Pribek

We got a tiny bit of snow in the Ozarks but the roads are slick. I went out for some smokes and got this photo.

Is that a spook light?

I found this story on Fox about a 21 year old “heavy metal” musician who has been having sex with under age girls.

Randall Shesto II of Waukesha, described in Internet postings as having performed with a band called Nailwounds, was convicted in June of second-degree sexual assault of a child. He had been accused of having a sexual encounter with an underage girl last December whom he met through MySpace.com.

He was also convicted this year of having sex with another 15-year-old girl.

Waukesha County Circuit Judge Ralph Ramirez sentenced Shesto to 2 1/2 years of prison and 2 1/2 years of extended supervision, but stayed the term and placed Shesto on probation for five years. He was also ordered to serve a year in jail — including one month behind bars and 11 months on work release.

O.K., so this guy…

… Randall Shesto II, has a band and he has sex with kids. The judge decides that the actual time that Shesto needs to spend in jail is, one month. Work release, probation but, only one month in jail. I don’t really know if that’s the normal sentence for this sort of thing in Wisconsin or not. It may that the judge was thinking that by adding some further conditions, he would be adding to Shesto’s punishment. This is where this thing gets screwy.

“You love your music,” the judge told the defendant. “Your music has been the tool by which you have ingratiated your way into the lives of these girls. You may not play in a band in any public appearances during the term of your probationary period. I’m taking away from you the tools by which you worked your misdeeds, sir.”

Shesto was ordered by Ramirez to register as a sex offender and told that, while he is on probation, he cannot have access to the Internet or a cell phone unless approved by his probation agent.

So, I’m guessing that the judge thinks that if this guy wasn’t in a band, he would not be effective in his quest for under age girls. That these girls are so impressed that this clown is in a band, they will succumb. Maybe that’s true, I don’t know. Doesn’t make sense but, maybe it’s true.

I tend to think that, if someone is a predator, they are going to figure out a way to find their next victim. Regardless of what their vocation or hobby is.

The tone of this is troubling because the judge makes it sound like he’s really putting a hurt on the guy; “You love your music, and now you can’t go play”. Doing this, for some reason, instead of truly punishing the guy by putting him in jail.

Furthermore, I don’t think old “Nailwounds” (that’s what he calls himself, by the way, not just the band) was doing a lot of gigs anyway. And, if he was, he wasn’t meeting these 15 year olds in bars. So, I see it as this; the judge is taking away something that is irrelevant in exchange for giving Shesto jail time.

It does say that he met one victim on MySpace and that judge is also taking away his computer privileges but, I’d rather see the guy in jail.

I found this bit of irony, idiocy and poor spelling on Shesto’s, Nailwounds MySpace page.

With an amazing fill in line up, brand new songs, and enough confidence to make Bob Dole ERRECT…Nailwounds is pushing forward to achieve success, fame and a household name.