Vlad is obviously completely wrong (again) but rather than admit it and move on, as usual he tries to deflect the subject to Israel, money or his other pet subjects, like a broken record.Johnson was American. The USA arranged his return to the USA and he was tried there and sentenced to LIFE in prison for molesting five Cambodian children in Cambodia. And your take on all of this is that the USA is weak on child sex crimes and too focused on money?
Former Hi Bridge teacher Micky Rife charged in the U.S. for child sexual assault in Cambodia
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Involvement in foreign corruption too. That’s in part why the ANZ blokes were shitting themselves in the blood sugar saga.
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Rife's trial date has been delayed until November 4. He'll stay locked up in the meantime.
He had a court ordered psychiatric evaluation recently to determine if he's competent to stand trial, the court will likely rule on that this month.
He had a court ordered psychiatric evaluation recently to determine if he's competent to stand trial, the court will likely rule on that this month.
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gavinmac wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2019 3:58 pmThe USA has filed an opposition brief to Rife's request to be released from pretrial detention.
There are a few interested bits in the document, and I'd say that things are suddenly looking a lot worse for Rife.
The prosecution starts out by noting that "In September 2012, the Defendant traveled to Cambodia and soon after, with no education, experience, or other qualifications, found a job teaching young children." That doesn't make Cambodia look very good.
The prosecution mentions that Rife was fired from Hi Bridge for "mishandling students" and the phrase is put in quotes like that's what the Hi Bridge termination paperwork actually says. "Mishandling students." That's a great cover up euphemism for sexual molestation.
More importantly, we learned that Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Michael Romagnoli, who submitted the affidavit supporting charges against Rife, was holding out on us quite a bit.
Rife was charged on January 25. Apparently, Romagnoli interviewed Rife one day earlier, on January 24. Like the Feds showed up at Rife's door and he voluntarily invited them in and willingly talked to them. And he said this:
Goddamnit, Micky. This is why no one should ever talk to the police. Ever.
There have been a few filings in the case in the last month. The judge has ruled after a psychiattric exam that Rife is competent to stand trial.
Rife's lawyers have filed a motion to suppress his statements to Agent Romagnoli in Kentucky the day before he was charged. It turns out Romganoli didn't just show up at Rife's door to ask him questions about molesting kids in Cambodia. Instead, they informed Rife (truthfully) that someone (his twin brother) had renewed Rife's driver's license while he was in Cambodia and that they needed to speak to Rife about that before he could get a new license. So he met the agents at the police station/driver license complex and they took him into a back room and asked him about the license issue and started grilling him about molesting kids in Cambodia. Then after he made incriminating statements they read him his Miranda warnings, then they turned on a tape recorder and asked him the same questions again and he made additional incriminating statements.
His lawyers say all the statements should be suppressed as this as a custodial interrogation that Rife was not free to leave, as evidence by Romagnoli previously testifying in the case that they had already decided to arrest him that day.
The Feds claim Rife was never in custody during this time and was free to not answer questions and that cops are allowed to use trickery to lure dumb suspects into interrogations. The Feds also dispute Rife's claim that he was told he "had" to answer questions otherwise his license wouldn't be renewed/replaced.
This will be a significant ruling in the case when the judge makes it, because Rife's admission to the agent that he molested the girls is really damning and sort of guarantees his conviction. If his lawyers can get that statement suppressed, then it becomes a he said/she said type of case with the Feds having to fly in kids from Cambodia and then those ids being cross-examined by Rife's lawyers about whether they are money-grubbing little liars.
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For those interested in the details, here are the documents:
Micky Rife's Motion to Suppress
USA's Opposition to Rife's Motion to Suppress
Micky Rife's Motion to Suppress
USA's Opposition to Rife's Motion to Suppress
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Ditto this. My office is in the same building with DHS, special investigation unit (a pedophile wing). The building cleaner told my office that these folk are super nice people. They once shared with her that their job is to role-play as children chatting with those suspects to trap them and to gather enough evidence to convict them. They said the worst part about their job is to have to review the tapes of children sex. And to “flirt” with the sickos to gather evidence to convict. I can’t imagine doing this job. No one does this job for money; they have pure intention and I respect them for what they do.gavinmac wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:38 amHow many of the 193 countries in the world prosecute citizens who sexually abuse foreign children in foreign countries? The U.S. does. I hear that Australia does. Does any other country do this? Or is it just two?vladimir wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:48 pmMy post was edited before you replied, which you chose to ignore.
