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Molesting Eagle Scout gets 7 years
Boy Scout molester gets just over 7 years in prison.
Date published: 6/26/2009
BY KEITH EPPS A man who repaid a Stafford County family that took him in by molesting their teenage son was ordered yesterday to serve more than seven years in prison. Thomas William Krems, 22, was sentenced in Stafford Circuit Court to a total of 50 years in prison, with all but seven years and two months suspended. He was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual battery and three counts of taking indecent liberties with a child. The offense date on all of the indictments is Aug. 1, 2006. In return for Krems' guilty pleas, prosecutor Eric Olsen dropped a number of other charges. According to the evidence, Krems was active in the Boy Scouts and had achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He was a 19-year-old leader in the troop that the victim joined. The victim and his family grew to like Krems, and offered him a place to live after learning that Krems' family was leaving the Stafford area. The victim was 13 at the time. Krems lived with the family for 11 months. The victim's father testified that the family trusted Krems and suspected nothing. Concerns arose, the victim's parents said, when family members started noticing drastic changes in the boy's demeanor. The boy also started cutting himself. The self-mutilation led the parents to seek counseling for the child. During an early session, details about what had been going on with Krems came to light. Krems, meanwhile, had moved to Atlanta to take a job with the Boy Scouts of America. When he returned to the area for a visit last year, the father got a taped admission regarding his activities with the boy. The father said that in recalling one of the incidents, Krems found it amusing that the boy's parents were attending a seminar about child sexual abuse at the same time Krems was molesting their son. The father yesterday testified that Krems' offenses have had a "devastating" impact on the boy, now 16, and the family. "He betrayed our trust. We've been absolutely miserable since learning of these crimes," the father said. Before being sentenced, Krems apologized for his actions and vowed to become a productive member of society one day. "I never meant for this to happen," Krems said. Keith Epps: 540/374-5404
This guy's life is already over
(posted by
patrick4hp
, June 27, 2009 9:13 am)
I mean, when he gets out, he can't live in certain areas and tons of you want to keep punishing him. I think the idea behind this is maybe the molested boy's family don't want to ruin this molesters life forever, but it already is. You can love teenagers, like I love my neice and nephew, but, I just can't seeing having sex with anyone underaged. It makes me feel icky. And, as an adult, if anyone underaged wanted to do it with me, I should stop it, won't happen either in all likleyhood.
Only in Stupid County
(posted by
remembercasey
, June 26, 2009 5:16 pm)
So let's review: steal a mixer 45 years, beat a 19 year old to death 3 years, rob a gas station 62 years, rape a child 7 years. Again, what is wrong with our supposed "judicial system"? Weren't mandatory minimums supposed to alleviate this kind of absurd difference???
7 for rmolesting a child and 45 for Robbery????
(posted by
BikerBabe60
, June 26, 2009 4:55 pm)
Sounds to me like these judges symphasize with the perverts. I think it's time for new Judges!
Once again
(posted by
wildbill56
, June 26, 2009 1:16 pm)
No good deed goes unpunished
He lived with them?
(posted by
fugyou
, June 26, 2009 12:36 pm)
Oh geez. When someone takes more of an interest in your child than you do--bad news. And yes, the guy was amused at the irony of being able to molest the son of these parents as they themselves attended a child abuse seminar. Yep, he's gonna be a REAL productive member of society.
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