Daily Commentary – Monday January 29th, 2007 – Wife Saves Husband From Mountain Lion

Dana discusses the:

• Brave wife who saves her husband from a mountain lion

Neil Rodreick, a 29 year old Sex offender poses as a 12 year-old seventh grader named Casey Price

The Perfect Storm of bizarre stories:

• 1) 29 year old sex offender pretends to be 12 year old student
• 2) No one in the school even noticed a 29 year old adult was posing as a kid
• 3) Two adult men thought they were having sex with a minor, turned out to be an adult

In what has to be one of the most bizarre stories, even as sex offender stories go … 29 year old Neil Rodreick poses as a 12 year old elementary school student. What is sad is that Neil Rodreick passed as 12 year old Casey Price for 50 days before anyone took notice. What is sick is that Neil Rodreick is a convicted sex offender. How could anything like this happened and have allowed to go on putting children at risk?

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The public anger and outrage at this turn of events has lead many to ask how a 29-year-old grown man could pose as a student, much less as a pre teen boy and no one would notice or suspect. According to various news reports, Rodreick used a variety of techniques to disguise his age, including use of make up and shaving all his body hair.

61-year-old Lonnie Stiffler and 43 year old James Snow thought they were having sex with a 12 year old boy. Imagine their surprise? Lonnie Stiffler pretended to be Rodreick’s grandfather when he tried to enroll him at Mingus Springs Charter School as “Casey Price.”

Stiffler and Robert James Snow, 43, “were very upset when the detectives told them they had been having a sexual relationship with a 29-year-old man and not a pre-teen boy,” Quayle said.

It appears that Neil Rodreick may have also done the same scam in Oklahoma.

Grand jury hands down indictment

PRESCOTT ­ A Yavapai County grand jury on Friday indicated four men, including the 29-year-old sex  offender who allegedly posed as a 12-year-old boy on multiple felony charges.

Neil Rodreick, Brian Nellis, Robert Snow ­ all convicted sex offenders ­ and Lonnie Stiffler each face at least 14 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor related to child pornography.

They also face multiple counts of forgery, failure to register as a sex offender and taking the identity of another.

Sex offender’s history dates to 1996; Man was arrested in case involving 6-year-old boy

But his odyssey may actually date back to April 1996, when Neil Havens Rodreick II first was arrested for an incident in which he asked a 6-year-old boy to pull down his pants.

The bizarre case took yet another twist Friday when Gila County Sheriff John Armer confirmed that Rodreick, 29, had registered at Shelby Charter School near Payson on Aug. 4, 2005. He attended nine days of class over the next month, using the name Casey Havens Rodreick and a birth date that made him 13. (AZ Central)
 

Rest in Peace Jamie Skeeters … Official Obituary

Jamie Skeeters 1941–2007

Jamie Skeeters, a retired commander with the Oxnard Police Department passed away suddenly Jan. 24, 2007, while away on business in Memphis, Tenn.

Jamie was born March 14, 1941, in Muleshoe, Texas, to Gladys Skeeters. He was a resident of Ventura County for more than 40 years. He was very proud to be a U.S. Marine. He served as acting gunny/sergeant from 1961 to 1966. Before joining the Oxnard Police Department, he served as director of Boys Clubs in Oxnard from 1966 through 1967. In 1967 he joined the Oxnard Police Department and rose quickly through the ranks, achieving the rank of commander in 1993. Jamie served in that capacity until May 1996, when he retired with nearly 30 years of service to the Oxnard community. After his retirement he continued on to serve as chief of police for Ventura College.

• He spent many years living in the Ojai area with his wife, Kay. Together they owned and operated Ojai Valley Farms, a first-class equestrian center, until recently when his polygraph career flourished.
• Jamie is survived by his loving wife of over 25 years, Kay; loving daughter, Kim Skeeters; sons, Trace Giove and John Skeeters; and four beautiful grandchildren, Trevor, Morgan, Ryan and Melissa.
• We deeply grieve the loss of our beloved husband, father, grandfather and love of our life, but find great comfort in knowing he was loved by so many.

A celebration of Jamie’s life will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29, with rosary recited immediately following, at Clausen Funeral Home, 316 E. Matilija Ave., Ojai, CA 93023; phone 805-646-1451. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 185 St. Thomas Drive, Ojai, CA 93023; phone 805-646-4337.

You will be missed by all at Scared Monkeys, rest in peace. Full Obituary, read here.

Another Sexual Assault Aboard a Cruise Ship … This time the P&O cruise ship, Pacific Star

Its happened again. This time a teenager was sexually assaulted aboard the P&O cruise ship Pacific Star. According to reports the teenager who was sexually assaulted tried to jump overboard after the attack. Read the full story here.

Las Vegas Reverend George Chaanine Sought in Assault of Church Worker (UPDATE: Arrested)

Reverend George Chaanine is considered a person of interest in the sexual assault of a church worker at Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church.  Police are presently looking for Chaanine who they believe is driving a cream-colored Buick LeSabre.

LAS VEGAS –   Police were searching for a Catholic priest they believe may have sexually assaulted and struck a woman at a church.

Authorities said they were called to Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church on Friday evening by someone who heard a woman in the church cry for help.

Officers found a church employee who said she had been assaulted and hit in the head with an object by a priest. Investigators consider the Rev. George Chaanine a person of interest, police spokesman Bill Cassell said. (Fox News)

 Vegas priest sought in assault of woman

Police were searching for a Catholic priest they believe may have sexually assaulted and struck a woman at a church.

UPDATE I: Priest Suspected in Attack Arrested

Reverand George Chaanine, 52, was arrested on Thursday in Apache Junction, AZ.

A hearing was set for Tuesday. He is wanted in Las Vegas on charges of attempted murder, sexual assault, kidnapping and battery with a deadly weapon in the Jan. 26 incident.

Chaanine is being held in a Phoenix jail on a $1 million bond on a charge of being a fugitive from justice. FBI Special Agent David Staretz said a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution would be dropped so Chaanine could be extradited to Las Vegas to face the more serious Nevada charges.

The priest had been in Monterey, Calif., on Tuesday, where bank security videotape released Thursday by police showed Chaanine making a withdrawal from a Bank of America branch. Court documents said he withdrew a large amount of money but didn’t specify how much.