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Stevens GrantedProbation Today In Circuit CourtI Franklin .! Stevens, 23 year-old I W*».x1ruif area resident who walkedaway from the Oneida county jailFeb. 24. 1958. while being hlt; investigation in a statutory rape ’Case, today was grantei orobation in Circuit Court by Judge Gerald J, Boiieau after he pleaded guilty to a charge of )ail eseatwv ! Noting that Stevens has servedr yea I® amt five mummOh. * for another statutory tapecharge and for violation of pap»le, ,1 ydgi Boiieau commented the iff** yosrtion of another term now might‘‘too severe • punistwBS^iver, he warm'd Stevens thatan future violation* will be dealtI €iW *with ha IIn placing Stevens in the custody ■it the State Department of PublicWelfare for one year. * leau withheld sentence, which means Stevens would be returnedr i \/I I * I 9.to court for sentencing if he fito abide by the rules and reg turns laid down toy his probation officer The probationary term will| run concurrently wtcn Mevens par* f ole from OhioDist. A tty. I^ee H. Krueger explained that he does not intend to ! file a complaint »n the .statutory raj*? case because parents ‘ of the girl involved are unwilling to her apjH'ar in court. At the Albert J. Cirittl was district attorney and the girl shim the same thing.Violated Parole.The court was advised that Stev» ens drew a term of 4wo to 40 years in Ohio in 1956 on the statutory rape charge He wasleased after serving a yoar and a half and returned to his home near Woodruff in December. 1957 Less than two months later. Feb 14. 1958. he was arrested on suspicion in connection with the second statutory rape case.A tty. Walter Graunke of Wausau. representing Stevens, pointed out no charge ever was filed against Stevens in the second case, although Stevens admitted lieing involved with the girl. The eacape charge likewise was not prosecuted at that time, he noted, and Stevens was turned over to Ohio authorities for return to an institution there as a parole Violator.Graunke said a family friend, James A Stevens, disabled World War 11 veteran living at La k e Tomahawk, has offered the young man a job as his male nurse Graunke also called attention to the fact that the defendant's father, Henry J. Stevens, also is t tally disabled as a result of World War 11 service.1 Boiieau told Steven* it was ‘‘unpardonable’* for him to become involved with teen-age girls,- SBcourt also commented it wasI■» “ — •*- . | ■ ‘ r w -*■ - ts» -w ££ -w, 'u • »r a 1 tin sanerwalk away or attempt to escape
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Rhinelander Daily News
Rhinelander, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Jul 05, 1961
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