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There is no statute of limitations. Federal Law!

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This could just be a federal investigation without any new information. There doesn't need to be any new information. A few people on Syracuse.com are adamant in saying prepare to be shocked with new info? They are commenting on syracuse.com so who knows. I believe a fed investigation would include a lie detector test from the accusers and their girlfriend. Who knows, what were they snapping pictures of in an upstairs room?

Did something new come out with someone giving details of bedrooms or bathrooms in the house? Where they just doing the standard CPU hard drive searches and taking pics of that information? Why the hell would there be evidence in the file cabinets? I'm afraid we are in for a long ugly ride here? Were the hard drives missing? Were they looking in the woods for them or in the trash?

There is no statute of limitations on this anymore, see below:

A multitude of federal crimes have their own statute of limitations.
Federal offenses in which a child is the victim have their own specific statute of limitations. The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (P.L. 109-248, H.R. 4472, 2006) changed the statute of limitations to enable United States Attorneys to prosecute crimes against children long after they are alleged to have taken place.

The law was drafted in response to the abduction and murder of Adam Walsh, son of America’s Most Wanted Founder John Walsh. The law was signed by President George W. Bush in July 27, 2006.

Like capital crimes (where the death penalty can be imposed) and terrorism, crimes against children now have no statute of limitation. A federal offense against a minor can be prosecuted at any time, even after decades have passed.
For almost all federal criminal charges involving children, a child is defined as any person who is less than 18 years of age.
The following federal criminal charges have no statute of limitation:
  • 18 USC 1201. Kidnapping. This offense can result in life in prison, and the death penalty can be imposed if the victim was killed. The minimum sentence is 20 years in prison. See subsection (a). This statute does not apply to parents.
  • 18 USC 1591. Sex trafficking of children by force, fraud, or coercion. The punishment for this offense is 15 years to life in prison if the child was less than 14 years old, and 10 years to life if the victim was 14 but less than 18 years of age. See subsections (b)(1)-(2).
  • 18 USC 2241. Aggravated sexual abuse. Engaging in a sex act with a child who is younger than 12 years old is punishable by a minimum sentence of 30 years to life in prison. The same penalty applies to sexual conduct with a child who is between 12 and 16 years old if the defendant is at least 4 years older. See subsection (c).
  • 18 USC 2242. Sexual abuse. Engaging in a sex act with any person by force or threat of force, or where the other person cannot legally consent, is punishable by life in prison.
  • 18 USC 2243. Sexual abuse of a minor or ward.
  • 18 USC 2244. Abusive sexual contact.
  • 18 USC 2245. Any sexual abuse that results in death.
  • 18 USC 2250. Failure to register as a sex offender. The penalty is not more than 10 years prison under subsection (a).
  • 18 USC 2251. Sexual exploitation of children. The sentence is mandatory prison of 15 to 30 years. See subsection (e).
  • 18 USC 2251A. Selling or buying of children.
  • 18 USC Section 2252. Transporting, distributing, or selling material involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
  • 18 USC 2252A. Transporting or distributing child pornography. A federal child pornography charge has a minimum sentence of 5 to 20 years prison.
  • 18 USC 2252B. Misleading names on the internet. Using a domain name to mislead a minor into viewing obscene material can result in a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
  • 18 USC 2260. Making material involving the sexual exploitation of children for export to the United States.
  • 18 USC 2421. Transporting another for the purpose of prostitution. The sentence on this crime is not more than 10 years prison.
  • 18 USC 2422. Inducing another or coercing another to travel for purposes of prostitution.
  • 18 USC 2423. Transporting a minor for the purpose of engaging in an illicit sex act. This offense concerns transporting a person under age 18 for the purpose of engaging in a commercial sex act with another who is also under 18 years old. The penalty is not more than 30 years prison.
  • 18 USC 2424. Filing a false immigration statement to house a prostitute.
  • 18 USC 2425. Transmitting information about a minor to facilitate a sex act. This offense carries a penalty of up to 5 years prison.

http://www.federalcriminallawyer.us...for-federal-child-abduction-and-sex-offenses/
 

Well this would explain some things, I think a lot of speculation could end up dead on.
These are just wild thoughts but could someone new have come forth? With details of the living quarters?
Could Fitzy's office have leaked some things to Bernie and or SU before or after possible new accusations.
Could Bernies lawyer, the paper or SU's actions led the SPD to believe the leaks were coming from the DA's office?

