A Joplin man's probation after serving his sentence on a child pornography charge was revoked this morning during a hearing in U. S. District Court in Springfield.
Judge Douglas Harpool sentenced Frank Edwin Ness, 53, to six months in prison followed by a lifetime under supervised probation after finding Ness guilty of violating two conditions of his probation by possessing pornography and by using a computer or electronic device without the permission of the probation office.
Ness pleaded guilty to possession and distribution of child pornography in 2015 and was on probation after serving his sentence.
As a member of the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force carried Ness' computer out of the home, Ness' wife gave the officer the thumbs up.
"You got him," she said. "Everything you're looking for is going to be on that computer."
The search warrant was executed following a tip to the task force that child pornography was being sent to a computer with an IP address that was being used at that house
Mrs. Ness told officers her husband's computer was password-protected, but he has left it on a couple of times and that "she had seen child pornography on that computer," according to an affidavit filed in U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Ness' wife said she had argued with her husband about it and had thrown on the computer on the floor and thought she had broken it. "She said Ness told her he had thrown the computer away."
Her discovery of her husband using his computer for unsavory purposes was not the first time she had caught him in the act. "She said she first caught him looking at child pornography shortly after they married, about eight years ago. She said she had caught him looking at it, but he had promised that he would quit looking at it."
Not quite trusting her husband, Mrs. Ness said "she would never allow her grandchildren to be alone with her husband since she had seen the pictures on his computer and didn't trust that he would never molest them."
Task Force officers found 124 videos containing child pornography on Ness' computer, according to the affidavit. All were hidden in a folder.
3 comments:
These predators cannot be rehabilitated. They need locked up for life.
Here We Go Again!!! Why do the Judges and Prosecutors in Jasper and Newton County keep giving these Habitual Offenders that Magic - - "Get Out of Jail Free Cards" - all the Time. What will it take for them to "Wake Up" -
We have got to Hold Not Only the Criminals, but these Judges and Prosecutors responsible for their Actions!!!
The Judges and Prosecutors - are Elected to Serve the Public of Jasper and Newton County - and when they do not we have got to Either Vote them Out, have them Disbarred, or Removed through the Courts.
It is no wonder - since Jasper and Newton County has had a History of allowing Judges, Prosecuting Attorneys, Elected Officials, and People Connected who supported these Judges and Prosecutors get into Office - off on various charges.
The United States has some of the highest recidivism rates in the world. Recidivism is one of the most fundamental concepts in criminal justice. It refers to a person's relapse into criminal behavior, often after the person receives sanctions or undergoes intervention for a previous crime.
According to the National Institute of Justice, almost 44% of criminals released return before the first year out of prison. In 2005, about 68% of 405,000 released prisoners were arrested for a new crime within three years, and 77% were arrested within five years.
Stop Feeling Sorry for the Criminals and Start Feeling Sorry for the Victims.
Sex offenders, especially child sex predators, are not able to be rehabilitated. The recidivism rate for them is astronomical, something like 80%. And those are for the 10% that actually get caught.
We need to recognize that print/video child abuse materials are the same as as physical child sex abuse because the child/children were abused to make the pornography and are victimized again every time a predator looks at them for their sick satisfaction. predators who seek out child sexual abuse materials are reinforcing their abnormal sexual attraction for children, and over time, makes them exponentially more likely to abuse a child in real life.
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