NOT CHARGED | CHILD MOLESTATION – State v. Mr. J. (DMC No. 1882)

Mr. J. had gone through a divorce with his wife, and had visitation with his 14 year old daughter, who was mildly retarded. After the daughter went home, his ex-wife called C.P.S. and reported that Mr. J. had been molesting her. When the daughter was interviewed, she stated that she had been touched, then said it was an accident. She went back and forth between the 2 stories. We met with Detectives and C.P.S. workers and were able to convince the Detectives to not file charges. However, in an abundance of caution, C.P.S. “substantiated” the charges, and this caused Mr. J. to lose his visitation rights. That being said, he was facing the rest of his life in prison and charges were not filed. When his daughter turned 18, they reconnected their relationship and she later admitted she had been pressured by her mother to make up these allegations.

NOT CHARGED | CHILD MOLESTATION (DMC No. 2066) State v. Mr. T.: Mr. T. and his family belonged to a nudist club in Apache Junction. Neighbors began to have concerns about his children and called C.P.S. The children were interviewed by C.P.S., who all denied being molested. We personally interviewed 2 of the kids, who denied ever being molested by their father. In the end, C.P.S. “unsubstantiated” the allegations, and we convinced the Detective not to file charges, protecting Mr. T. from facing decades in prison.

NOT CHARGED | CHILD MOLESTATION (DMC No. 2650): Mr. S. was divorcing his wife after only 15 months of marriage. During the divorce, the biological father of the wife’s 3 year old daughter accused Mr. S. of molesting his daughter. When the charges were made, the girl also made allegations against her biological father. We had Mr. S. submit to a polygraph, which he passed. When we sat down with Detectives, we provided our polygraph results and also had our client consent to a police polygraph. We were able to convince the Detective to decline filing charges, protecting Mr. S. from facing life in prison.

NOT CHARGED | SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A MINOR (DMC No. 3500) State v. Mr. P.: Mr. P.’s niece was 14 years old and had come to live with him and his wife. She was sent to their house because she was having sex with different boys. In addition, the girl’s mother was on drugs and had signed custody of the children over to them 2 other times. The grandmother now had custody of the children. The mother claimed the girl (now 16) had told her she’d been having sex for 2 years with Mr. P. She then asked to borrow money. When she was not loaned money, she then contacted the police. We were able to speak with the Maricopa County Attorney, and got the reviewing prosecutor to “turn down” charges, as both mother and daughter had criminal histories and were making these accusations in order to extort money.

NOT CHARGED | SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A MINOR (DMC No. 3562) State v. Mr. G.: Mr. G. had dropped his 3 year old daughter off at day care, and they noticed she had severe diaper rash and a possible yeast infection. Mr. and Mrs. G. had been in regular fights with the daycare center due to them losing their daughter’s clothes, bad pick-up times and extra financial charges. The daycare center called the police and claimed the rash looked like “molestation.” They also called C.P.S. We sat down with the Detective, along with Mr. G., and he explained the situation. We also had our doctor review the results obtained by the State’s medical examination at Child Help. Our independent doctor found no evidence of molestation, only an infection due to diapers not being changed by the daycare center. Lastly, we had Mr. G. take a polygraph, which he passed. C.P.S. deemed the charges “unsubstantiated” and we were able to convince the Detective not to file charges, protecting Mr. G. from spending the rest of his life in prison.