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NOW TO BARRY COUNTY.. WHERE A
YOUTH LEADER CONVICTED OF
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TEENS IS
GOING TO PRISON.
THIS MORNING MICHAEL TERPENING
LEARNED HIS SENTENCE IN BARRY
COUNTY.
24 HOUR NEWS 8'S AMANDA
JARRETT WAS THERE... SHE'S AT
THE LIVE DESK WITH THE
SENTENCE.. AND TERPENING'S
PLEA TO THE JUDGE.
10 TO 15 YEARS--THAT'S HOW
MUCH TIME
MICHAEL TERPENING WILL SPEND
BEHIND BARS.HE WAS FOUND
GUILTY IN NOVEMBER ON EIGHT
COUNTS--FOR SEX CRIMES AGAINST
FOUR TEENS WHO ATTENDED HIS
YOUTH CAMP IN BARRY COUNTY.
DURING HIS TRIAL IT WAS
REVEALED IN TESTIMONY AT AGE
22 TERPENING WANTED TO BECOME
A FOSTER PARENT, SPECIFICALLY
REQUESTING *** ABUSE
VICTIMS FROM THE STATE.
TERPENING TOOK THE STAND TODAY
DURING HIS SENTENCING--NOT TO
APOLOGIZE TO THE
VICTIMS....BUT TO SAY HE'S THE
VICTIM, AND BEG THE JUDGE FOR
MERCY.
(("THIS HAS BEEN A VERY HARD
EXPERIENCE FOR MY
FAMILY...........I FEEL BAD
FOR EVERYBODY." ))
HE DID NOT ADDRESS THE VICTIMS
IN COURT, THE JUDGE SAYS HE
SHOWED NO REMORSE.THE JUDGE
CALLED HIM "PREDATORY," SAYING
HE GROOMED HIS VICTIMS,
EARNING THEIR TRUST,
ASSAULTING THEM AND
TRAUMATIZING THEM, LEAVING
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCARS.TERPENING
ALSO FACES TWO OTHER COUNTS,
..HE'LL GO ON TRIAL FOR THOSE
IN 20-13.AT THE LIVE DESK,
AMANDA JARRETT, 24 HOUR NEWS 8.
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