A high school acquaintance was charged last week for making, possessing, accessing, and distributing child pornography.
One time my friend's dad was watching America's Most Wanted and recognized the guy they were profiling as a classmate from childhood or something.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
Not something I brag about.... But my cousin is a sex offender. He did the dateline thing (wasn't on the show but it's an easy way to explain it) where he was talking to an underage girl online and went to meet her, but she ended up being cops.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
My high school *religion* teacher was caught in a child pornography sting. He didn't take any pictures but apparently had a huge college. I think that's it of people I actually knew, not friends of friends of friends.
blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts
Our next door neighbour growing up was busted for child porn, a few weeks after we moved out of that house.
nectarine / 2132 posts
i used to work at a daycare where a dad was tried for beating his pregnant wife to death. i no longer worked there when it happened but it was CRAZY to know someone (though i only spoke to her once or twice) that was murdered.
i guess i can't technically call him a criminal because his trial ended with a hung jury (i think he's going to be retried) but the general consensus is that he is guilty.
grapefruit / 4703 posts
I went to high school with a guy who was recently sentenced to 17 years in prison for terrorism-related charges.
cantaloupe / 6800 posts
DH's distant uncle went to prison for killing his mother and got out after 10 years, I dont know the whole story but I have never met him.
DH's cousin was 16 and had sex with his 13 year old girlfriend and she sent him some ..provocative..pictures. her parents found out and had him arrested for statutory rape and posession of child pornograhy. He has to register as a sex offender for 10 years. It's really sad.
persimmon / 1379 posts
the husband of a (former, pre-baby) colleague of mine was just convicted of a series of child sexual assault-type charges. sentencing to happen in june. it has totally blown my mind.
pomegranate / 3105 posts
I had an uncle go to jail for rigging up electrical in a house for a grow op. I also had a cousin that I haven't had contact with in 20 years get thrown into jail for robbing 3 banks.
eggplant / 11824 posts
Yes, unfortunately. The worst is the husband of one of my mom's best friends, who was a real mentor to me and in high school I nannied her children each summer for a few years. He killed his wife and mother in front if their children. I, and my mom, still miss C so so so much. 
honeydew / 7589 posts
Gosh yeah, a frighteningly large amount. I meet an awful lot of people in my line of work so I guess that's why. Child molesters, a couple of wife beaters, one for grand larceny, two for embezzlement, insurance fraud... I think that's all.
pineapple / 12793 posts
DH's high school girl friend was arrested in part of a drug trafficking sting. The cops found $30M in coke, diamonds, ferraris.
My elementary school science teacher is in jail for sexual assault of a minor. His name is Chester. Chester the molester. We thought we were funny, but really we were just accurate.
nectarine / 2765 posts
My niece (SIL's daughter) is currently in prison for as what our family calls "cutting a b*tch." Long story short, she got into a fight with the girl who her gem of a boyfriend had slept with. She whipped out a knife, then pushed her through a plate glass window. Was all caught on surveillance video. She's a winner, all right.
grapefruit / 4817 posts
I feel like I know a lot, but I work in construction, and I think it's just part of that field. We've had kidnappers, child molesters and drug dealers work for us at various times. Manual labor tends to be a stepping stone to getting your life back together after getting out of prison.
nectarine / 2765 posts
@oliviaoblivia: lol, when I saw the name "Chester," "Chester the molester" was the first thing that came to mind.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
My Mom doesn't really talk to her family but her oldest brother has been arrested for check fraud, being married to two people at the same time, and I am sure other stuff we don't know about. One of DHs friends brother was arrested for check fraud.
honeydew / 7586 posts
Sadly, I know a lot of criminals. In fact, my dad met my step mom when she was on work release from prison for attempted murder. Sigh.
pineapple / 12802 posts
I definitely know more than a handful. I also know some people who have criminal records but have also grown up and are stand up people. Always were good people but got caught up in bad things. People make mistakes....
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
@Rubies: yeah.... And I happened to find out when I was interning at a mental hospital doing therapy with sex offenders. Weird timing.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
My stepbrother was one of the bigger drug dealers in Louisiana, does that count? He was never really rich or anything, not like a drug king, but that's probably because he's not very smart and has no business sense.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
Yup. Unfortunately more than one person. I wish I didn't know anyone.
pomelo / 5228 posts
My middle school drama teacher was arrested for child molestation long after I was in middle school. Glad he stopped casting me in plays!
Also, a close friend of my dad's went to prison for embezzlement when I was a kid. His family was in a rough place and he saw it as a last resort. Sad story...
coconut / 8498 posts
More than I think I should. Growing up in my very small hometown wasn't like Mayberry.
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
I had a friend who moved out of town after getting into some sort of incident where he was delivering drugs and the swat team was outside waiting for him. I didn't know what happened until they were getting a divorce though. She swears she didn't know the details but I don't believe her.
nectarine / 2220 posts
Yep, my highschool band teacher. Always had a creepy feeling about him, and he was always asking girls to come back after class for tutoring. I never went and he told my mom that I wasn't accepting his help despite "struggling" in his class. I told her I didn't want to because he was a pedophile. Got grounded for two weeks because my parents were upset that I'd make serious unfounded accusations about an adult.
Sure enough about 4 years after I graduated he was arrested for statutory rape with a few students and convicted the year later.
And now I work in law enforcement... so meet "criminals" all the time.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Sapphiresun: Wow!! What did your parents say when he was arrested and convicted?
coconut / 8430 posts
Omg! I don't think I've ever known any criminals.
I did meet someone on the plane who introduced himself as an ex-convict. He was involved in the ZZZZ Best accounting/securities fraud in the late 80s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZZZZ_Best
I hadn't heard of it but my friend who is an accountant said they studied this case in school. The guy was a bit of a braggart... I don't think I'd brag about something like that!
kiwi / 549 posts
When I was a junior in high school, the senior class president raped and killed an alum home from college during winter break. My dad taught this guy, he was the class clown, everyone knew him. The girl's body was dumped in a field behind the church most families (including mine) went to. Other evidence was left in the church dumpsters. The whole town was shocked by the whole thing. I think everyone was even more stunned when they arrested the guy just before graduation. No one suspected him; not for a long time at least.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
No, but I know some victims of some horrible crimes.
nectarine / 2220 posts
@mrbee: Haha, I DEMANDED two weeks of my life back. But no such luck 
And now I work in a child abuse/sex offense unit, so my message to parents is to always trust your kids instincts. Or at least give them the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes you just get a sixth sense that something isn't right and can't fully explain it.
pear / 1743 posts
The girl I sat next to in ninth grade business studies is currently in jail for a murder she was part of in 2001... It was a huge shock to see how far off the rails she went in a year!
bananas / 9227 posts
A girl I knew in Jr. High was arrested and tried for something huge (I don't remember, it was a few years ago when I saw it on TV). We weren't super close, but we went to a sleepover once and she'd hang out at a friend's house sometimes! She was such a sweet girl back then!
Something I definitely don't want to brag about is a cousin that was arrested for impersonating a police officer and performing lewd acts on a minor. What we don't get is he had a beautiful girlfriend, she was a model! They were both in their early 20's! She stuck by him (she didnt believe it) until the evidence piled up.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Sapphiresun: Great point! And hope your parents apologized for not believing you!!
pomelo / 5331 posts
Wow! Scary.
I've known several people who had DUIs, if that counts. It is a criminal offense, so I'm counting it.
And I knew somebody who was also charged/imprisoned for child pornography.
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