Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2014 6:31:26 GMT
I can only think of one sex crime that is "worse" than the EARONSGSK crimes. That's a serial child molester. In the go-go 80's there was a big time developer in Stockton named Eckhardt Schmidt. Eckhardt was a German immigrant, he was smart, sophisticated, and hard working. In partnership with some local businessmen he developed the Waterfront Warehouse complex and a European style residential/business complex called Venetian Gardens. Both were and are as successful as RE developments are going to be in Stockton. Eckhardt also had a yen for young boys which he exercised regularly. It gets worse from here. At a point in time some parents kicked up such a fuss that the DA filed child molestation charges. There was testimony at the trial that parents had allowed their sons to keep company with Mr Schmidt in return for business connections. He was convicted and sentenced to State Prison, went to one of the country club prisons. Had to surrender his passport. After he was paroled he returned to Stockton to work. One of the conditions of Schmidts parole was that he have no contact with children. Some months later at a Marina in Hayward Schmidt tried to entice an eleven year old boy into his car. Onlookers called the Hayward police. Schmidt was arrested, his parole was automatically revoked and he was ordered to present himself at the Courthouse in Stockton to be returned to prison. The night before he was to report his passport grew legs and walked out of a locked safe in the Courthouse. Somehow Mr Schmidt slipped away from the police detail watching him, acquired the passport and a one way ticket to Germany and flew there that night. Nobody can figure it out. He's still there. The bulldog local ADA who got the original conviction did everything he could to get Mr Schmidt extradited back to the US. His reward was when after a stellar career when he ran for DA he couldn't raise campaign funds. Nobody can figure that out either. Now, I've had dinner with Eckhardt. It was a large party which he hosted, he was charming, eloquent, and extremely generous. One of my wife's co workers was his constant companion. Or Beard if you prefer. She gave him cover and we still don't know if she knew about his "hobby". Now, nobody knew who had the combination to the safe, nobody knows who took Eckhardt his passport or who drove him to the airport and you can bet nobody knows who set the whole thing up. What we suspect is that the why involves some other pedophiles who partied with Eckhardt on his yacht and that they were going to be named if he went back to prison. That's why I'm cynical about the whole justice system.