I posted this in another comment for a story earlier this week, but the same is true here...

Unfortunately this kind of situation happens much more often than anyone realizes. Several years ago I met a man, dated him for over a year, married him and later discovered he'd been molesting my 7 year old daughter while I worked. The abuse went on for almost 2 years before I found out about it.

When I did find out, I took her immediately to the hospital and reported it to the police. I had to send my daughter to stay with her biological father for 2 weeks so that I could get my husband out of the house, the police were investigating so didn't make an immediate arrest eventhough my daughter and I fully cooperated with their questioning. I then got both her and myself into counseling so that I would be better able to help her deal with the trauma and because I was feeling so helpless, guilty, angry and depressed myself. Eventually the police requested him to appear for an interview and he was arrested and released the same day.

He took a plea bargain and pled no contest which was good in that my daughter didn't have to testify during a trial, however, the plea bargain allowed him to get off with just 6 months in the county jail with work release priviledges! He was convicted of only 1 count of 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of a child, eventhough this had been going on for almost 2 years! And no there was no restitution for the counseling, I paid for that through my insurance and out of my own pocket.

The thought of taking him back into my life was the absolute furthest thing from my mind, in fact I moved my family so that we wouldn't have to remain in a house filled with those memories. My daughter is now a grown woman, married and with a year old daughter of her own. She and I are closer than we ever were, but I still have lingering anger and the unanswered question 'Why???'

But what really amazes me is that this story gets a whole write-up, with my ex-husband it rated no more than 2 or 3 lines in the local section telling that he'd been arrested. And while he is permanently on the Sex Offender Registry, he continues to live and work in Janesville as if nothing happened. Last I heard he was re-married to a woman with young children! In my opinion, justice was NOT served in my case, at least this one will be off the streets, unlike my ex and many others.

I know of a victim who did receive counseling for a couple years and every dime was paid by the criminal who preyed upon her.

GABBY06: How much did your lawyer request initially for restitution and what were the reasons for reducing it to such a miniscule amount? A hundred bucks is an insult. : (

The thing that sucks about this. That boy probably won't get restituition for any of this and if he does it will only be maybe $50. Same thing happened about five or six years ago and the victims got no more than $100. And yes I do know because I was one of the victims.

He had thousands of CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, floppies, hard drives, mini disks, thumb drives and flash cards. My god, the term "ill" doesn't even cover it. That 13-year old, who I hope receives compensation to pay for much needed counseling, is not the only victim by a long shot. Every time Mr. Ruben bought a new CD or downloaded a new image, he perpetuated the exploitation of the child rape victims depicted. Each purchase, and every download was his stamp of approval letting those profiting from the exploitations know they still have a lucrative client base for future filmed and photographed molestations.

When a family member commits these crimes, why are they often never given a strict sentence? Most of the time the abuse is done by a relative and not a stranger. Please teach your children that it is also OK to come to you and tell you about abuse at the hands of their dad, uncle, brother, cousin, mother, sister, grandparents, etc.

Casturate the animal

In case that link doesn't work..

google Cory Jewell Jensen

Intereseting comments here....

Cougar21, I agree. We need to know that our elected officials are cracking down hard on these crimes.

I have sat in Mr. Folts office, and have been told that our county (Rock) is very lenient on these kinds of crimes. This shouldn't be.

I have sat in on "Prevent child abuse" seminars and have been told that the key to kids not being abused anymore is for ADULTS to understand how a sexual predator "works."

He/she could be "your favorite teacher/relative/clergy" etc...etc....

I have given the link to this before, and I will do it again. This is an excellent article written by a lady I learned much from. When I googled the internet for more information, this article came up that was written by her. Everyone needs to read her words!

Click here: Understanding and Protecting Your Children from Child Molesters and Predators

Please take time to be informed....our kids are depending on it...

The majority of them find victims within their own families too.

sad part is, there's thousand upon thousands more of these dimented individuals conducting their acts within our communites, right under our noses. If people learned to be more selfless and willing to come together and look out for one another in our communities, we'd expose alot more of these "sickos" and put 'em away where they belong!

Is that scum bag really sorry and ashamed for what he did (not,) or is he just sorry and ashamed that he got caught UMMM? I say turn him over to the victims' family and let them punish him.

let him rot.10yrs is not enough for what he did to that little boy.

Frosty Freeze is now called "Twinkle Toes" at our house. I cannot believe he is still able to work either, kind of freaks me out to see him in there scattering around.

MYMARO: I whole heartedly agree!!!

think he should have gotten life for this. he doesnt EVER deserve to see freedom again for what hes done. almost 3000 dvds of child porn? are you serious? oh my god. and only ten years? he should get a year for each dvd. i guess its better than the sentence they gave the perv that owns frosty freeze. he should be rotting away in some prison cell somewhere, not serving ice cream to kids.

when he`s in prison.. he will be some ones little boy. Then ask him how it feels.

