DU Consv. Idiot Crusaded Against Child Porn Now Accused of Assaulting 15yo

[Kire]

This is a very bizarre case.

Joey Dauben Crusaded Against Child Porn. Now He's Accused of Assaulting a 15-Year-Old Boy.
By Anna Merlan Thu., Dec. 22 2011

​Perhaps you've heard by now: Joey Dauben, publisher of the Ellis County Observer and several other small-town papers and websites throughout North Texas, has been indicted and arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. The 30-year-old Dauben, who Patrick Michels profiled in an Observer cover story earlier this year, was arrested by Texas Rangers at his grandmother's house in Mabank late Monday afternoon. He currently sits in Navarro County Jail; his bond has been set at $200,000.

Dauben stands accused of three counts of sexual assault on a child, one count of indecency with a child, and sexual contact. All charges stem from an alleged incident in 2007, during a retreat for a now-defunct church, Olive Tree Ministries, at Navarro Mills Lake.

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Anonymous friends told WFAA they believe Dauben has been falsely accused in retaliation for his reporting. An article posted on the ECO homepage states, "This accuser has a history of falsely making accusations," and posts the bulk of a MySpace conversation from 2007. Both names in the conversation are redacted.

"He spends 80 hours a week trying to expose corruption and fights against this kind of stuff," Bridge says. "He spends so much time and energy just trying to make sure that kids and people who are victims ... have a voice and whatnot." Brandy Owen, managing editor for the Ellis County Observer, posted an update to their blog yesterday stating that she'd received a phone call informing her Dauben has been placed on suicide watch.

More: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/12/ellis_county_observer_publishe.php

The Top 10 Conservative Idiots (No. 221) - November 7, 2005
http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/05/221.html
(Joey Dauben is No. 10)

[sonias]

1. Is he republican or tea party?

Trying to find out more about him. From his Ellis County Observer website, it looks like the articles and ads are slanted that way.

If this is true, it would not surprise me. There are gay haters on the right are in my opinion closet gays. And they preach and proselytize the dangers of being gay because they hate themselves. Not there is anything wrong with being gay - but if you're a christian republican - well you know what kind of hell you're in trying to be accepted for being gay.

Anyway if this guy who took it upon himself to fight child pornography, it's possible that he may be drawn to that himself. And rather than seeking help for his perversion, he tries to treat himself. But the constant exposure to the thing he's drawn to eventually is his weakness and downfall.

Either that or the cops really set him up - which is just as disturbing. If the cops are the ones into the perversion then this is truly a very ugly mess.

[w8liftinglady]

2. Very much so. Ellis County (My neck of the woods)

He used to write for The Ellis County Press... so I think you get the picture.

http://www.elliscountypress.com/

[sonias]

3. I'm relieved he's a republican

But obviously am not happy about his victim or victims.

[Kire]

4. sentenced to prison

“At the end of the day, Joey Dauben raped a 14 year old boy,” said Thompson. “He complained about Ellis County being soft on sex offenders. He found out that in Navarro County, we aren’t.”

http://www.waxahachietx.com/news/ellis_county/dauben-sentenced-to-prison/article_9609a71a-5ea7-11e2-9351-001a4bcf887a.html

[Kire]

5. consecutive sentences

http://www.examiner.com/article/former-lp-activist-joey-dauben-sentenced-for-sex-crimes