NOT CHARGED | SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A MINOR (DMC No. 7078) State v. Ms. P.: Ms. P. was accused by his step daughter-in-law of molesting his step-granddaughter, who was 5 years old. A “confrontation call” was conducted in which she tried to get him to confess to molesting the child and inserting something inside her. Mr. P. said this was completely crazy, and told her that she needed to take the child to the doctor immediately. A search warrant was later served on his house by police, and he hired our office. We had Mr. P. pass a polygraph test, then we met with detectives and Mr. P. to explain that these allegations were either being fabricated by the child’s mother, the granddaughter, or she may have actually been molested by her biological father, who was a convicted sex offender who had recently been released from prison. Ultimately we were able to convince the prosecutors to not file any charges, preventing Mr. P. from potentially facing life in prison.

NOT CHARGED | CHILD MOLESTATION (DMC No. 7081) State v. Mr. L.: Mr. L. was a 49 year-old male who had 2 younger twin sisters. One of the younger sisters was abusing crack and taking advantage of their elderly mother. Mr. L. helped get the sister kicked out of the mother’s house. She retaliated by telling her mother that Mr. L. had molested her, her sister, and their brother. Ultimately police came to the house to help the sister remove her items from the house. At that time she told police about her accusations against Mr. L. We were able to show the police that she was a crack addict, was on anti-anxiety medication, and was making these allegations up to retaliate against Mr. L. No charges were brought against him. Had he been charged and convicted, he would have been facing potential life in prison.

NOT CHARGED | CHILD MOLESTATION (DMC No. 218) State v. Mr. S.: Mr. S.’s adult daughter began having sexual problems with her husband, and began seeing a psychiatrist. She then developed “repressed memories” and accused Mr. S. of molesting her when she was a child. The Bishop was told this information, and reported it to the police. We had Mr. S. take and a pass a polygraph. He denied that this ever occurred, and the detective agreed that the charges would not be forwarded to the County Attorney’s Office. Mr. S. was initially facing life in prison, and ultimately, no charges were filed.

NOT CHARGED | CHILD MOLESTATION (DMC No. 648) State v. Mr. R.: Mr. R.’s son and daughter in law were going through a particularly ugly divorce. They had only been married for 2 years, and their daughter was now 4 years old. Because Mr. R. was financing his son’s divorce, his daughter in law made Charges that he had molested the 4 year old. The daughter in law’s ex-husband, who was a convicted child molester, was currently in prison. In addition, the daughter in law had accused 4-5 other people of molesting the daughter over the past couple of years, including 2 babysitters, the daycare center and another grandfather. We had Mr. R. take a polygraph, which he passed. We then sat down with the Detective who administered a voice stress analysis test. A medical exam showed the 4 year old girl had a bacterial infection, although it had nothing to molestation. After sitting down with the prosecutor and reviewing the case with him, we were able to convince him to not file charges, protecting Mr. R. from facing the rest of his life in prison.

NOT CHARGED | SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH A MINOR | State v. Mr. C.: Mr. C. was going through a particularly rough divorce, when his 7 year old daughter made charges that he had molested her while he was on vacation in Flagstaff with her for 4 days. Although the divorce proceedings had not been finalized, Mr. C.’s soon to be ex-wife had attempted to sell off his separate property (a boat) and engaged in other illegal activities. When he was calling the police regarding his wife’s activities, the Charges of child molestation surfaced. Although Mr. C. was potentially facing life in prison, we had him take a polygraph which he passed, and we sat down with the Detective to explain the situation. We also produced all of his divorce proceeding records, and we were able to convince the Detective to not file charges.

NOT CHARGED | CHILD MOLESTATION (DMC No. 1135) State v. Mr. H.: Mr. H. adopted his daughter when she was approximately 5 years old. She had been abused by her previous parents, and had issues with Reactive Attachment Disorder. She had made other false claims and had stolen items in the past. In this particular case, she told her adopted brother that she had been molested for the previous 2 and ½ years, kept a diary, and allegedly had a sheet with a semen stain on it. She was now 15 years old and wanted to get out of the house to live with her boyfriend. We were able to have a polygraph examination conducted, and insisted that Detectives test the bed sheet. In the end, we were able to convince the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to “turn down” the case and not file charges, protecting Mr. H. from facing life in prison.