Maxamillious
11-03-2007, 09:12 AM
Jackson Man, Indicted for Sexual Assault of 9-year-old at Six Flags
November 3, 2007 by, Margaret Bonafide
Toms River — A 30-year-old Jackson man, who was found mentally defective and unable to be tried on 1999 sexual charges related to juvenile victims, was indicted Tuesday on new charges stemming from the sexual assault of a 9-year-old child at a Jackson amusement park.
Richard Beckler, 30, of Jackson Drive, Jackson, is being detained in a secure unit, said assistant Ocean County prosecutor Heidi Tannenbaum-Newman who presented the latest case to an Ocean County grand jury which returned the indictment Tuesday.
Beckler was indicted on charges of sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and resisting arrest involving an incident on July 13 in Jackson.
The complaint signed against Beckler for the July incident states that Beckler tried to touch the buttocks of a 9-year-old boy who was riding on the Skull Mountain amusement ride at Six Flags Great Adventure. The complaint states that Beckler made numerous attempts at touching the boy's private parts while on the amusement ride.
Beckler was arrested at his home and charged on July 13 for the Jackson incident, according to the complaint.
Beckler was placed in the New Lisbon Developmental Center where he currently resides and is monitored at all times, according to the order by Judge Barbara Ann Villano.
When Beckler was 22, he was charged with attempting to solicit sex from two boys in an Eatontown park in Monmouth County.
In the 1999 case, police said two male juveniles playing in Wolcott Park in Eatontown were approached by Beckler. Beckler was accused of engaging the two boys in conversation of a sexual nature and offering to pay them in return for sexual favors.
When the boys refused Beckler's request, he left on a bicycle, police said. Because the courts found that Beckler was mentally deficient, the charges against Beckler were dismissed, Tannenbaum-Newman said.
Beckler will have to be reevaluated for his mental state, authorities said.
Tannenbaum-Newman said that if a person is not found guilty of sexual offenses, they are not entered in the Megan's Law database, even if charges were dropped for reasons of mental deficiency.http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071103/NEWS02/711030358/1070/NEWS02
November 3, 2007 by, Margaret Bonafide
Toms River — A 30-year-old Jackson man, who was found mentally defective and unable to be tried on 1999 sexual charges related to juvenile victims, was indicted Tuesday on new charges stemming from the sexual assault of a 9-year-old child at a Jackson amusement park.
Richard Beckler, 30, of Jackson Drive, Jackson, is being detained in a secure unit, said assistant Ocean County prosecutor Heidi Tannenbaum-Newman who presented the latest case to an Ocean County grand jury which returned the indictment Tuesday.
Beckler was indicted on charges of sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and resisting arrest involving an incident on July 13 in Jackson.
The complaint signed against Beckler for the July incident states that Beckler tried to touch the buttocks of a 9-year-old boy who was riding on the Skull Mountain amusement ride at Six Flags Great Adventure. The complaint states that Beckler made numerous attempts at touching the boy's private parts while on the amusement ride.
Beckler was arrested at his home and charged on July 13 for the Jackson incident, according to the complaint.
Beckler was placed in the New Lisbon Developmental Center where he currently resides and is monitored at all times, according to the order by Judge Barbara Ann Villano.
When Beckler was 22, he was charged with attempting to solicit sex from two boys in an Eatontown park in Monmouth County.
In the 1999 case, police said two male juveniles playing in Wolcott Park in Eatontown were approached by Beckler. Beckler was accused of engaging the two boys in conversation of a sexual nature and offering to pay them in return for sexual favors.
When the boys refused Beckler's request, he left on a bicycle, police said. Because the courts found that Beckler was mentally deficient, the charges against Beckler were dismissed, Tannenbaum-Newman said.
Beckler will have to be reevaluated for his mental state, authorities said.
Tannenbaum-Newman said that if a person is not found guilty of sexual offenses, they are not entered in the Megan's Law database, even if charges were dropped for reasons of mental deficiency.http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071103/NEWS02/711030358/1070/NEWS02