A jury deliberated for 15 minutes Monday before finding a Lawrence man guilty of exposing himself to a 14-year-old girl this spring near a school bus stop in northern Lawrence.
Jurors in Douglas County District Court found Shawn Michael Bedient guilty of felony lewd and lascivious conduct, Dist. Atty. Charles Branson said. He likely will receive probation under state sentencing guidelines and will be sentenced in early November.
Bedient, 36 at the time of his arrest in late April, was caught by police at Clinton Lake a few days after the incident, based on a tip from a crossing guard at Pinckney School who had spotted a man matching a description given by police to school district employees.
Comments
you_are_pathetic_people 7 years, 5 months ago
you know you do much worse things behind closed doors you hipocrits
Marion Lynn 7 years, 6 months ago
Well, you could also tell the kid that the perp is sick and that it ain't the kid's fault and that there are just some really odd people who go around doing stuff like this and, Kid, you should not worry about it in the least.
You can make a permanent VICTIM out of the kid or you can straighten him/her out right off the bat.
Thanks.
Marion.
Mr_Ramirez 7 years, 6 months ago
Nice.
Christine Pennewell Davis 7 years, 6 months ago
poor kid
8muddyboots 7 years, 6 months ago
How sad. He's been doing really well but something must of gone awry. I wish there was some way to more effectively help the mentally ill.
Think of the pain and expense of treating an illness through the judicial system. Mental impairments trap you inside your own body by rendering your perceptions useless until your only "logical" thoughts are either turned against you or are those coming from a guiding voice that rises above the deafening grind of your mind trying to find the right gear.
dozer 7 years, 6 months ago
aeroscout 17 is right on point. It's not up to the Judges, they are limited by the sentencing guidelines. If this guy has no criminal history, he is looking at 6 months presumptive probation.
aeroscout17 7 years, 6 months ago
Please note that the judges must follow STATE guidelines for sentencing. It is not the judges fault that the guidelines are too lenient. About the only way anyone gets jail time anymore is if they cause a personal, physical injury. Anything else is almost always probation.
Ray Parker 7 years, 6 months ago
Douglas County had better find district judges that can come up with better sentences than probation for perverts that pose a continuing threat to schoolchildren. Too bad Douglas County doesn't have election of district judges by voters. Then new judges could be on the bench after the next election.
Confrontation 7 years, 6 months ago
It's sad that this sick pervert will be back on the street!
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