In 2001 Austrailia discussed the problems with Predators in AA.They start right off the bat stating it is not at all common.Not true-very common!
“Barring someone(predator)from a meeting is an extreme step’ REALLY?
They want to handle this on a group level only, as there is no discussion as to do anything other than to have alcoholics handle it locally who have no training in dealing with sexual predators,mental illness or pedophiles.
Bristol Township PA,Bucks County.This is a horrific story that is difficult to read, of a man with a long criminal history involving drugs and DWI’s convictions.This monster took advantage of friends,girlfriends and neighbors children.He would give some drugs. With his long criminal history and drug convictions it is most likely that he had been mandated by the judicial system to go to Narcotics Anonymous. It is pretty much a rubber stamp demand when people are arrested for DWI or drugs.
Also known sexual predators that are released from prison are often sentenced to AA or NA. The judges and probation officers know children and minors attend these AA/NA meetings. Yet they continue to send the likes of Walter Meyerle to mandated meetings.
Let your public officials know how you feel about this outragious practice.
Please dont send your teen to AA/NA!
A heart wrenching story of a little girl who was raped by different men that were AA members that her mother brought home.She kept a diary. AA would say this is an outside issue.They do not want bad press.Well because of the world wide web,stories like this are going global. These are criminal actions on behalf of the AA headquarters-by not taking responsibility. Hopefully this little girl will get justice and the therapy she will need to heal.
Her mother Stacey Parnitzke 40, and her boyfriend Shane Casey 38, were arrested in reference to the sexual abuse.
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/75915/Girl-kept-detailed-diary-of-rapes-by-mothers-boyfriend
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2007/05/06/a-struggle-inside-aa.html
In the pill mill state of Florida, Presciption Drug related deaths have increased. In this article you will find an anonymous quote from ‘D’ called ‘a counselor and addict’ of Suncoast Narcotics Anonymous of Florida. Maybe this is part of the problem. This NA addict is called a counselor in the article even though NA members are proudly unprofessional and untrained addicts. There failure rate has been stated as high as 95%. We need to treat addiction with professionally trained counselors,facilitators and formally trained therapists.
AA and NA members or sponsors are NOT counselors.But they like to play counselor without any background checks, no licensing by the state like other addiction treatment modalities. There is no oversight of what these groups are saying or doing.Very dangerous practice indeed.
http://www.bradenton.com/2011/08/16/3422982/local-officials-react-to-me-prescription.html
Mike Webb’s life ended not too long after meeting up with a man he met at AA/NA meetings. The murderer was mentally ill as well. Remember AA/NA and the courts excludes nobody from their program.
Ormond Beach police said Richard Newkirk, 32, is facing first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of Bryce Parson, 14. Investigators said Newkirk gave Bryce and another teen a mixture made with methadone hydrochloride.
Read more: http://www.wesh.com/news/29031661/detail.html#ixzz1WcAAStkh
Concerned citizens and parents have a meeting with the Nutley Board Of Education August 29th 2011 to discuss concerns about sexual predators and convicted felons attending Nutley AA and NA meetings at the Holy Trinity Church.
They are naturally concerned for the safety of the children and families.Holly Hill Florida is also having problems with Daytona NA and Daytona AA meetings in parks and playgrounds near children. It is not an appropriate place to have substance abuse rehab classes.
Some neighbors around Vreeland Avenue in the east part of town took their complaints against Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous meetings at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church to the Nutley Board of Education on Monday. They claimed the meetings attract dangerous people.
Resident Melanie Mitrano-Duffy said the meetings are too close to schools, especially when children are out to lunch.
AA meets in the evening, and NA meets midday.
Referring to the member anonymity, Mitrano-Duffy said parents can’t determine if the attendees are registered sex offenders, which should be public under Megan’s Law. She said the Walker Middle School and Yantacaw Elementary School principals share the concerns.
She said she spoke by phone with an Essex County senior parole officer, who stated there’s a percentage of sex offenders at AA and NA meetings in Essex County. He also said convicted criminals are mandated to attend to attend these meetings, she stated.
She wanted the district’s support to move these meetings somewhere else and wanted the public to be aware of them.
Another resident said parking problems could arise near the middle school when school is in session.
Neighbors addressed the Nutley Board of Commissioners two weeks ago, regarding the alleged bad behavior and illegal parking by attendees of AA and NA meetings at Holy Trinity. At a previous conference of church members, neighbors and police and neighbors, it was decided to move the NA meetings to two other locations, beginning in July.
The church and neighbors now disagree whether the AA meetings should continue there, Mitrano-Duffy told the Sun.
