-08-26 08:35 |