Steff Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 ...for child-porn ROCHESTER, New York (AP) -- In a show of leniency, a federal judge Wednesday sentenced a former pediatric physician to nine months of home confinement for possessing child pornography. Dr. Julius Goepp agreed to a sentence of up to 2 years and nine months under an agreement with prosecutors in which he pleaded guilty to possessing sexually explicit images of children on his home computer. He could have been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines if convicted. Goepp pleaded guilty in August and U.S. District Judge David Larimer gave him a lesser sentence, saying Goepp stopped his illegal behavior and sought counseling months before coming under scrutiny. Goepp was arrested at his home in a sweeping federal crackdown on Internet child porn called Operation Predator. "To whom much is given, much is expected," Larimer told Goepp during the hearing. "Never again get involved in this kind of behavior, which certainly is shameful." Besides confinement to his suburban Rochester home, Larimer sentenced Goepp, 46, to three years of probation and fined $5,000. As he left the courtroom, friends and colleagues hugged him: "I didn't think I was going to see him for a while," said his wife, Tiesha. Prosecutor Richard Resnick objected to the sentence but acknowledged that Goepp had gotten treatment, and he declined to say whether he would appeal. Goepp was chief of pediatric emergency medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital until his arrest in May. Goepp lost his medical license and the hospital severed ties with him after he pleaded guilty. http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/03/p...n.ap/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted November 9, 2004 Author Share Posted November 9, 2004 Crap... Move this please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Crap... Move this please. Newb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 I was wondering what a pediatrician had to do with the White Sox...unless we are talking about Frank Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelasDaddy0427 Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 That is so sickening. You just never can tell who the pervos are anymore. :headshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 house arrest, huh? with all that extra time, you'd think house arrest would spell an increase in child porn web searches for that guy. you'd think they'd try like "old folks house arrest"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted November 9, 2004 Author Share Posted November 9, 2004 Does anyone know if they monitor or restrict internet access for criminals of this nature..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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