Board of Education Vice President Tom Sposato said, presiding over Monday’s meeting, the district would look into the matter before the board discusses it as a whole. The board needs to investigate whether or not law requires registered sex offenders to keep a certain distance from schools, member Charles Kucinski said
Franklin Reformed Church’s Rev. Jill Fenske told the board that churches open their doors to NA and AA out of hospitality, and there’s never been a problem before. Recent public opinion has “spun out of control,” she said. She voiced support for the peer-based groups, which are held all around town.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/128671393_Neighbors_take_AA_concerns_to_Nutley_BOE.html
Gainsville Florida-Aniball Baris arrested at Florida AA meeting for attempted child kidnapping of a 3 year old child ! Baris was located in a Florida Church attending an AA meeting when arrested.Churches need to consider the safety of their congregation when renting space to 12 step programs.
How can the judicial system continue to mandate sexual predators to AA when they know minors attend meetings and other vulnerable members of society.
Why does both NA Daytona, AA Daytona and their parent Organization think it is okay to encourage minors of any age to attend their meetings? It unethical and shows total disregard for the safety of their members.
http://stinkin-thinkin.com/2011/08/23/aa-member-arrested-for-attempted-child-kidnapping/
As court records show, NA Member Brandon Boruty shortly after being released from state prison tried to violently rape a woman in Daytona Beach Fl. Brandon Boruty had been arrested over 20 times in the past for domestic assault, cocaine charges and many other crimes.
The Drug Courts need to have AA/NA meetings just for people charged with felonies. They should not be sending them to meetings where the AA/NA members are clueless to their crimes and where minors are put in great danger by being exposed to these criminals. Boruty is a very dangerous man with a very long rap sheet. Check him out on www.volusia.org and click on inmate information on the right hand side.
BY CHRIS GRAHAM, STAFF WRITER
DAYTONA BEACH — A man just released from prison tried to rape a woman in her apartment Thursday morning moments after he met her, police said.
A woman told police she was introduced about 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning to the man, later identified as Brandon Boruty, according to an arrest affidavit from the Daytona Beach Police Department.
The woman told officers she and Boruty and two other people were in her apartment. But when the others left, Boruty locked the apartment door and told the woman he had just gotten out of prison and was going to have sex with her, according to the affidavit.
The woman tried to escape the apartment but Boruty hit her on the head and knocked her to the floor, the affidavit states. Boruty got on top of the woman and placed his hand on her mouth but she was able to scream for help and someone began knocking on the door, authorities said.
Authorities said the woman was able to get out of the apartment and Boruty fled as well. He was later apprehended by officers and identified by the woman and two witnesses who saw Boruty run out of the apartment, police said.
Boruty, of Daytona Beach, was charged Thursday with attempted rape, false imprisonment and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was being held Thursday night on $20,500 bail at the Volusia County Branch Jail.
According to Department of Corrections records, Boruty was sentenced on a cocaine charge to one year and two months in prison in February but was released Saturday. He has been imprisoned three other times, according to state records.
NA Members complain about security sign posted in the park to deter crime! The Next Step & More Will Be Revealed Group that meets in Sunrise Park, does not seem to care about the public interest,only about themselves.
Sunrise Park has had car break-ins and other serious crime recently. The citizens want to have a safe park.
Security cameras help deter crime,why do they prevent crime fighting measures?
AA poster child member respected by many other New York AA members charged with looting homes The. ‘Thelma and Loiuse’ team stunned their group That they not only robbed but they were supporting a drug habit,but telling members she had 12 years sobriety. Jennifer Jones even ran many meetings.
Richard Newkirk 32, had a previous arrest for cocaine possession. He was on the drug offender program when he violated his probation agreement.He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and then no more probation. Then he met poor Bryce Parsons 14 who died of a methadone overdose after sharing Newkirks methadone concoction.
How does Daytona Beach/Holly Hill Narcotics Anonymous encourage children and teens to attend adult meetings when they know children have died and have been sexually abused at the hands of NA members that are violent felons and/or mentally ill. Their actions are criminal to continue this practice. They could be sued by the victims.NA/AA have been sued many times,but they they keep it quiet.
When are the local police in the City of Holly Hill Fl take action and stop this madness of ignoring the local citizens pleas for help and relief from the threatening behavior and harassment from local AA/NA Daytona Groups? Bruce and Ed the leaders of the Sunrise Group continue to allow their group to intimidate and harass local citizens in Sunrise Park by bullying them out of pavilions.
