Suspended sentence for Ottumwa, IA teen accused of assaulting toddler

[KamaAina]

http://ktvo.com/news/local/suspended-sentence-for-ottumwa-teen-accused-of-assaulting-toddler

An Ottumwa teen accused of sexually assaulting a toddler won't do any jail time.

In July, Kraigen Grooms, 19, pleaded guilty to one county of Engaging in a Lascivious Act with a Child.

Wapello County Attorney Gary Oldenburger told KTVO that Grooms, aka Kraigen Simmers, was sentenced on that charge on Monday.

Grooms received a 10-year suspended sentence and five years of supervised release.

Let me guess: the judge didn't want to ruin the boy's life?

[msongs]

1. there's at least one official who needs to be removed from his/her job by public action nt

[tenderfoot]

3. Hopefully the perp will be spared the internet lynch mob...

gawd forbid.

[Yo_Mama]

7. It may have been an issue about getting him to plead guilty

If they were doubtful of conviction otherwise. If they didn't have good evidence, for instance.

I can't stand to read the article, it may be covered there. If the prosecutor made that deal, the judge is not at fault.

As bad as this sounds, in some cases it is better to get the record and the monitoring rather than taking the chance of letting the perp walk.

[GWC58]

2. Un-

Fucking- believable. This creep, this piece of excrement. He should've been given at least 25-30 years, no parole. Remove this judge! What, are they secretly related? 😡

[Warren DeMontague]

4. If only he'd been caught committing a real crime, like smoking a joint

He'd be sent away for a couple years at least.

[KamaAina]

6. Or being black

[Warren DeMontague]

8. imagine both at the same time?

game over, man.

[Demonaut]

5. teen?...barely