1453: Ron Weinberg

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Ron Weinberg

Ron Weinberg is a state representative in Colorado. He was appointed to his seat when Rep. Hugh McKean died. He is also the former chair of the Larimer County GOP. He was seeking the minority whip position in the Republican House caucus, but stepped back after complaints about his past behavior toward women when he was Larimer County Chair.

McKean’s former partner reported that she called Weinberg to ask him about sexual harassment allegations against him. When she mentioned that he needed to improve his behavior or risk losing the next election. She had nominated Kristy Hall for the seat that Weinberg was appointed. He responded to her advice, saying that if Hall challenged him, he would “kick her in the pussy.”

Nearly a dozen people have come forward with examples of his inappropriate behavior toward women. Three women came forward with allegations of sexual harassment at a GOP event. He questions the timing of these allegations, but they are not recent and officials were aware before he joined the Legislature. Four women who were involved in the Larimer County GOP reported they blocked his number of didn’t answer his calls because he was abusive on the phone.

At the event where three allegations came from, a bystander intervened to assist one woman and walked her to her room. He confirmed her account. One of his exchanges was with a woman right in front of her husband and included Weinberg telling the husband he would have sex with his wife, though he used another word. He apologized, but then he did it again a year later.

He has other issues as well. He’s been accused of acquiring a master key and using it to get into other legislators’ offices. He denied it and as there was no definitive proof, they simply changed the locks. Another Republican accused him of misusing campaign funds. What is striking is almost all the complaints are from fellow Republicans.

Loveland Reporter-Herald (CO)
July 14, 2025

1452: James Yokeley

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James Yokeley

James E. Yokeley, Jr. was the Surry County Board of Elections Chair, a Republican appointed by State Auditor Steve Boliek. He resigned after his arrest for spiking his granddaughter and her friend’s ice cream with MDMA and cocaine.

The girls found the pills in their Dairy Queen Blizzards. His step-granddaughter was driving and saw an EMS vehicle, pulled over, and explained they were afraid they had been drugged. Review of video from the Dairy Queen led them to believe that it way Yokeley who put the drugs in the ice cream when he was purchasing them.

He was arrested, charged with child abuse and contaminating food or drinks with a controlled substance. Bail was set at $100,000 which he posted immediately.

Daily Record, The (Cañon City, CO)
August 30, 2025

1451: Dayton Aldrich

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Dayton Aldrich

Dayton Robert Aldrich once worked at the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office before taking a job with the City of Santa Barbara as a community development specialist. He has sought a position on the Santa Barbara City Council and was the president of Winchester Canyon Gun Club. In August he was arrested on several charges, including possession of cocaine; possession of assault weapons; possession of extended-capacity magazines; and the possession, manufacture, and distribution of child sexual abuse material. He has pleaded not guilty.

He is in custody in the North Branch Jail of Santa Barbara, held without bail.

Case No. 5CR06810
Santa Barbara Superior Court

1450: Stewart Ruch

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Stewart Ruch

Stewart Ruch is a bishop in the Anglican Church of North America, the schismatic group that left the Episcopal Church in opposition to its “liberalism” in allowing the ordination of women, inclusion of LGBTIQA members, and gay marriage. He is facing an ecclesiastical (church) trial over allegations that he covered up serial sexual abuse of children.

He is not accused of committing sexual abuse of children, but of protecting priests who abused children. From the presentment of the case against Ruch, it is alleged that Ruch “demonstrated a pattern and practice of knowingly and silently welcoming men into the ranks of church leadership without first informing his congregants of their past incidents of violence and/or abuse…he has transformed what should be, of all spaces, a sanctuary for the most vulnerable, into a target for predation.”

The case against him also alleges he showed more support for alleged abusers than for their victims. They went on to include the evidence of his cover-up and protection of seven alleged sexual predators. In another presentment from the Bishops who worked on the investigation, it is alleged there were twelve accused of abuse and six admitted it.

For more information, see ACNAtoo, a group formed in 2021 in response to allegations of sexual abuse and its cover-up.

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1449: Gregg Hayden

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Gregg Hayden

Gregg Hayden is a retired lieutenant at the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina. He was also the School Safety and Security Supervisor for Anderson School District Five. He was appointed to the Anderson County School District One Board in where he served from April to August, 2025, when he resigned after his arrest for criminal sexual conduct with minors. He also resigned from his position at Anderson Five.

Hayden knew the twelve-year-old child through a church membership program. He picked up the child to play basketball and was observed by nearby drivers to be groping the child’s genitals several times in what seemed to be an attempt to arouse the child and have the child attempt to arouse him.

