Stop me if you have heard this one before – a high profile case in which the defendant is facing dozens of felony charges and a potential life sentence, but, following a plea agreement, likely will not serve any time in prison.
The case of 37-year-old Troy Hensley, a former JV football coach at Dixon High, is one of those. Mr. Hensley was arrested in June and held to answer in August on charges that he carried out a lengthy sexual relationship with a then 17-year-old student for four months while she was underage.
Judge David Rosenberg, despite holding Mr. Hensley to answer for all of his felony charges, suggested that this case was ripe for some sort of plea agreement. Following the preliminary hearing, however, the DA suddenly added additional charges, reasoning that the illegal sexual contact had begun earlier than the DA originally charged. Mr. Hensley faced 44 felonies at this point.
However, last week, Mr. Hensley, now 38, admitted to three of those 44 charges against him, two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and one count of digital penetration. The remaining 41 counts, including dissuading a witness and criminal threats, considered the most serious charges against him, were dismissed under the plea deal.
Taking that plea, Mr. Hensley does not face mandatory sex-offender registration – the court could opt to order registration, but only during the probation period.
The facts of this case would have made it difficult to prosecute. The alleged victim claimed that she had engaged in an increasingly sexual relationship with Troy Hensley that began months before she turned 18 and continued until she was well past 18 years of age in April, 2013 – a total of 11 months. She claimed he made threats to her not to disclose the relationship.
During the preliminary hearing, defense attorney Stephen Sabbadini was able to note the discussion with the alleged victim and Davis Police Corporal Keirith Briesenick, who warned her that the criminal threats were the most felonious conduct and that the sex charges were wobblers (may be charged as misdemeanors).
The threat charges, dissuading a witness and criminal threats, were going to be nearly impossible to prove. The most serious allegedly occurred on a couch of a hotel room in Davis in March, in which he told her that he would kill her, her family, his family, his kids, his wife, if they found out about the relationship.
At first the alleged victim indicated that there were threats via text message. However, Mr. Sabbadini would be able to get her to acknowledge that no threats occurred via text message. There appear to be no witnesses to the actual threat, though Corporal Briesenick was able to note from her taped conversation with the alleged victim in May that she made those allegations.
However, Mr. Sabbadini would call the veracity of these threats into question, showing with graphic sexual text messages read into court that, when Mr. Hensley attempted to break off the relationship, she begged him not to.
While the sex with a minor charges are corroborated by the evidence of extensive hotel stays by Mr. Hensley, the threat charges are based only on the testimony of the alleged victim, who acknowledged dishonesty, inconsistent accounts and inconsistent conduct and comments via text message.
Given the inconsistencies in her accounts and her text messages that show her begging him to stay with her, it would have been difficult for a jury to conclude that threats of the severity alleged had occurred here.
As we noted during the preliminary hearing, putting the entire case together, it might be difficult for a jury to convict on the threat charges, as Mr. Sabbadini would imply in arguing against a holding order.
However, Judge Rosenberg argued that the alleged victim’s testimony was clearly sufficient for a holding order, and denied at that time the motion to reduce charges to misdemeanors, but he noted that this case seems appropriate for a resolution short of trial.
The bottom line in this case is that there is little doubt that the inappropriate sexual contact occurred. There is a mountain of evidence that Mr. Hensley engaged an inappropriate sexual relation with a young girl over whom he was in a position of some authority. And while most of the evidence seems to have been from after the point that she turned 18, there is enough evidence with the hotel visits that a jury would have convicted on some of the charges.
The critical question with these serial sexual relations cases is the appropriate way to charge a case. By stacking 44 charges, the years in custody quickly would have outweighed the severity of the crime.
Some people will undoubtedly argue that the current plea agreement creates too lenient a penalty, others will note that the original charges would have created far too harsh a penalty.
However, the very public nature of these charges will have a profound impact on Mr. Hensley’s future, especially in a town like Dixon where everyone seems to know everyone else.
—David M. Greenwald reporting
Some parents won’t like this, but I agree. He should not have to register and I wouldn’t be afraid to have him as a neighbor, he is not a dangerous threat. Maybe a heart breaker, who showed horrible judgment, but not a dangerous threat to society.
That said, I’m sickened for many Californians who are also no threat and are on the sex offender registry for the rest of their life, even when their charges get expunged.
No disrespect intended for for Megan Kanka.
This man is white. Ajay Dev is not white.
