Darin Michael Redeker will be on probation for 24 months as a result his no-contest plea to a charge of attempted exploitation of a child under 18 years of age.
Chief Judge Merlin Wheeler initially sentenced Redeker to 12 months in prison and 12 months of supervision to follow during a sentencing hearing this morning in Lyon County District Court.
Because of Redeker's favorable criminal history report, his sentence qualified as "presumptive probation."
To read complete story see the print edition or the online print edition.
For a fuller story, see Tuesday's Gazette.
me (anonymous) says...
WHAT!! good looking out for our kids judge!!!!! 24 mo probation people get more then that for writting a bad check.
good record my guess is he just didnt get caught before chances are he will do it again maybe next time it will be more then attempt
September 14, 2009 at 2:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dale011 (anonymous) says...
Have you ever seen the map that shows all the sex offenders that live in our area? For such a small community to have so many makes it appear like the DOJ is dumping them here.
September 14, 2009 at 3:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
neighbor (anonymous) says...
Sentencing guidelines, read up on them.
September 14, 2009 at 4:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
flyonthewall (anonymous) says...
Considering none of you know the specific details of what actually happened, I don't see how you can come to such harsh conclusions as to the sentencing. Hang him? Let me tell you something, if you think he needs to be hung for what he did, there would be a lot of dead people out there today. There was no physical contact. There was a short period of electronic communication. I'm not condoning the actions, but the punishment is plenty. Especially considering he can't even go into restaurants. Put it this way, I know many of the details and don't let your imaginations run too wild with this. There are a lot of factors involved that led to it and it doesn't take much these days for something to be a felony.
He is a good kid that has done a lot of good in his life. Various circumstances led to this situation. He will now pay for his mistake for the rest of his life. Nobody feels worse about it than he does. He has accepted responsibility for his actions and will now pay for them. It's time to forgive.
September 14, 2009 at 6:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
does that mean we need to look for people with bad records to care for and teach our kids because if they have a good record they have a get out of jail free card verrry scarry the first time should be the last time if we truly cared for our kids!
September 14, 2009 at 6:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
trashman (anonymous) says...
I don't know any of the facts, but how innocent really is the victim in this case. I've seen too many young girls that look and act a lot older. They seem to delight in teasing and flirting without meaning anything until they get caught. Then they act all innocent and sweet when their not.
September 14, 2009 at 6:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
paulkersey (anonymous) says...
trashman, I think you're dead on in this case.
September 14, 2009 at 6:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
good kid?? sounds to me it could of easily escalated to more i cannot forgive those that harm or attempt to harm our children could you so easily forgive if it was your child?
September 14, 2009 at 7:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
trashman you dont seem to get the seriousness of this do you have children? a minor could ask all they want or tease if your not a sicko you walk or run away.
September 14, 2009 at 7:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
EmpDoc (anonymous) says...
Give me a break you hypocritic idiots. No mistakes in your past? No sins you'd like to take back? We all make mistakes and everyone of you faceless idiots know it. One misjudgement doesn't make you a bad person and you all know that too. You just love to codemn others, drives the wolfpack and makes you feel good about yourselves. You'll be judged also someday. Just remember that.
September 14, 2009 at 8:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Bryant (anonymous) says...
Redeker= Adult
Students= Children
Any questons?
September 14, 2009 at 8:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
MrCmonkeeDo (anonymous) says...
Myth:
"Most sex offenders reoffend."
Fact:
Reconviction data suggest that this is not the case. Further, reoffense rates vary among different types of sex offenders and are related to specific characteristics of the offender and the offense.
Persons who commit sex offenses are not a homogeneous group, but instead fall into several different categories. As a result, research has identified significant differences in reoffense patterns from one category to another. Looking at reconviction rates alone, one large-scale analysis (Hanson and Bussiere, 1998) reported the following differences:
# child molesters had a 13% reconviction rate for sexual offenses and a 37% reconviction rate for new, non-sex offenses over a five year period; and
# rapists had a 19% reconviction rate for sexual offenses and a 46% reconviction rate for new, non-sexual offenses over a five year period.
Another study found reconviction rates for child molesters to be 20% and for rapists to be approximately 23% (Quinsey, Rice, and Harris, 1995).
Individual characteristics of the crimes further distinguish recidivism rates. For instance, victim gender and relation to the offender have been found to impact recidivism rates. In a 1995 study, researchers found that offenders who had extrafamilial female victims had a recidivism rate of 18% and those who had extrafamilial male victims recidivated at a rate of 35%. This same study found a recidivism rate for incest offenders to be approximately 9% (Quinsey, Rice, and Harris, 1995).
