Sunday, February 21, 2010
NY Couple Sentenced For Sexual Abuse Of Children
KENTUCKY...
A husband and wife were sentenced to three concurrent life terms each in federal prison for drugging and sexually abusing young children in their Watertown, N.Y., home after bringing them there from Kentucky. U.S. District Judge David Hurd imposed the sentences Friday on 28-year-old Amanda and 29-year-old Christopher Jansen. In June 2008, Christopher Jansen traveled to Kentucky to pick up four children between the ages of 3 and 13 and brought them home for a visit. Both Jansens admitted that they sexually abused the 8-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl after drugging them with Ambien. The Jansens have also pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 1-year-old in a separate case. Christopher Jansen also has a previous conviction in Kentucky for raping a 7-year-old.
A husband and wife were sentenced to three concurrent life terms each in federal prison for drugging and sexually abusing young children in their Watertown, N.Y., home after bringing them there from Kentucky. U.S. District Judge David Hurd imposed the sentences Friday on 28-year-old Amanda and 29-year-old Christopher Jansen. In June 2008, Christopher Jansen traveled to Kentucky to pick up four children between the ages of 3 and 13 and brought them home for a visit. Both Jansens admitted that they sexually abused the 8-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl after drugging them with Ambien. The Jansens have also pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 1-year-old in a separate case. Christopher Jansen also has a previous conviction in Kentucky for raping a 7-year-old.