Regional pilot arrested for child molestation
10-22-2014 | 11:52 AM
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HOW ABOUT WAITING FOR A TRIAL PEOPLE???
Since you all want to drag his dirty laundry through the public, I happen to know this guy, and he confided in me a month ago that he was in the middle of a nasty divorce. His wife left him, took his kids across the country, and she and her family were coaching the kids to make false allegations to destroy him. Maybe it's true, maybe it isn't but an arrest isn't a conviction. a pilot's reputation is everything. Stop dragging this guy through the mud until he's convicted of something.
Since you all want to drag his dirty laundry through the public, I happen to know this guy, and he confided in me a month ago that he was in the middle of a nasty divorce. His wife left him, took his kids across the country, and she and her family were coaching the kids to make false allegations to destroy him. Maybe it's true, maybe it isn't but an arrest isn't a conviction. a pilot's reputation is everything. Stop dragging this guy through the mud until he's convicted of something.
Agree 100%... Regardless of being convicted or not, if the wife made this up, she's already screwed his life up probably forever. It's a shame the crap people do to each other. I'm currently on a trip with a guy who used to fly with him, and he told me the same thing... He just can't see this guy doing it, so let's wait to pass judgment as I'm sure we'd all hope for if we were ever put in a situation like this.
10-22-2014 | 04:26 PM
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I have to chime in here as well. I know Tom. He's a very nice, outgoing guy. I have flown with him a few times, and nothing in his character says child molester in my experience. He also confided in me what Tony said about the divorce. We all need to let the legal system do it's intended purpose, and treat him as innocent until proven guilty.
10-23-2014 | 01:21 AM
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HOW ABOUT WAITING FOR A TRIAL PEOPLE???
Since you all want to drag his dirty laundry through the public, I happen to know this guy, and he confided in me a month ago that he was in the middle of a nasty divorce. His wife left him, took his kids across the country, and she and her family were coaching the kids to make false allegations to destroy him. Maybe it's true, maybe it isn't but an arrest isn't a conviction. a pilot's reputation is everything. Stop dragging this guy through the mud until he's convicted of something.
Since you all want to drag his dirty laundry through the public, I happen to know this guy, and he confided in me a month ago that he was in the middle of a nasty divorce. His wife left him, took his kids across the country, and she and her family were coaching the kids to make false allegations to destroy him. Maybe it's true, maybe it isn't but an arrest isn't a conviction. a pilot's reputation is everything. Stop dragging this guy through the mud until he's convicted of something.
Hope its not true, but if it is he should go to jail for a long time.
10-23-2014 | 04:55 AM
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Not too long ago…
Falsely accused.
10-23-2014 | 05:21 AM
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Too bad all of the popular crime shows portray a black-and-white scenario where dedicated and hard-working cops and prosecutors fight the odds and bring down evil perpetrators. Not many cover prosecutorial misconduct, witness coaching, jailhouse informants, evidence tampering -- or vindictive, spurned women spinning lies.
The Economist article I linked in the previous page paints a pretty disheartening picture of what happens when one is accused of a serious crime and falls into the gears of the criminal-industrial complex in the US.
The Economist article I linked in the previous page paints a pretty disheartening picture of what happens when one is accused of a serious crime and falls into the gears of the criminal-industrial complex in the US.
10-23-2014 | 06:26 AM
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Too bad all of the popular crime shows portray a black-and-white scenario where dedicated and hard-working cops and prosecutors fight the odds and bring down evil perpetrators. Not many cover prosecutorial misconduct, witness coaching, jailhouse informants, evidence tampering -- or vindictive, spurned women spinning lies.
The Economist article I linked in the previous page paints a pretty disheartening picture of what happens when one is accused of a serious crime and falls into the gears of the criminal-industrial complex in the US.
The Economist article I linked in the previous page paints a pretty disheartening picture of what happens when one is accused of a serious crime and falls into the gears of the criminal-industrial complex in the US.
10-23-2014 | 08:20 AM
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That's good that you're going with that. On this one. 
Its funny how we all brag about 'Murica and our system of justice, Bill of Rights and everything else, wave flags, put our hands on our hearts and sing songs. Then turn right around and collectively wish for mob rule and public executions, even torture, the elimination of due process and the assumption of guilt based off of news stories, all while trying to "get out of" jury duty.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance, and we haven't been paying the bill.
Its funny how we all brag about 'Murica and our system of justice, Bill of Rights and everything else, wave flags, put our hands on our hearts and sing songs. Then turn right around and collectively wish for mob rule and public executions, even torture, the elimination of due process and the assumption of guilt based off of news stories, all while trying to "get out of" jury duty.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance, and we haven't been paying the bill.
10-23-2014 | 08:41 AM
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