It is surprising that the age of consent in California remains 18. It most of the country, where it is 16 or 17, he would not have faced any charges at all. It hardly seems fair.
44 counts. Just trying to get cash for convictions. Shame on them.
Hey Vangaurd Did Sabbatini write this story for you.. Sure sounds like it.. It also sounds like you condone his behavior of having sex with an under age girl.
The D.A. charged this becuase they knew he has a slick lawyer that would get him off scott free. Nothing unusual about this. The DA did a good job getting a felony conviction for this Creep
Pretty disturbing how you can let Attorneys that pay your bills write your stories. This publication is obviosly a rag and mouthpiece for the people who advertise with you.. Your pathetic.
Haven’t spoken to Sabbidini about this case in months. I watched the prelim and the assessment is based on that.
This column isn’t so much about this case as it is the general charging practices of the district attorney’s office.
The rest of your post is quite funny, we get a very small amount of our overall budget in advertising.
Just because he wasnt convicted of Harrasment and threats does not mean it did not happen Because you know it did.. He is known to be violent also. If it was going to be impossible to prove then why didnt he go to trial and answer to that charge..?? Hey Sabbatini you may be able to foll the people who read this rag but you know the truth . Stop using this rag to defend your disgusting client. And as for as the Vangaurd.. your a Joke letting the attorney write your stories.. Sure sounds like bias to me.
Easy for you to say now it would have been impossible now but you know as well as I do the truth comes out and a jury would have listened and made up their own mind based on testimony frommthe witness. Good job getting the scumm off and allowing it to happen again.
“The D.A. charged this becuase they knew he has a slick lawyer that would get him off scott free. Nothing unusual about this. The DA did a good job getting a felony conviction for this Creep “
Tell that to the people spending hundreds of years for minor or non-existent crimes in this county. I worked here for years, cases exactly like this one. The felony will be expunged within three years, for your information.
“Just because he wasnt convicted of Harrasment and threats does not mean it did not happen Because you know it did.”
I only know what came out in the preliminary hearing, and there wasn’t enough evidence there to convict. You have her word, which had credibility issues.
“He is known to be violent also…”
I would suggest you stop making accusations in a public forum unless you can prove them. I understand that this case appears very personal to you, but making accusations that are false in a public forum is called libel. I state again, I have had no contact with Mr. Sabbadini about this case since before the preliminary hearing and then only to get his statement that he sent to the press.
As a parent of a teenage girl, I have no sympathy whatsoever for him! Charge away DA, charge away!!!! All of you saying you would have no problem living next door to him obviously do not have daughters!! And Jimmys Daughter, what the hell does this guy being white and Ajay Dev not have to do with anything???????????????
i’m a little perplexed by your comment, just me.
first, i know david has a daughter, and i think jd said she has one too.
second, there are some specifics in this that would suggest the defendant probably is not a general threat. he used poor judgment on a girl who was a little under 18, i can’t see that leading to the kind of sentence that would have come down if found guilty of 44 charges.
finally, he’s getting off without any time incarceration, so you should be upset rather than happy that he overcharged. basically nothing happened with regards to most of the charges, so why are you saying, charge away?
@ Greenwald and Seigel.
Siegel expunged after 3 years? we will see. You have some inside line on the Judge?
Greenwald Its a know fact so I am not worried about a thing. And as far as enough evidence. thats what you said but the defendant opted to plea to Felonies so he would not have to answer to that charge. It would have been damning . And how would you know if there was enough evidence are you the judge, jury and executioner . A jury would have believed the truth. If you think your reporting is not slanted you need to become a used car salesman
@Davis Progressive
Bad judgement. yeah you could say that.. Its a felony for a reason. and he plead guilty to 3 felonies fora reason . He is a felon. and yes this case was ripe for a plea bargain.. You don’t plea bargain a felony just because you used bad judgement and as far as being a threat , you obviosly do not have a dughter.. or maybe you like teenage girls too?
No personal attacks on other blog participants, please. Let’s keep the discussion to the issues.
Davis Progressive..
You call being someone in a “teaching” or coaching position at a High School having a sexual relationship with a student “poor judgement”???? That is far beyond poor judgement!!! That makes him an extreme threat in my eyes! That very well could have been my High School daughter! I am sorry, I do not see how anyone with common sense can defend this “man”! He is a huge threat to any teenage girl around him! Next time, he will just be way more careful to not get caught and that scares the crap out of me!
