Judge tells sex offender to put up signs
HUDSON, Kan. -- Under a judge's order, a man who has admitted molesting a boy has posted signs around his house and a decal on his car proclaiming that he is a sex offender.
The hand-painted signs reading "A Sex Offender Lives Here" are posted on all four sides of Leroy Schad's white house in this central Kansas town of only about 150 people. His vehicle has a large decal with bold yellow lettering reading "Sex Offender In This Car."
Schad, 72, was originally charged with four counts of taking indecent liberties with a 9-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy in 2005. He was allowed to plead guilty in March 2007 to a lesser charge of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child, and the original charges were dismissed.
District Judge Ron Svaty sentenced him to five years of probation and house arrest,
and ordered him to post the signs during his punishment.
Schad is appealing the sign requirement. He could have faced about three years behind bars.
"I know that I deserve something for that, but I don't think I deserve what I got," he said.
The signs went up a few months ago. Schad said the loneliness and isolation imposed by the house arrest are the toughest to deal with.
"It's been pure hell," said Schad, who has lived in the town since 1971.
Svaty declined to comment on his ruling, citing Kansas rules of judicial conduct.
Defense attorney Joel Jackson would not comment beyond saying the signs were the judge's idea.
Ron Keefover, spokesman for the Kansas Supreme Court, said he could not remember any other sex offense case with similar conditions.
"I'm sure there is nothing specifically that says a court may sentence in this manner, but I think that the court has latitude in terms of the conditions it sets," said Helen Pedigo, executive director of the Kansas Sentencing Commission.
Neighbor Pete Witt said Shad does not create any problems.
"We have a lot more troubles with drugs in this town than we ever did with Leroy Schad," Witt said.
Schad admitted that he molested the boy but denied the other allegations. He said he took the plea deal to spare the children the ordeal of testifying and to "get this over with."
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God... I wonder how long till they kill him... As much I despise this guy, that just sounds like a bad and dangerous idea.
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I don't really give a shit if his life is pure hell.
Fuck off and keep the signs up buddy, while taking your whiny ass down to the corner of the Boulevard of Shut The Fuck Up and Stop Molesting Kids Drive.
Uhh yeah, I don't care how much he whines.
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I don't really give a shit if his life is pure hell.
Fuck off and keep the signs up buddy, while taking your whiny ass down to the corner of the Boulevard of Shut The Fuck Up and Stop Molesting Kids Drive.
Uhh yeah, I don't care how much he whines.
Me either. Fuck him. He molested CHILDREN and quite probably scarred them for life but he "didnt deserve" signs that made people KNOW he was a fucking piece of shit child molester?? I hope he gets raped to death. Child molesters and animal abusers are inhuman..the lowest forms of life. Taking away innocence is inexcusable.
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I would much rather have had him do the jailtime and then get molested a bit, signs or no signs.
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Schad said the loneliness and isolation imposed by the house arrest are the toughest to deal with. "It's been pure hell," said Schad
You have to feel sorry for this poor guy. You see this kind of injustice all the time. The child molester has to deal with all this loneliness and isolation while the kids he assaulted just get to go on with their lives, living happily with depression, night terrors, suicidal thoughts, and years of fun and happy therapy.
I mean, you know you're living in a police state when child molesters are treated like sick criminals.::)
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Schad is appealing the sign requirement. He could have faced about three years behind bars.
"I know that I deserve something for that, but I don't think I deserve what I got," he said.
The signs went up a few months ago. Schad said the loneliness and isolation imposed by the house arrest are the toughest to deal with.
"It's been pure hell," said Schad, who has lived in the town since 1971.
Those boys are the ones who don't deserve what they got.
Well then shut the fuck up and go to prison. See what hell is really like buddy.
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Schad admitted that he molested the boy but denied the other allegations. He said he took the plea deal to spare the children the ordeal of testifying and to "get this over with."
Well lucky him that he can just "get this over with" Cause those boys are gonna have problems for the rest of their lives. Stone him.
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I agree with everyone else. I can't believe the guy is complaining about the signs...I mean, the emotional damage he has done to those poor children is staggering. He should have gone to jail, and for much longer than 3 years. It's a proven fact that most molesters have molested before/will again.
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3 years is such crap. He should get that, and the signs, and demons with pointy forks doing unholy things to him. While still alive.
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What a piece of vile the neighbor is too:
"Neighbor Pete Witt said Shad does not create any problems.
"We have a lot more troubles with drugs in this town than we ever did with Leroy Schad," Witt said"
I'd rather have a drug dealer living next to me then a fucking child molester.ANY day.ANYONE that makes excuses for this worthless piece of trash should go to hell with him. Yeah..he didnt create ANY problems...you know..'cause raping the kids isnt a PROBLEM.
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See him in an interview...
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LOL... a bigger DRUG problem? Drugs only hurt those who choose to take them. Molestation..well...yeah.
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Let me make a wild guess here. My ESP is telling me Pete Witt is NOT the father of either of the children involved.
Seriously. He needs to look outside his 'it won't happen to me/my kids/nephews/etc' bubble.
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What a dickhead.I hope he dies........soon
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Too often, the justice system concerns itself with the rights of the criminal over the rights of the victim. I have no sympathy for this guy.