It is noteworthy that recidivism rates for sex offenders are lower than for the general criminal population. For example, one study of 108,580 non-sex criminals released from prisons in 11 states in 1983 found that nearly 63% were rearrested for a non-sexual felony or serious misdemeanor within three years of their release from incarceration; 47% were reconvicted; and 41% were ultimately returned to prison or jail (Bureau of Justice Statistics).
It is important to note that not all sex crimes are solved or result in arrest and only a fraction of sex offenses are reported to police. The reliance on measures of recidivism as reflected through official criminal justice system data (i.e., rearrest or reconviction rates) obviously omits offenses that are not cleared through an arrest (and thereby cannot be attributed to any individual offender) or those that are never reported to the police. For a variety of reasons, many victims of sexual assault are reluctant to invoke the criminal justice process and do not report their victimization to the police. For these reasons, relying on rearrest and reconviction data underestimates actual reoffense numbers.
Read more: http://www.csom.org/pubs/mythsfacts.html
September 14, 2009 at 9:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
one misjudgement with a child no sins like that in my past or mistakes that caused harm to a child we are suppose to protect them the idiots are the ones that think this is acceptable maybe empdoc would like redeker to teach his children but i would perfer to keep him and those like him away from mine and off the streets
September 14, 2009 at 9:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...
blah, blah.
it's over with. the justice system has spoken.
deal with it.
This is America.
September 14, 2009 at 9:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
hope her and her family can deal with it the justice system let them down thats why soo many dont even bother to turn it in yes in america our kids deserve better
September 14, 2009 at 9:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Bryant (anonymous) says...
You're right...this is America.
We are not in the Amazon where it is ok to for 25 year old men to fool around with 14 year old girls.
September 14, 2009 at 9:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
In school they have classes for teachers on ethics, this is a case where the perp should have known better. That said considering what happened as a result:
lost career
branded for life
In my honest opinion I think that considering what happened the punishment more than fit the crime. He will never teach again, and he will have this burden the rest of his life.
September 14, 2009 at 9:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
fairbro (anonymous) says...
Now there's a map of sex offenders?
Oh, by the way, what IS a "sex offender"?
Is it someone who molests a child? Or does "sex offender" also include a drunk who was "caught" urinating behind a tree? A peeping tom? A foreigner who was entrapped by an internet plea from a "beautiful young girl" (a cop) to help save her from her "abusive stepfather"? How about the 17-year-old girl and boy having sexual relations and then the boy turns 18, and now he is not encouraged by the school, he is now a rapist, subject to life in prison?
Would any of the social justice authorities care to define what the hell they are talking about, or are they just more interested in accumulating more power and bigger salaries for themselves by defining a larger and larger slice of society as "criminal deviants" and claiming they are incurable, so they must be supervised or imprisoned for life.
Yes, we should set up concentration camps for all of these people. Send them away for life, and if they are killed by accident, who cares.
Why don't the cops and social justice system have a map that shows where all the murderers and other violent offenders live?
I think I would be much more interested in who has been convicted for violent offenses like assault and battery, a danger to everybody, than in a neighbor who was stupid enough to be entrapped by some clever cop into "meeting" an "underage girl." or a neighbor who got too friendly with a seductive trickster.
For these violent thugs, the government claims that the rest of society is not mature enough to be able to handle any information about criminals, who they are, where they live, what crimes they have committed. These violent thugs have their "privacy" rights. And Dems want a federal law to grant the convicted felons the right to vote. (Why do convicted felons overwhelmingly vote Democratic, now that's a question that will never be posed in this "news"paper.)
Another crock from city hall.
Are you feeling safer, now that you know where these "sex offenders" are? I wouldn't relax - maybe your group will be the next target in the ever-growing witch-hunt. Times are changing rapidly.
USA - 3 million in prison, more than Russia and China and India combined.
September 14, 2009 at 10:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jimbo (anonymous) says...
I have known Daren for quite a long time. My biggest problem with this is that he was always a guy that the girls wanted to be with. He never had a problem with this, yet he decides to woo a much younger girl, a girl of an age at which it is illegal and pretty gross to mess with. Seems to me like there is more going on in his head then some of you think.
September 14, 2009 at 11:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
fairbro (anonymous) says...
Check out the babes with brains:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_omk7dxCwoak...
September 14, 2009 at 11:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
fairbro (anonymous) says...
I would like to know what you would do if you received a message on your e-mail requesting help from a person who was being abused or beaten by her evil stepfather.
She wants you to help her and she asks you to meet her, and then she will be saved. It is the natural human impulse to want to help our fellow human beings.
I don't fault any male who falls for this seductive trap. It works on two levels. First, males like females, and are attracted to them. Second, good human beings want to help other human beings.