Don,
I bleieve you were referring to my post? I did not attack anyone personally . I was simply asking a question that I feel may be revelant to the bloggers opinions. I appreciate the oppertunity to voice my opinion . However because mine differes than your regular readers/bloggers my opinions do not seem to be valued the same.
Thank you
Jim
Oh sorry you were referring to my used car salesman post.. I understand and appolagise
Oh Lord. I try to keep my kids out of this. But remarks about my daughter: I won’t let that go.
Screw anyone who thinks I would not give my life right this second for my children. In less than a heartbeat, as%^&e.
My family has been harrassed by violent people, too. Heavily armed law enforcement. And they verbally harrassed a 17 year old granddaughter of a police officer in her home, minding her own go*&&#xne;-) business. And they lied to the daughter of an officer, (me) and they threatened to have CPS come & take my children away, because they did not do their job properly. Screw you.
Jim Stover doth protest too much, methinks.
Hey JimmysDaughter
Why dont you call Troy Hensley? He would probalby be more than happy to console your teenage daughter.
She just Troys age…. Sounds like you have your share of drama too LMAO
OK. Enough.
Your entitled to your opinion just like me. Seems this establishment is a bit biast with opinions by paying attorneys
Further evidence that this so called media outlet is biast. Some of my last post are not on public display or have been deleted and I have not harrassed or attacked anyone. No B+lls yet the lady above with the 17 year old daughter can post what she wants even calling people names.. Good Job Vangaurd Warning me about slanderous post like I live in Nazi Germany and should be worried about the SS showing up at my house . Heave the B*lls to let both sides come out
for JimmysDaughter
I can see why the CPS was involved in your life from the first post on this Blog that you did . Stating you feel comfy having your Daughter live nextdoor to a Convivted Felon ..one who has been preying on daughters of your age… Yeah it makes big sense. Thanks for that lovely story
I have removed and edited some posts. Please keep discussion civil, keep it to the topic of the case itself, and to all participants: please do not directly attack other blog participants.
“Siegel expunged after 3 years? we will see. You have some inside line on the Judge?”
I have tried cases in front of the Judge, but an expungement in Yolo County generally doesn’t come to Judge Rosenberg, it would go to Mock. A lot of times, when people have clean records and clean up their act, they can get a conviction reduced to a misdemeanor and expunged once they have completed their terms of probation.
“You don’t plea bargain a felony just because you used bad judgement “
You will often plea when the punishment for the plea is outweighed by the risk of the exposure you face if you go to trial and get convicted. A lot of times as attorneys you end up in a quandary as to whether to take a chance with murky evidence, even if you believe your client is completely innocent.
” I do not see how anyone with common sense can defend this “man”! “
I’ll butt in here. I don’t think anyone is defending the man or what he did, rather they are trying to come to terms with what the appropriate punishment should be and 44 felonies for sex acts that were largely consensual seems excessive to me.
” I appreciate the oppertunity to voice my opinion . However because mine differes than your regular readers/bloggers my opinions do not seem to be valued the same.”
Mr. Stover, I don’t have a problem with your opinion. I do think you are a little close to the matter however to be objective and I do know that David is pretty consistent in his views of the DA’s office, and unlikely to be swayed because the site is getting a few hundred from Steve.
Don you may just as well delete all of my post . Obviuosly my challenging the creability of the reporting here does not go over well.
Clearly you ar holding the cards and wont post my opinions Your stories are more of a lawyers propganda and a strange way at best to report the outcome on this case.
It was a case about a man having illegal sex with an underage person. Yet your leadership has turned it into some type of lawyers propaganda. You didnt just report about the conviction you reported about the injustice of all of the charges.. and you still want to sit there at your desk and tell me that you are not biast?
Yet a person that can call people names and cus and post her issues is allowed. Very strange I tell you. I understand you do not like my position . it is just to bad you are running your blog like some sort of comminist regieme . Thanks for the halfhearted effort in letting people express their opinions.
Oh Seigel
You know you dont cop to something you didnt do… Spin it anyway you want. He is guilty of a felony 3 . and I have no problem with it only being 3 of the 44. Cause this case was ripe for a plea bargain.. but please you know he threatened her and in a jury trial they would have heard about it and possibly convicted of him if they believed the victim. So I am sory I do not believe for a minute that he plead out due to bad judgement. and bad judgement is a really bad understatement my friend .. its a felony
Jim,
I’m the moderator, not the blog owner. I don’t actually have much of an opinion about this case, as I haven’t been following it. I just want to keep the conversation here civil and avoid flame wars. Please stick to the facts of the case and avoid direct attacks, and I ask others to do the same.