Did the Syracuse PD call in the feds to avoid important criminal evidence from being leaked again? Did the feds step in voluntarily due to interstate law or the was it the internal leaks, incompetence or corruption between the agencies?

I believe these are the real questions.
 
Yep I believe there will be a lot of deep breaths around here and around town as most of us eat crow, apologize and remove our heads from the sand.

I hope I'm wrong but... If its all true, I knew it would be habitual as it is 100% of the time. So if its one more person who is credible. I'm gonna need a beer.
 
Check me if I'm wrong Sandy, but wouldn't someone who lived with the Fine's, like Davis did, obviously have knowledge of details in bedrooms and bathrooms? I find it hard to believe a teenager wouldn't go snooping around when he's alone in the house.
 
Check me if I'm wrong Sandy, but wouldn't someone who lived with the Fine's, like Davis did, obviously have knowledge of details in bedrooms and bathrooms? I find it hard to believe a teenager wouldn't go snooping around when he's alone in the house.

maybe someone new described the inside and the photos were to confirm whether that persons statement was legit?
 
Whether or not there is a statute of limitations is irrelevant to the issue of how they got a search warrant. You need current information to get a warrant, not 20 year old information. So, what's the "new" information? Got me, but the warrant wasn't issued on 20+ year old allegations.
 
Why bedrooms and bathrooms? Is this being speculated because pictures were being taken in an upstairs room? Why couldn't Bernie have a study or home office on the second floor? Both of my grandfathers, as well as my Dad had second floor offices after they became empty nesters. So will I when the kids move out.
 
maybe they took pictures showing where the filing cabinets were before removing them
 
This is starting to sound like that "very special" episode of Diff'rent Strokes with Dudley and that creepy dude taking pictures.
 
maybe someone new described the inside and the photos were to confirm whether that persons statement was legit?

Like the facebook guy? Didn't he try to say he gave a statement to authorities on Wed?
 
Like the facebook guy? Didn't he try to say he gave a statement to authorities on Wed?

him or anyone that may have come forward and said yea bernie molested me in his bedroom. i would think they'd then ask the person what the bedroom looked like if they could recall.
 
Ok I just took a guess as to what room they were taking pictures in. I once knew someone who had a kitchen on an upstairs floor. Should I list that as well? So if it was his office what do you think they were taking pictures of? Do you think they were sitting around his office with Bernie posing pictures with him? Odd's are 95% of upstairs rooms are bedrooms and bathrooms. So what rooms do you honestly think they were in taking photos? Maybe he liked the wall paper? Perhaps...

This is my wid a$$ guess:
Someone came forward, this person has either been in the house or seen the inside of the house via webcam. The warrant would come very easy in that regard. I'm no lawyer but they could verify website activity through his ISP. If a website was used to conduct any kind of a crime then the feds have jurisdiction. Then they could get a warrant to search the house and computers. If they went to the house to find a computer and take pictures, they would probably go look around the house outside if they couldn't find computers or hard drives that might be missing? Just ideas of course I am no lawyer or insider.

If this was a credible verified internet related warrant the feds just might bring in the Secret Service's Electronics Crime Task Force to investigate which has an office in Buffalo:
http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf_buffalo.shtml

They'd bring in these guys anyway, even if there was no webcams or websites just to conduct forensics on the PC. I'm going with my gut and saying the web was somehow involved. If he was a sick person and he wasn't acting on these things in real life he would have been on the PC and internet no doubt.

I hope he is innocent...So stop this crap with your grandfathers study... I'm glad your gonna have a study someday.
 
Yea, he said something like...just went and talked to investigators, now im partying it up in Albany.
 
...what if it isnt Bernie they are investigating...understand wife is no longer working in her charities which also had children...this could end very sadly and harshly. Also, if Davis was telling truth and he was transporting across state lines...it is a federal crime......not going to be a quick investigation...
 
...what if it isnt Bernie they are investigating...understand wife is no longer working in her charities which also had children...this could end very sadly and harshly. Also, if Davis was telling truth and he was transporting across state lines...it is a federal crime......not going to be a quick investigation...

True. Today's search could have been related to his wife.

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Maybe the feds were Hoya fans and the file cabinets held secrets to breaking the 2-3 Zone?
 
wow that would be a curve ball, who gets asked t leave as a volunteer?

Yeah. Who has more info on that? Very odd.

Facebook troll/victim said he spent the whole day talking to investigators and then was partying it up in Albany. It was his FB status and is gone now. I pasted the status in another thread somewhere.
 

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