07/16/2007Mark Lunsford’s son will spend the next 10 days in jail, but will not be registered as a sex offender after being sentenced Monday for having unlawful sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl.
Clark County (Ohio) Municipal Court Judge Thomas Trempe sentenced Joshua Lunsford, 18, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, on a Level 1 misdemeanor charge of sexual conduct with a minor.
The charge carries a maximum 180 days in jail and $1,000 fine.A 170-day jail term was suspended as long as the teen successfully completes the year of probation that was also ordered.
Because of the misdemeanor charge, he will not have to register with the state’s sex offender registry.
Joshua Lunsford had been facing a Level 4 felony, which carries a potential 6- to 18-month prison sentence and $5,000 fine on a charge of unlawful sexual conduct.
However, he changed his not guilty plea to guilty after a plea agreement was reached, and a pre-sentence investigation was ordered.That report is similar to ones prepared in Florida where a person’s background and criminal history are considered before a judge decides an appropriate sentence.
According to a police report, the 14-year-old girl’s mother accused Joshua Lunsford of fondling her daughter outside a skating rink and outside a shopping mall March 30 and March 31 while the two were kissing.
Though the girl was considered a willing participant, law prohibits such relationships; because he was four years older than the girl, Joshua Lunsford was initially charged with the felony after his March 31 arrest.
Joshua Lunsford is the brother of Jessica Marie Lunsford, the 9-year-old Homosassa girl raped and killed by a convicted sex offender in February 2005.
John Couey, 48, will appear today before Circuit Judge Ric Howard at the Citrus County Courthouse for a series of hearings to determine if a Miami jury’s recommendation that he be executed for the crime is appropriate.
Joshua Lunsford has lived with Mark Lunsford’s first wife since the two divorced.Mark Lunsford has traveled across the country since his daughter’s death to urge the passage of tougher laws dealing with sex offenders and predators.
Dozens of states, including Ohio and Florida, have signed laws handing down tougher sentences and putting in place more monitoring for such individuals.
A spokesman for the Jessica Marie Lunsford Foundation said Mark Lunsford was out of town Monday. He could not be reached, and a call to his assistant was not returned.
If your new to the growing ex offender sites you have probably just learned about Jessica Junsford's brother being charged with a "SEX CRIME".
As far as I am concerned we as Former Offenders need to use this story as a clarion call for the drive by Media's everytime they spread disinformation about ex offenders or these increasingly ignoramic laws.
Would love to debate someone on this story especially "John Walsh" but he would never agree because that type of TRUE story would not bode well with the cottage industry he has built around the death of his son Adam.
Whats true for my son or your son is of course not true for Mark Lunsfords son.
This information seems to be vanishing from the internet where it was pretty hard to find before but I guess a story like this does not help the Lunsford cause and I am positive thats why he got off so easily on the charge.
If that were my son he would be in prison and would have to register for 25 years according to the new Ohio AWA law and a slam dunk case like this where the mother of the child involved actually saw the crime occur would be an easy feather in the cap for any local prosecutor.
Well Looks like there's Jessica's law for most of us but Josh's Law for others.
Jamie Lynn Spears "16" recently made headlines when she admitted she was pregnant with a "19" year old mans child.
Now I dont know the birthdates of the two involved or how far along the "child" is with her pregnancy but I doubt anyone will try to do the math because this is just another case of " Josh's" Law.
What applies to you me and/or the average teenager does not apply to Josh Lunsford or Jamie Spears 19 year old stud.
You can cut the hypocrocy with a chain saw.
Click the link to read more about the story. Better hurry the articles are mysteriously vanishing from search engines by the day.
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Unbelievable!!!!
Nice write up I was just reading a blog that is very interesting and some facts about Mark.
Nice site you have
http://marklunsforddeposition.blogspot.com/
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