I have heard this one before. Before we can call this a situation of overcharging we need some perspective on the practices of other counties. I’ve heard of similar stories from other areas before. Someone will face dozens of counts of this or that. Since many of the charges in this case are repeat offenses (numerous counts of the same offense) I have a hard time calling this over charging.
Only the crimes alleged are charged and the judged agreed there was enough for a holding order. I agree some of the charges are weak, also noted by the judge.
It looks like the plea process worked as intended. Hensley knew his potential exposure and his attorney was able to negotiate a good deal for the accused.
“You know you dont cop to something you didnt do… “
tell that to brian banks ([url]http://blog.simplejustice.us/2013/03/25/a-lawyers-choice-brian-banks/[/url])
here’s a study ([url]http://wrongfulconvictionsblog.org/2012/06/13/new-study-significant-risk-of-wrongful-conviction-in-plea-bargaining/[/url]) that shows how willing people are willing to plea to things they haven’t done
please educate yourself before making blanket statements
“Before we can call this a situation of overcharging we need some perspective on the practices of other counties. “
no we don’t. it’s a problem across the nation – that doesn’t mean it’s not a problem.
“Only the crimes alleged are charged and the judged agreed there was enough for a holding order. I agree some of the charges are weak, also noted by the judge. “
for a holding order, all it takes is probable cause and judges generally have determined all it takes is an accusation since they view preliminary hearings in light most favorable to the prosecution and believe that the jurors will be the determiners of fact. that sounds good in theory, but it sets up a case where the guy is facing considerable time will cop to a lesser plea. in brian banks case, he would have faced life, so he took a ten year plea.
[quote]judges generally have determined all it takes is an accusation[/quote]
Interesting point. Please support that with statements from judge. That could be useful here.
sorry, it’s been a long time since i have actually been in a court trial. david may have more recent access to quotes from a judge.
So Moderator DON ,
DavisProgressive statement telling me to get educated and stop making blanket statements you will allow?
It has nothing to do with the story and is directed personally at me but you allow this. Why ? you deleted much of my post yesterday for this reason. It would seem you need to be in some specific club here and you get to saywhat you want.. But when an outsider comes in and says something that stirs the pot a bit you get involved? This is biast I suppose if I respond to him directly it wil be deleted?
i posted a lot of information that you have just ignored that invalidates several of your points. maybe you can respond to some of that rather than whining to the moderator.
I don’t click on links that I dont know where they will take me. Unlike Mr. Hensley I have better judgement. I am aware of the sttistics, only criminals admit to crimes. You are downplaying what he did , and do not see the person involved as a viciim becuase you only look at things from your Lawyer perspective. He had his children in the court to listen to the testimony an the CPS ws involved.. There are victims here, but you good ole boys only see it as a young girls that got what she wanted. No real crime right Mr Progressive? Maybe you even envy him?
brian banks was innocent and took a plea agreement. it happens quite often, the links i sent you were to articles and studies that bear that claim out.
Davis Progressive, very interesting information about the Brian Banks case. How could the current criminal justice system be changed/improved to minimize the possibility of this sort of injustice?
one way would be for the da to charge cases more realistically so you don’t have to choose between copping a plea to a crime you haven’t committed in order to escape a very lengthy prison sentence.
Only Criminals like Troy Hensley cop guilty plea;s . In this case only the reality of hardtime is what swayed him to plead guilty. At some point the DA must leverage his case and also in a case like this hopefully spare the victim from having to testify about something that is so sensative keeping her from being victimised one more time from a Defense Attorney and people like you.
“Only Criminals like Troy Hensley cop guilty plea;s .”
i have provided actual evidence disproving this claim, can you please address this.
DP, the current system seems to be such that overcharging is encouraged. What changes do you think would need to occur in order to discourage this practice and encourage more realistic charging? Do you know of examples of other systems elsewhere that work better in this regard?
