Milford man charged with 2009 child rape

[higgs_raccoon]

Not the sort of news article the furry fandom wants or needs, but I am posting it here because of its serious nature, and because it seems to have had limited coverage which is in danger of disappearing completely behind a paywall

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[higgs_raccoon]

Follow-up report: "Bucks DA, Pennsylvania AG to discuss suspected child predator sex ring today in Warminster":
http://www.theintell.com/news/crime/bucks-da-pennsylvania-ag-to-discuss-suspected-child-predator-sex/article_5e0d3ed4-e644-11e6-93d1-c385704e390c.html
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[sabotlours]

Aw shit. lupine_fox used to be a friend of mine. I haven't seen him in years. I seem to remember him liking twinks when I saw him at a con.

[higgs_raccoon]

Update: Other news sources have now picked up the story. For example, NBC Philadelphia:

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Pennsylvania-Arrest-Sex-Abuse-Rape-Boy-Furries-Bucks-County--412099143.html

Going by the reports, five people have been arrested as part of investigations into a child sex ring: Kenneth Fenske (LupineFox), David Parker, Jeffrey Harvey, Craig Knox and Stephen Taylor.

It is not immediately clear how many of them, other than LupineFox, are furries, but an another report in the Philadelphia Enquirer mentions Craig Knox "who had a rottweiler costume and nine rottweiler dogs at his Henrico, Va., home - admitted having a years-long sexual attraction to young boys and dogs".

[freakylynx]

Someone on the Greymuzzles FB group mentioned that at least two of them are furries - Knox would be the most likely other one considering that comment about the costume (though it could also be referencing a pup-play type costume).

[freakylynx]

I managed to get a quick look at Lupine's FA and FB accounts last night after seeing the story, looked like people were already sending him death threats. He took down both accounts about an hour after I looked at them, but before he took down the FA account he made a post saying the accusation is a lie and that he was not guilty.

I hope we find out he's innocent, I only met the guy once so don't know much of anything about him past that encounter. I also know he'd employed at least one friend of mine for awhile through his business. It's hard to tell one way or another, on the one hand I could see furries doing this sort of shit and on the other I can also see furries creating a lie to destroy someone.
EDIT: But reading more updated details on this case... kinda making it hard to believe in the innocence possibility ^.^;;;

Personally I'm hoping the story stays buried, I perform at a number of charity events with my fursuit and don't want to see that jeopardized by disgusting stuff like this.