Monday, June 27, 2016

'Minutemen' co-founder Simcox convicted of child molestation

By David Schwartz, Reuters, via Tucson Sentinel
June 8, 2016

An Arizona jury on Wednesday convicted the co-founder of a border militia group of molesting a 5-year-old girl but acquitted him of more serious sex charges, court officials said.

Christopher Allen Simcox, who co-founded the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps in 2005, was found guilty of two felony counts of child molestation and one felony count of providing obscene material to a minor by the Maricopa County Superior Court jury.

Simcox, 55, was cleared of three felony counts of sexual conduct with a 6-year-old girl, charges that carried mandatory sentences of life in prison.[...]

Read the full article:
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060816_simcox/minutemen-co-founder-simcox-convicted-child-molestation/

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