I am referring to this case and Troy Hensley being a know Felon who had illegal sex with a minor then threatened to kill her, himself, his own family (all testified to in court) Yet to avoid that charge he plead guilty.. becuase he is guilty. and if his Attorney was convinced he could get Troy out of this dilema he would have taken it to trial. Hence the 44 charges to make them understand this is serious and illegal and you are not getting off! I praise the DA for persuing this case vigerously
Troy and his wife then took his children to court to hear the victim testify about all the naughty things he did to her. WOW Great judgement on their part. I guess he will need another attorney for the Civil Matters? since the victim filed a Workers comp claim against the establishment where he was her supervisor giving her alcohol and perscription drugs… Many people who know these people understand and do not want him to get away with his crimes. This will be with the victim all her life, and if he is only slapped on the wrist .. It will surely happen to someone else. Kudos for the victim and her family for having the strenth to finally expose this predator
i understand that you are referring to this case, but in the process you have made a much broader statement that “Only Criminals like Troy Hensley cop guilty plea;s.” that’s not a true statement.
in terms of his case, i haven’t been in the court, so it’s harder for me to evaluate. but the claim about the threats came from her and her alone with no supporting evidence according to what i read here. is she credible? you seem to think so, but the evidence i read is mixed.
I think any 17 year old in her situation will have “some” credability issues. Especially when they are victimised one more time when they come forward. I believe her because I know the perp. and a jury would have also believed her because she is telling the truth. I believe the truth does come out eventually. Who has the credability issue now? Convicted felon? Stay tuned for the civil actions!!
I refer to your earlier post and others calling this “poor judgement”. It’s more… it’s a crime. It is illegal and there are laws against this. Here from Megans law website
—>”If a child does not tell anyone about the abuse, it is because he or she must have consented to it. ” ANSWER: “False. Children often do not tell for a variety of reasons including the offender’s threats to hurt or kill someone the victim loves, as well as shame, embarrassment, wanting to protect the offender, feelings for the offender, fear of being held responsible or being punished, fear of being disbelieved, and fear of losing the offender who may be very important to the child or the child’s family.” —>”It is common for both child and adult victims of sexual assault to wait some time before telling someone about the abuse. ” ANSWER: “True. It is common for victims of sexual assault to wait some time before telling someone. When the person was assaulted as a child, he or she may wait years or decades. The reasons for this are numerous: victims may want to deny the fact that someone they trusted could do this to them; they may want to just put it behind them; they may believe the myth that they caused the assault by their behavior; or they may fear how other people will react to the truth.” —>”Victims of sexual assault often share some blame for the assault.” ANSWER: “False. Adult and child victims of sexual abuse are never to blame for the assault, regardless of their behavior. Because of the age difference, children are unable to legally consent to sexual acts. They are often made to feel like willing participants, which further contributes to their shame and guilt.”
“I refer to your earlier post and others calling this “poor judgement”. It’s more… it’s a crime. It is illegal and there are laws against this”
it is a crime – a wobbler actually to have consensual sex with someone prior to 18. but we are talking about a few months prior to 18. had the relationship consummated a few months later, there would be no illegality here. i understand the law is the law, but there is an arbitrary nature here.
i’m not sure the point of the megans law site. she did consent to it. according to the reports, she begged for sex and begged him not to leave her – in text messages.
i get it, you don’t like the guy, you may have some connection to the girl, what he did was was wrong, but 44 felonies wrong? nope.
Agreed.
I had posted long before the results that this case would be a plea bargain. It was! 44 counts..
I agree with you they would never get this and I dont believe that was their goal when presenting all of the charges. I bleieve they were saying and the judge was saying .. you broke the law and we are not reducing to a lower crime. poor judgement? I think it goes beyond that sir. Perhaps you believe this was his only victim? It goes beyond poor judgemnet .. making an illegal U turn or speeding is poor judgement. He broke the law and was preying on young women.. Promising them a life with him. Really.. and she is 17 and smitten and believing this Cr=p because he is much more mature than her with much experience. I just dont know how you can consider this poor judgemnt . I assure you if it was your daughter you wouldnt me saying that now would you?
” It goes beyond poor judgemnet .. making an illegal U turn or speeding is poor judgement. He broke the law and was preying on young women.”
i understand your point. i view it within the spectrum of bad judgment. let’s say that instead of being 17, she had just turned 18, is there really a huge difference there? not to me. he still would have been guilty of bad judgment, the difference is that it would not have been illegal.
” I assure you if it was your daughter you wouldnt me saying that now would you? ‘
my daughter is in her twenties, so it would be hypothetical. however, i did see two people whose father was viciously murdered speak out against the death penalty for their father’s killer this weekend, so it’s probably best not to assume
Well I think your last part of your statement was a bit of a cop-out. I will get back to that.
