The story of a Dad falsely accused of a horrible crime.

A few days after the initial meeting with my probation officer, I arrived at a small brick building in downtown for my counseling assessment.  Frankly, I had no idea what to expect.  I wasn’t sure if I was going to get a real child sex offender assessment or whether it was just going to be [...]

The court day had been looming for days.  My attorney and the DA managed to get time with the judge during a private court session so nobody else would be in the room, not even the press.  I hadn’t slept much the night before stressing over the day ahead.  We arrived early as requested by [...]

After days of agonizing, in late July of 2008, I signed a plea agreement drafted by my attorney and the DA.  I received a 60 day suspended sentence with supervised probation for 18 months.  18 months was the minimum amount for the state I live in.  In addition to the standard probationary terms, the following [...]

A few weeks after our face-to-face meeting with DSS in September of 2007, we received a call from our DSS worker.  She has something to tell us, but wanted to tell us in person.  She asked for both of us to be there.  After all that we had been through, we expected the worst.  What [...]