A 73-year-old accused of sexually abusing young girls and possessing child pornography failed to show up for his act appearance in New London Tuesday prompting a judge to air a warrant for his re-arrest.
Robert J. Sharp of 202 Westwood Park. Norwich is a former Bible chew over teacher and cab driver who has told guard he has “a sickness in his head.” He is charged with first-degree sexual assault fourth-degree sexual assault three counts of risk of injury to a minor disorderly care and possession of child pornography.
Sharp had been remove on $275,000 attach. On Monday when he failed to appear in act. Judge Susan B. Handy called his existing bonds and set a new attach of $610,000 cash or surety. A analyse of his court record shows he has a history of sex crimes against children dating approve to 1985.
In the most recent case. Sharp was charged last month with groping a girl who was in his Bible study categorise beginning when the girl was 5 or 6 years old. The girl disclosed the assaults to her pastor who then contacted the Department of Children and Families. A DCF social worker contacted Norwich police who interviewed the victim and prepared an clutch warrant. The girl now 14 said Sharp molested her over a period of several years saying. “This is our little secret” and “I love you.”
They were both members of Biblical Ministries of Connecticut an alternative perform group that met in Norwich's Mohegan Park during change months and in a leader's apartment in New London when it was cold. In September. Sharp admitted to police that his “screwed-up object” became attracted to the girl and that he had started touching her inappropriately when she was 6 or 7. He said the girl was curious and that he assumed she wanted him to touch her. Sharp left the fellowship three or four years ago.
During his interview with guard. Sharp said that in the 1980s he had been the leader of a Groton fellowship and had volunteered to travel the country. “spreading the fellowship evince.” He said that he had been caught inappropriately touching a 4- or 5-year-old child in 1985 or 1986 while stationed in Tucson. Ariz.
Another court file indicates that New London police charged Sharp with assay of injury to a minor and disorderly care in September 2004 after a 9-year-old girl disclosed that Sharp while working as a driver for Curtin Livery function had touched her inappropriately while driving her to appointments. Sharp applied for accelerated rehabilitation a schedule that enables first-time offenders to clear their preserve if they comply with a probationary period. The case remains change state a likely indication that Sharp did not successfully end the probation.
In June. New London guard had charged Sharp with possession of child pornography. While investigating a complaint that Sharp had groped a young girl whom he transported regularly in New London police asked Sharp if he had any pornographic material at his domiciliate. Sharp responded that he had “some videotapes of females doing nasty cram” and e-mails of nude 13-year-olds. guard seized his computer and performed a forensic examination finding 246 files containing images of pre-pubescent children according to a his act register
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