She was 17 , All the DA had to prove was that the act occured prior to her turning 18. Wasnt going to be difficult at all. I believe the DA trys the charges they know they can get a conviction.
The Perp obviosly didnt want all of that on their record and to do all of that time. But I agree with you his crime would not warrant all of the time he would have served if convicted of all. To me one of the most disturbing parts were the alleged threats. I do believe they occured and albeit it was her word. I believe it happened. and I bleieve this was very wrong and goes well beyond poor judgement.
Gettng back to your daughter , and I do not mean to offend by speaking about your daughter as I have one also yet she is at a much tender age. you know damn well how you would have fealt about it if it was your own (god forbid) and you would want the max,
and to speak out about the death penalty is one thing.. They didnt forgive this man to the point where they said “Oh we forgive him let him go” So what would you do?
If you are telling me that you would feel any different that some people feel about Troy .. you are either lieing or you have tried to many cases and are not for real
Step outside of your comfort zone and try to imagine how you would feel and really tell me if it was your daughter how would you feel!!
Any remorse fromm the admitted FELON? appolagise? It might go a long way? Hopefully they take that in consideration when they sentence him.
What kind of message will the court send? Will he do it again? Let’s make sure he does not !!
[quote]sorry, it’s been a long time since i have actually been in a court trial. david may have more recent access to quotes from a judge.[/quote]
I figured since you made the claim you would at least have something other than opinion to support what you said. Case law would also work.
mr. stover, for the most part sentencing is based on mandatory laws and sentencing schemes rather than whether the individual shows remorse. there is a three tier standard but mostly that is based on the individual’s track record rather than real judicial discretion.
mr. obvious: i looked at case law, but mostly it mentions probable cause without much discription as to what constitutes probable cause. just because i haven’t been in a courtroom in twenty years and can’t remember a specific quote from a judge, doesn’t mean it’s mere opinion i’m relying on.
Mr Progressive,
I fully expected you to sidestep my last question. I guess if you answered it would prove that you are human?
if your last question is whether he’ll do it again, my guess is he won’t have the opportunity.
Ok Sorry my third to the last question..
It was mentioned by another here his record would be expunged after his probation and he will not have to register as a known sex offender. …. So what’s going to keep him from having another oppertunity if this is true?
It would seem if there is not a threat of jail, and no record of his crime to refer to .. then he will have another oppertunity and from what I have heard people like him do not change without professional help. Hopefully the court would at least impose something like this?
“Only Criminals like Troy Hensley cop guilty plea;s”
This statement is absolutely not true.
Re: the crime. As a mom, this case is heartbreaking all around. If my own daughter, at 17 years and 8 months, fell in love with an older man, I hope she would talk to me, her dad, her Aunt, or an older woman she trusted. I do remember what it was like to be almost 18. If my daughter ignored everyone’s advice and made love to an older man, believing she really loved this older man, even though he was married, I’d be disappointed. I’d try to understand and put myself in my her shoes. This affair was not a violent gang rape like what happened at the high school in Richmond, CA a few years ago. This “crime” sounds like consensual love making to me. I’m so sorry for the hurt it caused the young woman and her parents and other family members. But it sounds like she secretly snuck away to a hotel, many times, in Davis, to make love to a man she thought she was in love with. I’m sorry if that offends people, I really am. But I don’t believe she was tricked, drugged, or forced into that hotel. And I think the fact that she was a few months shy of 18 makes a huge difference. I would be sad id my daughter couldn’t come to me, her dad, her aunt, or another trusted adult before she decided to make love.
That is what makes me sad in all of this. I also think, if the man she was making love with was panicked and upset that his wife was going to find out, then maybe he said some truly awful things in the heat of the moment. I don’t know him but I think he needs some anger management counseling and other counseling. I don’t think he had a history of violence. Correct me if I’m wrong,please.
I hope all the folks involved in this situation can heal. But prison is not the answer to this situation, and the sex offender registry is not the answer to this situation.
How do you expect law enforcement to have the time to find Philip Garrido, Nancy Garrido, and that Castro guy in Ohio, when they are constantly visiting the home of someone like Mr. Hensley?
Thank you.