This whole story makes me sick to my stomach. The fact that a sick humanbeing like this man can destory not only a little boy (because lets be real, a 13 year old is still a child no matter what they try to make you believe) but his family also (imagaine that being your child)and only get 10 years is extremely disconcerting.
Are we suppose to feel sympathy or empathy for this man because he took care of his mother or because now he can be in contact with anyone under the age of 18 and has to register as a sex offender? He should have to walk around with a permenant tattoo on his forhead telling the world who he really is.

whybesad......unfortunately, the jails and prisons often segregate these inmates from others, even before they have problems in the housing areas. The corrections staff and adminsitations have to do so, because it is their responsibility to not allow inmates to come to harm, if avoidable. Otherwise good officers would be fired, sued, etc. But this guy isn't worth someone's job, so I say let him sit in a small cell forever.

I hope the word gets out in the prison where he goes of what he did. They don't like his kind in prison it will be a long ten years for him.

I do believe this person is sick. However, I still feel there is no excuse for that horrible strain of events. The young boy will be scarred for life. LIFE. The man will be out in ten years or less. I am disgusted with the reports details. I hope he screws up some how and is revoked on his probation too adding to his sentence, as long as it doesn't mean victimizing another kid. By the way. COUGAR21...good questions? Hope the gazette can give the answers for us in lieu of the DA's office. I hope the child invoved will be able to have a normal life.

Hey, Gazette, why didn't this story indicate whether this sentence was recommended by the DA's office or not? If it was recommended by the DA, what was the DA's rationale? If it wasn't recommended by the DA, what did the DA want, what did the defendant want, and what did Judge Bates do? How are we supposed to judge the performance of our elected officials in cases like this if we don't have that information?

This is the first time in a while I have actually read an article where the criminal was sentanced to a realistic amount of time in jail. 10 years still isnt enough for all the pain this man has caused an innocent child and his family but at least it's not just a slap on the wrist like it seems most crimals have been getting in our county lately.

What the hell makes a sexoffnder think they can be sorry for the pain they caused there victum.An that the victum would beleave that the sex offender is truly sorry for what he did in this case.The only time a sex offender is sorry is when they get caught.They hey no idea what the long term effects will be on the victum or how long it is going to take the victum to recover from this it could take years.An sex offenders shouldnt say they understand cause they dont have any clue what goes through there victums minds an that is a fact ask the people at the probation office who treat sex offenders daily.And they will tell you what i have told you.An the only reason this sexofender is embarssed or scared is he got cought an didnt want to goe to prision.I hope he never gets out.An this sex offender never at any time thought of the concequences of his actions or how the victum an the victums family would be effected by his crimes.I hope an pray the victum in this case gets the help an counseling he will need to recover from this.An i hope the person who commited this crime suffers for the rest of his life an that this sexofenders life will be a living hell till he dies.

i wrote the same thing as my second post, only i used a childs word instead of 'genetalia'. i agree with banker17 but my comment was lame compared to wishing someone rots in hell.

“It’s difficult for me to say the words I feel every day: sorrow, shame and guilt. I’m ashamed, embarrassed and scared.”

Take notice to the last part - "I'm...scared." I'm sure he's well aware that child porn doesn't fly in prison. He better watch his butt!! (pun intended!!)

I don't have much sympathy for any person that prays on young children. Saying I"m sorry and that he regrets this is just words. Hopefully he can get the help he needs when he is sent to prison. If he really cared about his mother 's well being he would not have put himself in that situation.

billyray- figures- and i am sure his mom raised him in a way that it is here fault he is a freak- whatever. do we need a big sign in town DONT TOUCH THE CHILDREN -FREAKS no matter what happeded to you as a child.

kidd- dont know what you wrote but i think i agree as well. this isnt the first comment removed by staff as far as sex offenders that you posted. those seem to be the only comments i can thinkng of too but tried to keep it PC

packerfan- i agree and mentioned this on another sex offender article that was just in here then they cannot say "i am ill "bs we KNOW that you freaks!!!!!

banker17- very much agree here.

I hope this child will recover from that sickos actions

He don't care for his elderly mother. He's a mooch with no job and lives off of her resources.

My prayers sincerely go out for the victim and his family.

omg gazette. that line was from a movie and completely harmless. sry, lets try this....bailiff...whack that 'genetalia';)

castrastion for all peeps who sexually abuse children.. no ifs, ands, or buts!!!

I wonder if he'll have a new TV in his cell or a hand me down from someone else? We may want to petition getting prisoners HDTV as well. They need these things at their disposal to help rehab them into model citizens...........

I can only imagine how this perv "takes care of his mother"....what a freak.

What a pig. I hope he rots in hell.