1139: Joseph Perkins
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Franklin Joseph Perkins is a former Eagle Scout leader, Martial Arts instructor, and gymnastics and cheerleading coach in Alvin, Texas.
Author: Cajsa Lilliehook
1138: Antonio Capilupi
Child Sexual Abuse Material, Solicitation of a Minor
Antonio Capilupi was a high school teacher in Martin County, Florida. He solicited explicit pictures from one of the students at the high school since December 2022. Other students saw the pictures on SnapChat. He was arrested for using a computer to solicit a minor and possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material.
1137: Alexander Kenoyer
Coercion, Sexual Assault
Alexander Kenoyer was a police detective in Cripple Creek, Colorado. He was accused of coercing a sex trafficking victim to have sex with him. In a sane world, this would be called rape.
1136: Scott Owen
Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault
Scott D. Owen was a therapist in Salt Lake City. Mormon church leaders often referred gay church members to him for counseling within the practice of the church. That used to include conversion therapy but now urges celibacy, the kinder, gentler homophobia. A man referred to him in 2015 said that as part of therapy he would tell him to undress and touch him. He said the touching was part of the therapy.
1135: Amanda Justice
Child Molestation, Sexual Assault
Amanda Buchanan Justice was a youth pastor at New Life Family Worship Center in King’s Mountain, NC where he husband is pastor. She has been arrested for the sexual assault of a minor.
She was also a youth minister at No Compromise Youth Ministry.
She was released on bail
1134: Joshua Harris
Child Molestation, Child Rape, Incest
Joshua Harris was a deputy sheriff in Wibaux County, Montana. In November, 2022, he was arrested and charged with eight counts of incest, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of sexual intercourse without consent. In a plea agreement, he pled guilty to two counts of incest with two children under the age of sixteen and one count of sexual intercourse without consent with one child under sixteen.
1133: Bob Young
Assault, Familial Abuse & Violence
Bob Young is a Republican state representative in Ohio. In July, he was indicted on two misdemeanor charges of domestic violence and another misdemeanor charge of assault. He admitted his behavior was inappropriate but denied it was criminal. He was asked to resign by the Speaker, but he refused.
1132: Kyle Nelson Robinson
Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation
Kyle Nelson Robinson was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Indialantic. He is a graduate of Liberty University, an reactionary Baptist University. He was arrested in July and charged with two counts of felony child molestation.
1131: Dakota Kennemer
Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Sexual Battery
Dakota Kennemer was a youth pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Idaho Falls, ID. He is being investigated for an inappropriate relationship with a minor from 2019 to 2022. When it came to the attention of the church, they met with him and he confessed to sexually touching the victim. He was fired. This was in December, 2022.
1130: Boris Epshteyn
Sexual Battery
Boris Epshteyn is a Republican Party political strategist who was an advisor for former President Trump’s campaign and continues to advise Trump post-presidency. In 2021, he was arrested for groping two women and was charged with battery and attempted sexual abuse.