The fact remains that the actions of the US seem to indicate that they do not care about children if it costs money to monitor offenders...many known sex offenders have travelled to Cambodia, an din many cases of violence involving small children, wealthy nations and companies have been given a bye.
To be fair, favouritism/ byes for serious offences happens in America too, at least they are consistent in their shenanigans
How many countries have law enforcement agents stationed at their embassies in foreign countries who work with foreign police authorities to track down and arrest and forcibly return its citizens who abuse children abroad? The USA does. Very few other countries do.
How many national law enforcement agencies pay cash to Cambodian police officers and to APLE staff as a reward for finding and arresting that countries child predators in Cambodia? The FBI does.
The USA is as aggressive, or more aggressive, than any other country in the world at tracking down, arresting, prosecuting, and incarcerating citizens who abuse children in foreign countries.
Daniel Johnson abused five Cambodian children in Cambodia, and Cambodian authorities sentenced him to a year in prison. If he were French or Swiss or Dutch or Nigerian or Russian or Mexican or Chinese, wouldn't that have been the end of it? A year in prison for raping five kids and he'd be free as a bird?
Johnson was American. The USA arranged his return to the USA and he was tried there and sentenced to LIFE in prison for molesting five Cambodian children in Cambodia. And your take on all of this is that the USA is weak on child sex crimes and too focused on money?
The US has somewhat the most strictest law when it comes to children sex crimes. This is one of the things I am proud of about the US; knowing how it is in other parts of the world.
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Yep. Agreed. It takes a certain type of person to face what is done by others to people, young and old, and to interact in the way you have described. It is a war of a different kind and those following and fighting the perpetrators, male or female deserve respect. Also, great respect when they manage to not lose their heads and tear people apart, but, instead, trust the process. Not negatively judging those who would tear them apart though.Lovelybunny wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 1:52 pmDitto this. My office is in the same building with DHS, special investigation unit (a pedophile wing). The building cleaner told my office that these folk are super nice people. They once shared with her that their job is to role-play as children chatting with those suspects to trap them and to gather enough evidence to convict them. They said the worst part about their job is to have to review the tapes of children sex. And to “flirt” with the sickos to gather evidence to convict. I can’t imagine doing this job. No one does this job for money; they have pure intention and I respect them for what they do.gavinmac wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:38 amHow many of the 193 countries in the world prosecute citizens who sexually abuse foreign children in foreign countries? The U.S. does. I hear that Australia does. Does any other country do this? Or is it just two?vladimir wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:48 pmMy post was edited before you replied, which you chose to ignore.
The fact remains that the actions of the US seem to indicate that they do not care about children if it costs money to monitor offenders...many known sex offenders have travelled to Cambodia, an din many cases of violence involving small children, wealthy nations and companies have been given a bye.
To be fair, favouritism/ byes for serious offences happens in America too, at least they are consistent in their shenanigans
How many countries have law enforcement agents stationed at their embassies in foreign countries who work with foreign police authorities to track down and arrest and forcibly return its citizens who abuse children abroad? The USA does. Very few other countries do.
How many national law enforcement agencies pay cash to Cambodian police officers and to APLE staff as a reward for finding and arresting that countries child predators in Cambodia? The FBI does.
The USA is as aggressive, or more aggressive, than any other country in the world at tracking down, arresting, prosecuting, and incarcerating citizens who abuse children in foreign countries.
Daniel Johnson abused five Cambodian children in Cambodia, and Cambodian authorities sentenced him to a year in prison. If he were French or Swiss or Dutch or Nigerian or Russian or Mexican or Chinese, wouldn't that have been the end of it? A year in prison for raping five kids and he'd be free as a bird?
Johnson was American. The USA arranged his return to the USA and he was tried there and sentenced to LIFE in prison for molesting five Cambodian children in Cambodia. And your take on all of this is that the USA is weak on child sex crimes and too focused on money?
The US has somewhat the most strictest law when it comes to children sex crimes. This is one of the things I am proud of about the US; knowing how it is in other parts of the world.
Sometimes we can get it wrong, which is why that considered restraint and control is a good thing. Difficult to find that threshold/balance.
