Border militia co-founder convicted of child molestation in Arizona

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Border militia co-founder convicted of child molestation in Arizona
By David Schwartz

June 8, 2016

PHOENIX (Reuters) - 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.

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A former kindergarten teacher from California, Simcox helped start the border watch group to highlight what he said was the government's failure to secure the porous southwest border with Mexico.

Its force of housewives, office workers and veterans sat in lawn chairs in southern Arizona, looking for people they suspected of being undocumented migrants and reporting them to the U.S. Border Patrol, until the group disbanded in 2010. That year, Simcox launched a brief, unsuccessful bid against incumbent U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona in the Republican primary.


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Christopher Allen Simcox









Maybe he'll meet some people whose relatives he tormented in the desert.







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[Hoyt]

1. The Border Klan is a sick armed group on many levels. Throw book at him.

[63splitwindow]

2. The beauty of racism is...

it gives him the ability to still feel superior to those south of the border. Scum.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Isn't it odd how scumbag groups attract scumbag members: every time.

[sofa king]

13. Yes, racism is amazingly tolerant of sexual crimes....

Wouldn't it be interesting to discover what proportion of arch-conservatives also have criminal sexual proclivities. It sure seems like a lot of them. Is it all of them?

Good luck getting funding for that study from the Koch brothers!

[BaldHippie]

4. Yo Trump What Was That About Rapists?

Seems The Donald owes HARD WORKING Mexicans an apology! Yes, I realize we cannot have UNLIMITED MIGRATION and open borders. But why not remember America is a nation of law and mercy. We need another Amnesty as we secure our border.

Amazing many of these laws were passed to block further immigration from Italy. My darker skinned grandparents had to fight discrimination when they came from Italy. My mom got an excellent bi-lingual education in Catholic school. Say a word of Italian and get SMACKED right across the face!

Trump talks about Mexico not sending their best! WHAT? Did Italy send it's best? My grandparents were no Einsteins! My great grandfather worked in a job that is extinct today. He would literally SCRAPE the bottom of wine barrels as the wine slime was used for deserts.

So in effect ITALY sent the bottom of the barrel to America! But my grandparents died as middle class home owners!

Mr Trump why would anyone come from Europe UNLESS they were at the bottom of the ladder? Raising the issue of an unsecured border is not racist. But calling these good people rapists is wrong! Every group has a bad minority but don't make sweeping generalizations. Trump hates political correctness EXCEPT when it is his group that is mocked. Example when Ted Cruz attacked New York Values!

I may have gone off the subject of this militia leader but his arrest is a smack in the face to Trump!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Trump's mother and grandparents on father's side were all immigrants. He lied about them.

Trump said for years that his grandfather was Swedish, not German.

[Lunabell]

5. Probably opposes Trans persons using a bathroom they identify with

Probably a right wing christian. And most of all, probably a rethuglican.

[Solly Mack]

7. "former kindergarten teacher "

How many more victims?

[ProfessorGAC]

9. That's The First Thing I Thought Too, Solly

Kind of creepy that an ex-k'garden teacher was arrested for this and hard to believe this was the first time.

[Solly Mack]

10. I can't believe it is the first time either.

Maybe the first time he has been caught, but not the first time he has done it. I hope authorities are checking into possible past victims.

[uhnope]

8. have fun in prison, RW pedophile, and I hope they throw away the key. nt

[JesterCS]

11. That 2nd to last picture....

"Look at me holding my giant psuedo-phallus!"

[vkkv]

12. My guess is he's A RIGHT-WING CHRISTIAN as well as a CHILD MOLESTER.......NT