By AuxBeacon News Contributor
Ex-Air Force Member from Kalispell Sentenced for Sexually Exploiting Children
MISSOULA — A former U.S. Air Force service member who admitted using the internet to coerce minor boys into sending him sexually explicit images and videos of themselves was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
Raymond Larry Edward Kennedy, 24, of Kalispell, pleaded guilty in March to sexual exploitation of a child and to receipt of child pornography.
Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen presided.
An investigation began in February 2017, the prosecution said in court records, when the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls contacted an agent with Homeland Security Investigations and member of the Montana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force seeking help with an online child exploitation case involving Kennedy. The Air Force discharged Kennedy on Feb 6, 2017.
At that time and during the time of the offenses filed in Montana’s federal court, Kennedy was on active duty with the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Colorado as a law enforcement officer. Prosecutors allege he repeatedly met boys online, and coerced and manipulated them into sending nude images of themselves. Then, through his position as a military police officer, he threatened and intimidated the boys into continuing to send him images, prosecutors allege. One child became suicidal due to the torment, according to prosecutors.
The six boys Kennedy made contact with online, all from Montana in this case, wanted military careers, U.S. Assistant District Attorney Cyndee Peterson told the judge on Friday. Charging documents indicate the exploitation of these boys took place for about two years, beginning in June 2015. None of the victims was in court to testify at the sentencing hearing.
Ya’ll forgot this one…
Patrick Lott’s career as educator, public servant rocked by charges
Written by
Sergio Bichao | Staff Writer
December 28, 2011
Winning coach. Beloved school administrator. Politician. Civil Air Patrol veteran. A father of two stepsons and a daughter.
These are accomplishments and accolades on Patrick Lott’s resume.
So it came as a shock to those who knew him that Lott — who for so many years had been entrusted with students and athletes — had been arrested and charged with videotaping naked teenage boys showering at Immaculata High School in Somerville.
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Lott has been the assistant principal at Bernardsville Middle School since 2009. Before that he was assistant principal of Bernards High School since 2003. He also was a teacher in Montgomery High School, where he coached the wrestling and basketball teams for about a decade.
As wrestling coach, his teams won the Skyland Conference’s Raritan Division title in 2000 and 2001. He was the Courier News Boys Basketball Coach of the Year in 1998, when the program won 20 games for the first time.
Among Lott’s honors are his nomination for Disney’s Teacher of the Year in 2002, NJSIAA-NJCA head coach of the South All-Star Team in 2001, Montgomery PTSA Founders Award in 1999 and the Bedminster Education Association Honored Teacher in 1997.
He was on the state Council on Physical Fitness in 2001-02.
Lott holds a master’s degree in education leadership from Seton Hall University.