Now we have Karen Burger 57,missing since July 25th 2011 after attending a Daytona AA meeting and meeting an AA member.She has not been seen since telling her Dad she was going to go out with this man that evening she just met at Alcoholics Anonymous.
Police are trying to find a 57-year-old New Smyrna Beach woman who has not been seen or heard from since July 25.
Karen Lee Burger’s father told investigators his daughter has a drug abuse problem and he believes her disappearance is related to that, New Smyrna Beach police said Wednesday.
The incident is the second time in one month that a New Smyrna Beach woman with drug addiction issues has vanished.
On July 16, 41-year-old Jennifer Rado left her residence and went to a party in Edgewater, police said. That was the last time her family saw her.
Rado was then seen leaving a party on Needle Palm Drive early July 17, Edgewater police said. On Tuesday police arrested Frances Renee Gibson of Edgewater and charged her with Rado’s death. Detectives are searching for a second person who may have participated in the killing.
Burger went missing exactly one week after Rado; however, their cases are not related, police said Wednesday.
Burger’s father, Maxwell Lee, said Burger’s husband died three months ago of a drug overdose.
Lee said he waited until Tuesday to report his daughter’s disappearance because he thought she “was going to show up.”
“She’s been gone before, but never this long,” said Lee, who also lives in New Smyrna Beach.
The father said he spoke to his daughter on July 25 after she had attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
“She told me she had met a man at the meeting and she was going out with him,” Lee said. “I haven’t heard from her since.”
Anyone with information concerning Burger is asked to call New Smyrna Beach police Investigator Mike Covey at 386-424-2223.
Midtown Group In Washingtond D.C. is a classic example how AA has no accountability.Even though AA headquarters located in New York City was well aware of the financial and sexual abuses going on at the Midtown Group they continue to ignore and take no responsibility for the actions of it’s members that it takes money from to fatten it’s bank account to pay the executives in New York Big Bucks!
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2007/07/midtown_group_aa_group_leads_m.html
Richard Mayfield 72,pleads guilty in AA Fraud Scheme.This was in Larimer County Colorado. Within AA/NA members are also vulnerable to financial scams by trusted members,some who have been a AA/NA member for decades!
This woman met ‘Lonnie’ at a Florida AA meeting and was robbed. Because of AA’s secretiveness-last name is unknown. This is why you don’t need Daytona AA or Daytona NA meetings in our parks. No one is held accountable.They hide behind being Anonymous. Florida NA and AA have been known to not co-operate with police when a crime has happened to protect their members.
ORMOND BEACH — Police are searching for a middle-aged white man who robbed an Ormond Beach woman after meeting her at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, authorities said.
The 57-year-old woman met the man at an AA meeting three weeks ago and let him move into her home on Woodland Avenue in Ormond Beach for about a week, police said.
The man assaulted the woman last Thursday, tied her up and stole her television, VCR, jewelry and 1976 Plymouth Valiant, a brown four-door with license number KGK-42Z, police said.
The man, whose first name is Lonnie, was described as 48 or 49 years old, 5-feet-10 and 165 pounds with short brown hair.
Anyone with information about the man is asked to call Detective John Bayne at (904) 676-3519.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-05-17/news/9505170190_1_ormond-met-the-man-man-assaulted
This man was stabbed by a fellow Alcoholics Anonymous member while leading the meeting. AA or NA has no warning of who shows up to the meetings. The courts send violent felons leaving members at grave risk.
Many inmates are allowed out on day passes to attend AA/NA meetings in your community ! Some escape and commit more crimes.
Another felon who police say committed the robbery with him is being held without bail at the Orange County Jail on felony charges, including murder.
Bradley Blanton, 24, of Zellwood, put a gun to a man’s head at 1:30 a.m. outside a Circle K at 803 N. Park Ave., forced him to his knees and stole his wallet, a police report states.
Blanton and Sidney Abrams, 41, took off in a Toyota Tacoma pickup, and police chased them into Zellwood. A female clerk whom the victim had gone to visit saw the robbery and told police the older suspect was driving and urged the younger one to hurry.
The truck crashed at Willow Street and Mohawk Drive, steps from Blanton’s home on Holly Court, and both men ran, police said.
Apopka Officer Steve Harmon chased Blanton into mucky woods.
Harmon fired his Taser at Blanton, but Blanton grabbed the officer’s duty belt and went for the Taser, the report says. As the two struggled, Harmon shot Blanton in the left side of the face, according to the report. The gun used in the robbery, a.357-caliber revolver, was recovered there along with Harmon’s cell phone and the wallet that was stolen.