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It is so obvious that this guy is guilty. Can’t believe we waste so much resources trying to convict this guy.gavinmac wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 12:45 pmgavinmac wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2019 3:58 pmThe USA has filed an opposition brief to Rife's request to be released from pretrial detention.
There are a few interested bits in the document, and I'd say that things are suddenly looking a lot worse for Rife.
The prosecution starts out by noting that "In September 2012, the Defendant traveled to Cambodia and soon after, with no education, experience, or other qualifications, found a job teaching young children." That doesn't make Cambodia look very good.
The prosecution mentions that Rife was fired from Hi Bridge for "mishandling students" and the phrase is put in quotes like that's what the Hi Bridge termination paperwork actually says. "Mishandling students." That's a great cover up euphemism for sexual molestation.
More importantly, we learned that Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Michael Romagnoli, who submitted the affidavit supporting charges against Rife, was holding out on us quite a bit.
Rife was charged on January 25. Apparently, Romagnoli interviewed Rife one day earlier, on January 24. Like the Feds showed up at Rife's door and he voluntarily invited them in and willingly talked to them. And he said this:
Goddamnit, Micky. This is why no one should ever talk to the police. Ever.
There have been a few filings in the case in the last month. The judge has ruled after a psychiattric exam that Rife is competent to stand trial.
Rife's lawyers have filed a motion to suppress his statements to Agent Romagnoli in Kentucky the day before he was charged. It turns out Romganoli didn't just show up at Rife's door to ask him questions about molesting kids in Cambodia. Instead, they informed Rife (truthfully) that someone (his twin brother) had renewed Rife's driver's license while he was in Cambodia and that they needed to speak to Rife about that before he could get a new license. So he met the agents at the police station/driver license complex and they took him into a back room and asked him about the license issue and started grilling him about molesting kids in Cambodia. Then after he made incriminating statements they read him his Miranda warnings, then they turned on a tape recorder and asked him the same questions again and he made additional incriminating statements.
His lawyers say all the statements should be suppressed as this as a custodial interrogation that Rife was not free to leave, as evidence by Romagnoli previously testifying in the case that they had already decided to arrest him that day.
The Feds claim Rife was never in custody during this time and was free to not answer questions and that cops are allowed to use trickery to lure dumb suspects into interrogations. The Feds also dispute Rife's claim that he was told he "had" to answer questions otherwise his license wouldn't be renewed/replaced.
This will be a significant ruling in the case when the judge makes it, because Rife's admission to the agent that he molested the girls is really damning and sort of guarantees his conviction. If his lawyers can get that statement suppressed, then it becomes a he said/she said type of case with the Feds having to fly in kids from Cambodia and then those ids being cross-examined by Rife's lawyers about whether they are money-grubbing little liars.
To be honest, when watching the Teacher’s appreciation day tape, I agree with Violet’s comment that I didn’t see anything wrong with that. But after reading his statements admitting what he did to the Agent, this guy is 100% guilty and needs to be jailed for life. Especially he molested his own adopted 2 yo daughter???!!
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Rife’s trial has been postponed until February. His motion to exclude his incriminating statements is pending.
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Pleaded guilty.
https://cne.wtf/2020/01/24/ex-teacher-m ... d-assault/Micky Rife, a former teacher at Hi-Bridge International School in Phnom Penh has pleaded guilty in Kentucky to engaging and attempting to engage in illicit sexual conduct with two minor females while he traveled and resided in Cambodia.
Federal law prohibits an American citizen or resident to travel to a foreign country with intent to engage in any form of sexual conduct with a minor (defined as persons under 18 years of age). It is also illegal to help organize or assist another person to travel for these purposes.
Rife was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in January 2019, following allegations made against him of sexual assault on children.
Rife is scheduled to be sentenced on May 27, 2020. He faces up to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release, and a maximum fine of $250,000. However, any sentence will be imposed by the Court after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal sentencing statutes.
At press time Rife is still being held at the Franklin County Regional Jail, where he has been since his arrest.
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Are his pics still on their website?Gin&Tonic wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 1:39 pmIf that is true, the school is (or at least should be) liable for the 2015 crime. And after all that they don't fire him for another 3 years?!gavinmac wrote:This former vice principal said she knew of two children at the school who had been molested by Rife, one in 2013 and one in 2015."
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