 Jeffery Brian Lee |
Two Loudoun County men, charged in separate incidents of crimes against children, were indicted today in Loudoun County Circuit Court.
A grand jury indicted Jeffery Brian Lee, 49, of Ashburn on 23 counts of possession of child pornography.
Lee is scheduled to plead guilty on June 8, according to Loudoun County Circuit Court records.
His Sept. 27 arrest was the result of an ongoing investigation by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Sex Crimes Unit and federal authorities.
Law enforcement searched his home on Sept. 27 in the 21600 block of Stillbrook Farm Drive in the Broadlands community.
Authorities have not yet released any new information on this case.
A Loudoun County Grand Jury also indicted Ronald “Scooter” Hutton, 20, of Leesburg, on charges of malicious wounding and cruelty to children after police say he abused a 16-month-old child.
A trial date has not yet been set.
 Ronald Hutton |
The incident, according to Leesburg Police, occurred in May 2011.
The charges stem from an investigation of another allegation of abuse. The victim in both cases, police say, is the same family member.
According to a Leesburg Police Department report, Hutton had already been investigated and charged on Jan. 25 with one count of cruelty to children for an incident that occurred the same month. At the time of the January assault, the victim was 2 years old.
Following that incident, Hutton was released on a personal recognizance bond by a magistrate judge.
However, as Leesburg detectives continued their investigation into the 2012 incident, they found evidence of prior abuse to the same victim.
Police say during the investigation, Hutton confessed to an incident that occurred in May 2011, when the victim was 16 months old.
My comment related to the lack of compassion for the mentally ill expressed by other posters.
The other point is that we focus on abuse that is sexual but ignore other physical abuse like spanking that impacts the mental health of children.
Ed you are comparing a controversial study that is not considered the final word on the subject to people who sexual abuse or exploit children; not even teens we mean pre-teen children.
Ed - what does your post have to do with these two individuals? It would appear the charges against these two, are a LOT more serious than spanking a child.
If you spank your kids (and 50% do) should we throw the book at you too?
“Being spanked in childhood linked with adult mental illness, study suggests
Published July 02, 2012
FoxNews.com
A new study has found that children who are spanked or hit as a form of discipline are linked with an increased risk of mental problems when they reach adulthood, USA Today reported.
The mental issues ranged from anxiety disorders to drug or alcohol abuse, the research showed. The study was published in the journal Pediatrics.
According to USA Today, while links have been found between severe forms of childhood abuse and mental illness, this is the first study to find an association between non-abusive physical discipline and mental disorders.”
One of the worst crimes. I believe all child abusers should have special punishments and never ever be allowed back in society. But they come back and they repeat their behavior—children’s live are ruined, their personalities altered. For some unbalanced reason, judges give them another chance, especially if the creep was abused as a child. There must be a different way to handle this type of crime. If a judge was abused as a child, probably would have different view point—I kbow I do.
Throw the book at them.
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