Minuteman founder convicted of molesting 5-year old girl

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Minuteman movement founder convicted of molesting girl, 5

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona jury on Wednesday convicted a founder of the Minuteman border-watch group of molesting one young girl, but it acquitted him of engaging in sexual conduct with another.

Christopher Allen Simcox was found guilty on charges that he molested a 5-year-old girl and showed her pornography. He escaped a mandatory life sentence when the jury acquitted him on charges that he engaged in sexual conduct with a 6-year-old girl.

A molestation conviction carries a sentence of 10 to 24 years in prison. Simcox, who was convicted on two molestation counts, is scheduled to be sentenced on July 5.

An attorney who assisted him at trial said Simcox, 55, will still likely spend the rest of his life in prison, given Arizona's tough sentencing guidelines.

In closing arguments, a prosecutor scoffed at Simcox's claim that the girls were pressured by adults to bring the allegations.

Simcox, who isn't a lawyer but nonetheless represented himself at trial, told jurors that he didn't abuse the girls.

His case was also noteworthy for Simcox's insistence that he should be allowed to personally question the girls on the witness stand.

Prosecutors argued that letting Simcox question the girls would cause them emotional distress. In the end, Simcox got an attorney to pose the questions.

County Attorney Bill Montgomery, whose office prosecuted Simcox, said in a statement that he commended the victims for having the courage to come forward.

Kerrie Droban, the lawyer who served as Simcox's adviser, said she was unsure whether Simcox would appeal the verdict.

"The jury listened attentively," Droban said. "They gave him a fair trial."

Simcox's arrest in 2013 came after his career as an advocate for tougher immigration policies had fizzled.

The Minuteman movement stepped into the spotlight in 2005 when illegal immigration heated up as a national political issue. Minuteman volunteers fanned out along the nation's southern border to watch for illegal crossings and report them to federal agents.

The movement splintered after Simcox and another co-founder parted ways and headed up separate groups.

Simcox, who once served as publisher of the Tombstone Tumbleweed newspaper, went on to briefly enter Arizona's 2010 U.S. Senate primary against incumbent John McCain but dropped out of the race. His name didn't appear on the ballot.

More than a decade ago, Simcox was sentenced to two years of probation for misdemeanor convictions in federal court for carrying a concealed handgun at the Coronado National Memorial near the Arizona-Mexico border in January 2003.

Minuteman movement founder convicted of molesting young girl

He was once a kindergarten teacher too
b b b but Trump said it was the Mexicans who were the rapists

 

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b b b but Trump said it was the Mexicans who were the rapists

The fallacy of false equivalency...its possible to have rapists in both countries..trumps point was the people entering un-vetted is a problem which is true


that said it would be really ironic if the little girl in this sad story was mexican these minutemen types have always been kinda sketchy to me...who has the time to be patrolling in the dark for 10 hours getting bit by mosquito's for free

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

The fallacy of false equivalency...its possible to have rapists in both countries..trumps point was the people entering un-vetted is a problem which is true


that said it would be really ironic if the little girl in this sad story was mexican these minutemen types have always been kinda sketchy to me...who has the time to be patrolling in the dark for 10 hours getting bit by mosquito's for free

No, Trump said Mexicans are rapists.

 

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No, Trump said Mexicans are rapists.

In full context...IMO he could have said it better but it sounds like his point was he wants screening not that all mexicans are rapists

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

In full context...IMO he could have said it better but it sounds like his point was he wants screening not that all mexicans are rapists

He could have said it better?

Or he could've just not said it. You're trying to add context that he did not provide. He said Mexicans are rapists. You can't be a statesman and a leader of a liberal supposed democracy saying crazy racist shyt like that.

 

[Jhoon]

That is one of the major requirements to starting a religion.

 

[EndDomination]

He needs the maximum sentence + chemical castration.
And lol @ the caping for Donald Trump in this thread.
Pathetic.

 

[RatherUnique]

These dudes are weirdos anyway. They posture and prance around trying to recruit more weirdos. This isn't suprising at all.

Ironic he is a minuteman cause he's probably gonna bump into a few of them in prison

At all the Mexicans locked up seeing him too

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

These dudes are weirdos anyway. They posture and prance around trying to recruit more weirdos. This isn't suprising at all.

Ironic he is a minuteman cause he's probably gonna bump into a few of them in prison

At all the Mexicans locked up seeing him too

Lol them eses in gonna do some American Me shyt to him in prison.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Native Americans should have built a wall. Crackers are sick

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

No, Trump said Mexicans are rapists.

You damn well know these cave cacs were out there in the desert trying to rape migrants

 

[RatherUnique]

Lol them eses in gonna do some American Me shyt to him in prison.

It's bad enough he is some racist retard. But to be a pedo on top of it. Good luck with Cholo cats breh.

 

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You damn well know these cave cacs were out there in the desert trying to rape migrants

...some real sketchy Cacs out there

why bring a camper?

 

[JahFocus CS]

How shocking!