Thanks for the info Jenna
Wayward , The guys name is Dennis Gray Stone,he assaulted and raped a 13 year old girl- have at it kemosabe.

Thank you, Jena. As anyone who regularly reads the posting here knows, I'm not a particular fan of kids...never had any and never wanted any. That having been said, I believe there should be cruel and unusual punishment for those who abuse kids sexually. Perhaps like the old Apache (I think) torture of hanging the person by his ankles over a fire until the heat caused his head to explode. Yeah, that has a nice ring to it. And, if it wasn't the Apache, I apologize both to them and to whichever nation did do it for slighting them.

WWW: It is not just rapes that SANE nurses take on. They also investigate all the sexual abuse allegations. And unfortunately, my mother told me that most of her cases were children suffering long term sexual abuse.

Jenna125...Good Lord!!! How many rapes ARE there in Victoria in, say, a week? Reading the paper doesn't reveal all that many. Are they not being reported, are they falling through the cracks, or do they just not make the news? I had no idea the sexual assault problems in Victoria were this bad.

Momof2:
My mother was a SANE nurse in Victoria a few years ago. She was one of the nurses who helped get this program off the ground. Before SANE, examinations were performed by doctors who lacked the sensitivity training to make the process as comfortable as possible. To answer your question, it takes less than a year to complete SANE training. But many nurses find the emotional toll too great to stay in a SANE position very long. At one time, there were quite a few SANE nurses, but most of them have either moved away(like my mother), or quit. As for SANE nurses dropping the ball, I don't think that's fair. These nurses also have other full-time jobs, and with only three left, it would be unreasonable to expect one to be available 24/7. They have lives too. Plus, the number of cases that come into the ER is a lot higher than you would expect. When my mother was one of a dozen(give or take a few), she was called in constantly. I can't imagine the caseload these women are taking on now that there are only three!

Baylee..."would you belive the gangsters have rights too! You have to catch them in the act or they go free."

Yeah, I believe gangsters have rights. That's why the cops have to obtain search warrants and can't just throw anyone they want into jail. It's called the Constitution, and sometimes it gets in the way of investigations, but it's there to protect all of us. I get frustrated sometimes, too, but on reflection, I don't want the cops to run wild on the pretense of fighting crime. The cops don't have to catch a crook red handed. They do need to run investigations using established standards and abiding by constitutional mandates about search warrants to legally obtain evidence they can take to the Districe Attorney to be presented to a grand jury in order to obtain indictments which will lead to arrests and trials.

I have to disagree with you about crime is crime whether it's eight-liners or murder. I believe that on the crime-line, grandma sitting in front of an eight liner is so far down the line as to be almost invisible when compared with gang activity and murders. Now, I can understand why the cops would bust grandma doing a little gambling rather than tangling with gang members who are probably armed, but, which provides the greater good to the community? Do you really think grandma getting her kicks from an eight-liner or quarter-push machine is a bigger threat to society than a gang making and selling meth?

Baylee, I understand and agree about the garbage and danger a law enforcement officer has to put up with. That's why I donated a bullet proof vest to a local agency recently.
However, common sense dictates an intelligent use of resources and busting quarter push machines is an incredible mis-use of manpower.

Ken..l."I dare say, if the VPD were more concerned about REAL crime instead of raiding businesses that have quarter push machines or eight-liners we'd not be neck deep in a rising gang problem in the entire crossroads area."

Woah, Ken...Mark your calendar. We agree about this. I can also understand the probation in the murder conviction. The jury probably WAS made up of HIS peers. Or, maybe the jury decided that the one who was killed was also a gang member and figured no harm no foul As long as they're just killing each other, the rest of us really are better off.

The P.D.is doing all it can but, would you belive the gangsters have rights too! You have to catch them in the act or they go free. Crime is crime no matter if it is gambling or murder. You try being a police officer for one day and put up with all the crap.

Everyone please! Remember, this is Victoria! The ball gets dropped a lot!

Please! Imagine this: A local, well-known individual takes a 14 and a 15 year old girl to a local motel. He shows them porn and while he's busy with the 14 year old the 15 year old gets away.

Now imagine the 15 year old's mother going to the district attorney at the time wondering what's going to be done and he pats her on the back and says, "Well, at least he didn't rape her!" Nothing ever done!

Now imagine the perpetrator in this vicious crime coming back and raping the mother!

THAT is Victoria!

I dare say, if the VPD were more concerned about REAL crime instead of raiding businesses that have quarter push machines or eight-liners we'd not be neck deep in a rising gang problem in the entire crossroads area.

Yesterday I saw gang tags on the front wall of an open business! These guys aren't even holding their tagging to the back walls anymore.

Perhaps city council should sit down with the VPD leadership and re-focus the efforts or get new leadership!

Where is the priority here?

And don't get me wrong this is not just a VPD and DA problem. Some years ago there was a murder at a local apartment complex and the shooter got probation from a, and I say this laughingly, jury of his peers!

The police, the DA and the sheriff are only as strong, only as good, only as strick as the people who are supposed to back them up!

Uh folks, that's you and me!

The buck really stops with us!

If WE have a gang problem what are WE doing about it?

Could it be the case that the perp is a "somebody"?

Ure wouldn't comment because he'd "have to talk about the facts of the case." Isn't that exactly what he did that caused the problems with the Ratcliff case? He and Armstrong talked about the facts of the case with VicAd.

The nurses try to arrange a schedule so one can examine assault victims within hours of getting a report, Flessner said.

The way I see this unfolding is that the victim has no chance with this case. To many people have dropped the ball. This is sad, but he has to be proven guilty. Where do the parents stand? Are they backing or hiding? If Swenson reopened the case, hopefully he has new information that may convict this s@^^$@@!!@#!.

As a nursing student, I would like to know why aren't more nurses trained as SANE nurses? Is it a long process? Just wondering because in a city this size I find it so sad that a rape victim would be met with "come back tomorrow".

Good Job Detective Swenson!!