Re: Judge sentences molester to 101 years

[WitchWirsen]

"Lyan Williams" <dontf...@nbc.com> wrote in message
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> Friday, February 18, 2005
>
> Judge sentences molester to 101 years
> Unrepentant former school counselor Eric Lynn Brown faces virtual life
> sentence
> By JAMES RAMAGE/Staff Writer
>
> VICTORVILLE - Eric Lynn Brown could have more than a century behind bars
> to consider how he abused the trust of the boys he molested.
Trust? That's not a real issue in abuse cases..huh Bob?
>
> Superior Court Judge Eric Nakata sentenced a thoroughly remorseless Brown
> to 102 years in prison Friday for molesting more than 10 pre-teens over 10
> years, much of that time while working as a Victor Valley Junior High
> School guidance counselor.
>
> Brown, 41, is required to serve 85 percent of his sentence before he is
> eligible for parole, according to Deputy District Attorney Mary Ashley. He
> also must pay a $10,000 restitution fine, as well as pay for his victims'
> counseling, Ashley said.
>
> One of the young men Brown molested years ago told him in a statement he
> read to the courtroom that he still thinks about Brown's actions every
> day.
>
> "You took my dignity and my manhood, but you didn't take my soul," his
> statement said. "I am still standing today. You tried to take me down as
> another victim of yours."
>
> In her own statement, the boy's mother described to Brown how he betrayed
> her son's trust.
>
> "You will be in a place where there are no children to ever molest again,"
> she said.
>
> Afterward, she went on to express frustration with how long it took to
> catch Brown.
>
> "I'm very happy for the victims' families," Ashley said. "It's good to
> know there won't be any more victims of Eric Brown."
>
> Probation Officer Gordon Gregg wrote in his report that Brown felt he was
> "railroaded" for his offenses, and added that Brown, of Adelanto, had
> major issues with pre-pubescent boys.
>
> "(Brown) exhibits signs and behavior consistent with the classic
> pedophile," Gregg wrote.
>
> In his chance to address the courtroom, Brown engaged in a long tirade,
> censuring his entire trial and insulting the two prosecutors who handled
> his case, Ashley said.
>
> "His statements truly reflect his personality," Ashley said. "He showed no
> remorse to the victims or their families."
>
> Brown's attorney, Stanley Hodge, would not comment on the sentence.
>
> A jury found Brown guilty on Dec. 20 of multiple felony lewd and
> lascivious acts upon a minor 13 and younger; multiple counts of
> misdemeanor child molestation; and multiple felony lewd and lascivious
> acts upon a child 16 to 18, with a 10-year age difference.
>
> Other charges included one felony count of sending pornographic material
> to a minor, and one count of felony sexual penetration with a finger or
> foreign object upon a child.
>
> Also, the 29 special allegations lodged against Brown, including the fact
> that the case involved multiple victims, were all found true.
>
> He committed the crimes from roughly 1993 to 2002.
>
>

[Lyan Williams]

Friday, February 18, 2005

Judge sentences molester to 101 years
Unrepentant former school counselor Eric Lynn Brown faces virtual life
sentence
By JAMES RAMAGE/Staff Writer

VICTORVILLE - Eric Lynn Brown could have more than a century behind bars to
consider how he abused the trust of the boys he molested.

Superior Court Judge Eric Nakata sentenced a thoroughly remorseless Brown to