I don't know what his track record is on sex crimes, but I don't recall any dissenting votes when Alabama passed the Adamned Walsh Act. But a pol is a pol and we have a special place for them here at the Shiitakes.

http://blog.al.com/wire/2012/11/former_state_legislator_princi.html

Former state legislator, principal James Thomas convicted of sexual contact with student

By The Associated Press 
on November 02, 2012 at 12:14 PM

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Former state legislator James Thomas in the courtroom with his attorney Lewis Gillis in Camden, Ala., earlier this week. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

CAMDEN, Alabama — Former state Rep. James Thomas has been convicted of a charge of having sexual contact with a student. He was acquitted of a felony sexual abuse charge.
The 69-year-old Thomas was charged with having sexual contact with a 17-year-old honor student in his office at Wilcox-Central High School in Camden in November 2010.
The victim, now a 19-year-old college student, testified that Thomas kissed her and forced her to touch his "private parts."
Circuit Judge Jack Meigs ordered Thomas immediately taken into custody and set sentencing for Dec. 13.
District Attorney Michael Jackson said Thomas will have to register as a sex offender and won't be able to continue as principal. He has been on administrative leave for the past two years while he awaited trial.

Carlos Bustamante of the OC pimping more than his political Office

It has been a very quiet year for sex scandals. However, since 'The O.C." has been pimping sex offender laws like crazy, you just know there was some hypocrisy just waiting to be uncovered. Just think, this asshat voted for sex offender park bans in Santa Ana, CA just days before his arrest.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/county-361820-sexual-bustamante.html


Ex-county official arrested on sex charges
   By VIK JOLLY and ANDREW GALVIN / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER


Bustamante, a one-time rising county Republican star who has denied wrongdoing, was put on paid administrative leave Sept. 12 after the county received an anonymous letter detailing allegations of a sexual nature against him.
The charges against Bustamante are "a real black eye for the county," said John Moorlach, chairman of the county's board of supervisors. "We will do our best to make sure that management identifies this type of behavior sooner and deals with it, because it's not fair to the female employees of the county. We have to make sure it never happens again."
Specifically, prosecutors have charged Bustamante, who was arrested at 4:30 p.m. Monday by D.A. investigators, with 12 felonies and four misdemeanors, including:
Six felony counts of false imprisonment, three of assault with the intent to commit a sexual offense, and one count each of stalking, attempted sexual battery by restraint, and grand theft by false pretense, and one misdemeanor count each of battery, assault, sexual battery, and attempted sexual battery with a sentencing enhancement allegation for committing the offenses as a result of sexual compulsion and for the purpose of sexual gratification, according to a District Attorney's Office news release.
Prosecutors received an investigative report from the county counsel's office regarding allegations of sexual misconduct against Bustamante in March, after the county's internal audit department looked into how county executives handled the allegations and delivered a confidential report to the county's Board of Supervisors.
Bustamante, a Santa Ana councilman since 2004 and a county employee since 2000, told The Orange County Register in an emailed statement Sept. 15:
"I am not at liberty to discuss an ongoing investigation; however, I strongly deny the vicious and hurtful rumors surrounding my employment with the county of Orange. My family and I are confident that the investigation will disprove them, and I am looking forward to returning to work."
A second anonymous letter sent to the county and obtained by the Register gave the names of four current and former female O.C. Public Works employees with whom Bustamante allegedly had sexual encounters in his office over the past several years and provided more graphic detail of the allegations.
All four were subordinate to Bustamante, according to the letter.
Bustamante and one of the women "met more than a dozen times a month for more than a year either in his office or her palatial quarters he built for her," the letter said. The letter writer also promised "steamy, erotic pictures" of the sexual encounters would soon be posted on social media.
"If the truth be told, 100 percent of the planning staff is silently aware of this and more than 60 percent of the OCPW staff is aware and, yes, most OCPW executive management chose to cast a blind eye. Everyone is afraid of retribution in the current difficult job environment," the letter read.
Other women named in the letter were promoted in the department in exchange for sexual favors for Bustamante, the letter alleged.
Of the four women accused of having sexual encounters with Bustamante, one told the Register's OC Watchdog that the allegations were false and a second sent a five-page letter to county supervisors denying having any kind inappropriate relationship with another county official and explaining she couldn't have had sex in her office with Bustamante because one of her office walls was made entirely of glass and sat next to a well-traveled public sidewalk.
After his resignation, the councilman again issued a statement denying any inappropriate sexual encounters with his employees.
"The allegations in the anonymous letters were unsubstantiated because they are not true, however, I have decided to never put my family or me through this horrible experience again, therefore I have decided to resign my position with the county and pursue a career in the private sector," Bustamante wrote to the OC Watchdog. "I am very proud of my twelve years of distinguished county service and will miss working with my friends and colleagues at the county."
In his resignation letter, he said he was not entitled to a 90-day severance package because he is voluntarily resigning but said he had agreed to accept a 90-day severance package in exchange for not suing the county.
"It's tragic," said county Supervisor Bill Campbell on Monday. "It's sad to see somebody with what was a great career having faults that are now causing him to be in a criminal investigation."
The county paid Bustamante $178,277 in 2010, according to county pay data.

Secret Service scandal: nothing to see here, move along

At least we know what kind of secret service our fine Secret Service agents do. When in Colombia, do as the Colombians do. What I've noticed is the media isn't calling it a "sex trafficking" scandal but a "prostitution" scandal. Weird, huh? Yet some local yokel pokes a streetwalker and he's a "sex trafficker." Your tax dollars at work! And look, all of our Armed Forces are represented-- Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines! 

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-sex-scandal-20120417,0,816419.story

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is investigating 10 U.S. military members in a widening inquiry into whether an advance team led by the Secret Service hired prostitutes or engaged in other misconduct before President Obama visited Colombia for a weekend summit, U.S. officials said Monday. The Pentagon investigation is focusing on five Army Special Forces soldiers, two Marines, two Navy personnel and one member of the Air Force, a U.S. military official said.

Jose Manuel Santiago was "spirited away"

The Hardest Fall category is reserved for big name pols, so for the little guy to land on this list, he has to do something really extreme. What is crazier than claiming spirit possession as a defense for committing a sex crime?

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/9dd5b6de5d6f42fba3ef5c586c950e82/PA--Officer-Sex-Offenses/

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — A former southeastern Pennsylvania police officer has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting four young girls by claiming he was possessed by a spirit and needed to protect their families.

Under the terms of a plea agreement reached Tuesday, former Kennett Square police officer Jose Manuel Santiago will spend at least 12 years in prison for the assaults. Three victims told police they were under the age of 14 when the attacks began.

The 56-year-old Newark, Del. man had been scheduled to go on trial in Chester County Court before agreeing to plead guilty to charges including rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.

Investigators say Santiago told the girls he was possessed by a spirit and needed to have sex with them to protect them and their families from harm.