A 21-year-old local man is accused of providing marijuana to and engaging in a sexual act with a teenager under 16.
According to his arrest citation, Demetrius Lear voluntarily met with Frankfort Police Monday evening and allegedly confessed to the charges stemming from an incident, which occurred in October.
Demetrius Lear
Lear, of Frankfort, reportedly met the female victim at the Elkhorn Elementary School playground where he provided the teen with marijuana and allegedly performed “unwanted sexual acts” on the victim after she was “manifestly under the influence.”
Per his arrest report, Lear admitted that he was aware of the victim’s age and said he made a mistake.
He is charged with first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor (illegal sex act, victim younger than 16 years of age), a Class B felony, and second-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, a Class D felony.
Lear is lodged in the Franklin County Regional Jail. A judge has set his bond at $5,000 full-cash.
The experts tell us that boy’s brains are not developed enough to associate consequences with their actions. Although, it was s long time ago, I can relate to that from my personal experience. When I was 18 I fell in love with a beautiful 16 year old cheerleader, and we commenced with a very active sexual relationship for the next year. We avoided pregnancy and neither her parents nor mine objected to the age difference. Nobody did. My parents were 18 and 16 when they got married. They snuck off and did it with nobody knowing it.
But things have changed with the tolerance of such relationships and the laws that prohibit them.
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The experts tell us that boy’s brains are not developed enough to associate consequences with their actions. Although, it was s long time ago, I can relate to that from my personal experience. When I was 18 I fell in love with a beautiful 16 year old cheerleader, and we commenced with a very active sexual relationship for the next year. We avoided pregnancy and neither her parents nor mine objected to the age difference. Nobody did. My parents were 18 and 16 when they got married. They snuck off and did it with nobody knowing it.
But things have changed with the tolerance of such relationships and the laws that prohibit them.
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Hyperpartisanship that suggests anyone on the other side of an issue or anyone in a particular particular party is evil is not welcome. If you believe that all Democrats are socialists intent on destroying America or that all Republicans are racists, there are lots of places on the internet for you to espouse those views. State-Journal.com is not one.
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