*How do you expect law enforcement to have the time to find the the victims of Philip Garrido, Nancy Garrido, and that Castro guy in Ohio, when they are constantly visiting the home of someone like Mr. Hensley?*
Thank you.
i don’t know if anything is going to keep him from doing it again.
from a practical level, unless he moves from dixon, i think it will be tough given how small a town and how notorious he is now is, for him to get a job near kids.
in terms of the law, just because it gets expunged, does not mean he would not face more severe consequences next time. basically, he is being given a chance to start over, but if he fails to take advantage of that case, he’s not going to get a plum deal for probation next time.
is that going to be solace to you and the victim? probably not.
A human being should not be called a “perp”. Maybe this community would be better if people were thought of as people, not “perps”, not “tea partiers”, “bleeding hearts”, “tree huggers”, “born agains”, etc. Why not call him by his name?
When my dad was a cop, he referred to the people in our community by their first name. I never once heard my dad call someone a “perp”, in all the years he served.
How does CONVICTED FELON work for you? Or PREDATOR ? does bleeding heart bother you? Perp is short for PERPETRATOR . Thats what he is. and Cops refer to Criminals who perpetrate crimes like this everyday and there is nothing wrong with calling him a Perp. Perp is the most mild thinkg you can say about this creep.
For you information the Cops werent looking for Mr Castro. They stummbled upon him. Great Police work there! What about the Girl in Antioch that was held captive all her life .. The cops were at the propety on more than one occasion and missed these perps. Are you telling me that you have some sort of compassion for these individuals? Treat them like humans and dont call them names like Perp? Really? Wow! I bet your Dad had a lot of other choice names for criminals? please! People who Prey on children are not human and do not deserve to be treated as such. If the Perp gets Jail time he just may find out!
P.S. My dad sometimes referred to people who made bad choices as “lost souls”. He never said “perp”.
Yes understand you do not know him.. I do.. your way off the mark. Check out Police Calls from the restruant he worked at .. You will find what he is all about. There was a Workers Copm claim filed agains the restruant his family owns and runs and they have had to answer to his behavior.
I handled hundreds of w.c. claims for restaurant workers in my years as an adjuster.
What is your point – filing a w.c. claim makes him a violent rapist? Sexual harrassment makes him a violent rapist? The young woman in question was 4 months shy of 18; this appears to be consensual lovemaking…otherwise, even if he IS white, the D.A. would push for a jury trial…
Not enough hard evidence to prove the young lady wasn’t a willing participant.
I feel sorry for everyone involved.
How many men get extremely angry when their wife finds out they are cheating? Or when they break off an affair, and the girlfriend threatens to tell the wife?
How many men and women say things they really, really regret in the heat of passion, when they are caught cheating? Do all of them mean their threats?
How many ladies say ridiculous things when their boyfriend breaks up with them?
Is there evidence he ever acted on the threats?
Have you ever heard a woman say she’ll kill her husband because she just found out he was cheating? Do they all act on that anger?
You are comparing a 17 year, 8 month old young lady,who willingly went to a hotel on many occasions with a man she flirted with and sent provocative text messages, to a young girl who was grabbed off the street and forced into a home as someone’s slave.
Shame on you for treating this 17 years, 8 month old young woman in the same category with children held against their will.
This case was not a crime against a “child”. That young woman sounds like she willingly met him at a hotel in Davis on many occasions.
P.S. where my dad was a cop, the legal age of consent today is 16 years old. So not a “perp”. A person. Moot point.
Where your dad was a cop they probably still believe that when a woman wears tight close she has it coming?
I didnt put them in the same catagory.. I was commenting on the police work involved in those cased that you first referred too. Your the one that brought those cases to this conversation.
You are the one who admitted here that the CPS was involved in your life. You are the one who said here you would have no problem moving your 17 year old next door to the perp.. Not me.
Franky I see your views being somewhat in the dark ages of society. and you seem to talk about dad alot even have him in your name here.
Look jimmysdaughter I dont care to chat with you so this will be last post I realy cant discuss things with someone who may have missed her meds. You have Daddie issues. We dont need more cops we need less donut shops. I am not suprised the CPS was in your life you seem somewhat clueless. Stating you would move next door to this guy.. Maybe you were jelous of the 17 year old because noone would ever do those things to you.. The perp has ruined alot of lives that was the point of the WC claim mention.. and you know what.. You keep referring to white and black people and I do not have a clue of why.. perhaps your racist also .. it would not suprise me because you come from a different generation. or place.. where dad was a cop … and it sounds somewhere in the back woods!