What a low-life scum it is that sets such a trap, to make a lifetime in prison for a person who has never committed a crime, and never will, because he will be locked up forever for the ATTEMPT, not the commission of a "crime." And in this foreigner's home country, it most likely is NOT a crime to meet with, date and have sex with people who are under 18.
And why are local police departments spending millions of dollars setting up these internet sex traps? Mostly they lure overseas foreigners to America so they can be caught and imprisoned. First this is the creation of crime, and the local taxpayers now have to pay $50,000 a year for prison expense for each newly-created immigrant "criminal." Second, since when are we taxpayers supposed to pay for the enforcement of laws world-wide? I am already taxed to death, and the police are only supposed to stop wrongful behavior in their own jurisdiction, not create wrongful behavior in all other jurisdictions.
I hope the US is not so arrogant (whoops, I mean respectful of diversity) that they will complain when North Korea and Iran enforce their own peculiar laws on visiting Americans.
If you have anything whatsoever to say that is not based on a knee-jerk emotional response ("Let's kill all the witches!") then I would be happy to tear it to logical shreds.
Like I said, maybe your group, whatever that is, may be next on the witch hunt list.
September 15, 2009 at 12:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
fairbro (anonymous) says...
Here's how the police entrap well-meaning males by spamming out thousands of e-mails:
"Hello (name):
Oh, I am living with my mean stepfather. He beats me. I need help. Can you please come meet me?
Karen"
I have even heard of a priest who fell for this dirtbag's trick. He was sincerely trying to help the "girl." They arrested him, but let him go. I guess there weren't enough witch-hunters in that town.
September 15, 2009 at 12:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
fairbro (anonymous) says...
Murder, and robbery were illegal 5000 years ago and are just as illegal today.
But sex with minors was legal 5000 years ago and legal 50 years ago. There were no “minors” 50 years ago, this was a term invented along with the term “teen-ager” to separate adults from children, so sociologist and psychs could declare themselves experts in upbringing and usurp the authority of the adults in the family structure. So these are not “children” these minors, they were called adults 50 years ago. But it makes for more emotional impact (witch-hunt atmosphere) to call them “children.”
But today sex with a 16-year-old is a monstrous crime. That is, the girl can say she consents to sex, then later on, can she didn't say it was okay, then the guy is charged with rape, and he is guilty until he can prove his innocence.
I saw the young girl call the police and accuse her mother of abusive behavior. The mother was promptly jailed, no questions asked. After they released her a few days later (she had done nothing) she has to go back and live with this daughter-from-Hell. I couldn't abide that. There IS NO innocent American girl today. The internet ended that,. Period. End of story. Girls, or anyone, can know anything they want to know, as soon as they can read and type on a keyboard. This was never possible until the 1990's.
I suppose a brain-dead society, a society which would elect Barack Obama, a society which tolerates newspapers which despise the majority of their readership, TV news which enturbulates their viewership, can not accept that people really should be treated equally; there must be villains and good people. And those villains are: Men!
There is more than one case of an angry father waiting until his 17-year-old-daughter's boyfriend turns 18, then having the DA charge him with rape. A "crime" that was not a crime the previous day. But now the 18-year-old boyfriend is looking at 20 years in prison.
50 years ago, homosexuality was a crime. Today it is celebrated.
What is perverse today is tomorrow's latest fad. Today's acceptable behavior becomes tomorrow's sin.
This just in – homosexuality punishable by death by stoning in India. Gee, wouldn't it be nice if we could be a little more MODERATE in our views about sex, and not, in America, rush to put MEN in jail, just because in this time, in this place, we think we have found the correct solution to the dynamics of sex? Freud was a cocaine addict, and his idiotic theories of sex are still in vogue, funded by the government, through their justice system. Yet the media ignores the blatant injustices against women in Moslem countries.
I am certainly not condoning anything that is bad, but I hate people who don't realize the definition of “bad” has changed RADICALLY in just a couple of decades. If men don't start defending their rights, they will soon have none. Look at the IMBRA law, snuck through the congress at 03:00 with no public debate.
September 15, 2009 at 1:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
i cant beleive the support this guy is receiving guess you never seen what this action can do to a child if you do nothing pretty hard to get trapped abused girl needs help call authorities do not have sex talk with her come on!! children not just girls that have been molested do not ever lead normal lives if not caught this guy would of escalated to more attempt is a sign to get him off the streets he knew how old she was no doubt.
September 15, 2009 at 8:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coble34 (anonymous) says...
For once could you small town people stay out of other people's business. This is the only reason people buy this paper is to read about who has been in trouble the past week, and then you guys go drink coffee and tell everyone about it. The only comment I read was he should be hung.... REALLY? You people need to grow up and get a hobby. Maybe you people should try fixing your lives instead of getting enjoyment out of people getting in trouble..... I feel sorry for you people.