During the investigation, deputies identified two additional victims, both students at the school where Hayden worked. Additional charges were filed.

Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, SC)
August 26, 2025

1448: Hector Carranza

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Hector Carranza

Hector Carranza was a Gresham, Oregon, police officer. He was placed on administrative leave in November 2024 after a complaint that accused him of criminal conduct. The City asked for an outside investigation which resulted in Carranza’s arrest in July. He resigned in September. There were 56 separate charges against him including 1 of 3rd-degree rape, 12 counts of 3rd-degree sodomy, 24 counts of 2nd-degree sex abuse, 5 counts of using a child in display of sexually explicit conduct, 5 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse, 5 counts of luring a minor, and 1 count of attempting to use a child in display of sexually explicit conduct.

He allegedly sexually abused a girl from when she was fourteen until she was eighteen. She testified to the grand jury and had messages that showed his awareness of her age, including references to school and getting her driver’s license. His lawyer argued that he hasn’t been molesting minors since 2017 when that “relationship” ended.

The Oregonian
Wed, Aug 20, 2025 ·Page A9

1447: Ami Medlin

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Ami Medlin

Ami Medlin was a teacher at Corinth Holders High School in Wendell, North Carolina. Together with her husband, she groomed and pursued inappropriate relationships with students. Initially, the couple was charged with indecent liberties with a student, first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and sexual servitude.

They concocted an elaborate conspiracy of exploitation and grooming of a troubled and vulnerable student.

Ami pleaded guilty to taking indecent liberties with a minor in a plea deal that allowed the couple to avoid prison, getting probation. Ami, unlike her husband, must register as a sex offender.

The News and Observer
Raleigh, North Carolina · Sunday, May 29, 2022

1446: Michael Medlin

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Michael Medlin

Michael Medlin is a former sheriff’s deputy and school resource officer in Johnston County, North Carolina. Together with his wife, he groomed one of her students. He was terminated as a school resource officer for inappropriate relationships with students.

He was confronted with a photo of a student in his bed but denied knowing her.

He entered an Alford plea. That is a plea that says the state has enough evidence to convict him, but he doesn’t admit guilt. This plea deal resulted in the most serious charges offirst-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and sexual servitude of a child victim were dismissed against the couple. A charge of indecent liberties with a student was also dismissed against Michael Medlin.

The News and Observer
Raleigh, North Carolina · Friday, August 15, 2025

1445: Caitlin Crum

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Caitlin Crum

Caitlin Rose Crum was a teacher at Calvary Christian Academy in Middleburg, Florida. She was arrested when a student reported meeting her for “multiple sexual encounters.” This is the same school where Joshua Dice taught.

Crum first met the girl before she became a teacher and continued meeting with her at her relatives’ homes from January to May 2022. One time, Crum recorded their encounter on the victim’s phone.

She was sentenced for willful child abuse and put on probation.

The only clipping I could find mentions her in the last paragraph because a second teacher was recently charged with similar crimes at the same school

Florida Times-Union, The (Jacksonville, FL)
June 16, 2025

1444: J. Stuart Adams

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J. Stuart Adams

J. Stuart Adams is the Republican President of the Utah State Senate. He told a colleague, Sen. Kirk Cullimore, about his granddaughter’s legal troubles (charged with child rape and child sodomy) and asked him to look into changing the Romeo-Juliet Law.

She was 18 and raped a thirteen-year-old minor, outside the Romeo-Juliet exemption that recognizes teen romances where one partner is technically and adult. However, the usual age difference allowed is 3 or 4 years. She was charged with two counts of child rape and two counts of child sodomy. Mandatory sentencing required some jail time and registering as a sex offender. She would not agree to a plea deal requiring registering as a sex offender.

Cullimore asked his granddaughter’s lawyer what would be ideal and the granddaughter’s lawyer actually drafted the language. He introduced a bill to allow for third-degree charges for raping a minor. Adams did not disclose to his other colleagues or the governor that the law would benefit his granddaughter.

The prosecutor, when speaking about the issue, said that the law’s passage allowed him to advocate for a lesser sentence that allowed Adams’ granddaughter to avoid prison and did not require her to register as a sex offender. She pleaded guilty to assault and sexual battery (a misdemeanor) and was sentenced to four years probation. The judge, prosecutor and defense attorney all agreed that the legislative change did impact how the charges were resolved.

It is interesting that journalists very carefully do not identify the convicted adult felon who is his granddaughter, treating her like the victim rather than the perpetrator of a serious sex crime.

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