September 15, 2009 at 8:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eaglefan (anonymous) says...
I agree with coble 34. You folks at the local convenience need to get a hobby rather than sitting drinking coffee and speculating on what the facts are. My pet name for you is the "Texaco Liars Club". You really are like a bunch of old craggy vultures just waiting for something to happen so you will have something to talk about, truthful or not. The sad fact is I know most of you and individually you are rally nice, but as a bunch, it is like you can't stop yourself if something happens to someone.
September 15, 2009 at 10:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
small town people should not be concerned whats happening to our children? its not our buisness? people who think like that turn their heads and pretend or dont care that this kind of thing is happening way to much!! even in our small town thank God there was no physical contact this time but it does happen and thats what needs to be fixed!!! lock em up so are kids can be safe!ATTEMPT just means he got caught before he got a chance to go further WAKE UP America these childen are our future..
September 15, 2009 at 10:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
okjayhawk (anonymous) says...
the families are moving on so should everyone else.
September 15, 2009 at 10:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
The best way to stop people from talking about scandals is to stop being scandalous.
R.
September 15, 2009 at 10:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
we are the vultures ? i disagree the vultures are the ones attempting to or harming our children whats up with you people that except this as no big deal. i have seen what this does to a child its not a hobby to keep kids safe its our duty as parents and as humans. lockem up the sickos so we can unlock our kids!!!!
September 15, 2009 at 10:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eaglefan (anonymous) says...
Let me clarify. We have 2 issues here and you are co-mingling them. I agree the children need to be protected. We have laws in place and we may or may not agree with how they are administered. We may or may not agree with the punishments given out, but this is our judicial system at the present moment. Better than most places in the world.
I did not say the vultures are the ones attempting to harm the kids, nor are they turning their heads. They just seem to enjoy talking, whether they know the facts or not, or considering the harm gossip can bring. Guess it makes good coffee shop talk
Do not twist my words for your use. This is just my opinion.
September 15, 2009 at 11:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
justamom2 (anonymous) says...
In my opinion, posting all of these comments on the Gazette website is just as bad as coffee shop gossip. The comments are just more irresponsible since you can remain anonymous.
September 15, 2009 at 11:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
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September 14, 2009 at 5:44 p.m. ( permalink )
gold66801 (anonymous) says...
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September 14, 2009 at 4:28 p.m. ( permalink )
moderator (anonymous) says...
The Gazette has a link to a sexoffenders map on their frontpage.
http://www.emporiagazette.com/sexoffe...
September 15, 2009 at 11:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
i said the vultures are the ones harming our children read the newspaper more and more everyday i just think stiffer laws may prevent some of this. i asume alot of the time it starts with attempt why wait to lock them up attempt should be enough if i twisted your words sorry my point is if the laws not looking out for kids we must see clements story sure that started with attempt just my opinion
September 15, 2009 at 11:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ddf77 (anonymous) says...
I wish everyone on here would just give this a rest. The legal system did its part. If you dont like it, then get off your rump and go to law school. Darin did the wrong thing but that doesnt make him any less of a person than any one of you. Just please move on....the family involved in has so why cant everyone else. Waste your opinion somewhere else.
September 15, 2009 at 12:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
yea lets move on after the sting from the slap on the hand feels better he will make headlines again.moving on
September 15, 2009 at 1:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
madpoet (anonymous) says...
We don't know the details of this case so can't judge. It's possible Redecker pled "no contest" so all the embarassing details (including the identity of the girl) wouldn't come out. He messed up. He's lost his career and reputation. He's on probation. The judge knows details we don't and didn't sentence him any more harshly so maybe it wasn't as bad an incident as our imaginations may paint it. I agree we should move on so the people involved can get on with their lives.
September 15, 2009 at 2:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lildarling (anonymous) says...
So I guess I'm ok with the sentence. I think the humiliation should be enough. I'm happy as long as he can never become a school teacher and has to register as a sex offender. He wasted what could have been a great career.
September 15, 2009 at 8:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
fairbro...I can only hope that you have no contact with young girls whatsoever! Adult....child....equals adult guilty. Nuff said!
September 16, 2009 at 8 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
homewrecker (anonymous) says...
Give this guy a break. Everyone deserves to be forgiven. He made a bad choice and he is being punished for it.I have never seen anyone that was perfect.
September 16, 2009 at 10:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
me (anonymous) says...
give him a break now but WHEN it esculates to more then attempt give him life!!!
September 16, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
suzyQ (anonymous) says...
Just another case of having a certain name for your family in Olpe, you can do just about anything you want . 3 or 4 familys think they run that town, and to a degree they do.
September 16, 2009 at 8:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
countrydog (anonymous) says...
but it helps when your uncle is a judge!!!!!
September 24, 2009 at 9:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )