Davey Crockett

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QUESTION ON CHURCH'S PENSION FROM KENNESAW

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Davey Crockett asked Jim Sebastian:

Is former Mayor and Councilman Leonard Church drawing a Kennesaw pension? I believe he would be able to draw about $585-$650 a month for life. Has Church applied for a pension, if so how much and is he able to get it despite his conviction?

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Mr Church was (and still is) eligible for a City pension.

He began drawing his pension in June 2013 and is still receiving such.

I will have an exact amount for you as soon as provided by GMA, the program administrator.

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UPDATE FYI:

Jim Sebastian 11:42pm Mar 24 To address your question below . . . It is not a mistake. Have you heard the term double-dippers? That is where one retires with a full pension and then gets hired back as either an employee or contractor with the same company. This has been scorned but still prevalent in government lacking many laws to stop it. Further, the City pension is based on the rule of 75. This being you need to be 65 or the combination of your age and service equal 75 to begin collecting. For example, this means Mr Mathews, with 20 years of service, could start drawing his pension when he turns 55 as that would meet the rule of 75 (55 + 20). Mr Church began drawing his pension when he turned 65. Technically, I could have started drawing a pension in August of 2014 as that was when I turned 65.

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3/15/16

Post 3 Now Filled without any election required, Patel to take office in April:

End of qualifying period leaves many unopposed

by Ricky Leroux MDJ, March 11, 2016

After a week of qualifying, the stage is now set for this year’s elections.

In Kennesaw, only local attorney Nimesh Patel qualified for the vacant City Council seat, so that election will be canceled, provided no one mounts a write-in campaign before Thursday’s deadline, Eveler said.

2/2/16
Kennesaw sets fee to qualify for special election

by Kimeko McCoy M D J, February 02, 2016 

The Kennesaw City Council has announced a special May 24 election for the seat vacated by former Councilman Leonard Church. Church pleaded guilty to child molestation and possession of child pornography in December and was sentenced to 18 years. 

The qualifying fee for the Post 3 seat is $360. The term ends Dec. 31, 2017.

MDJ Top 10: No. 3 - Church sentenced to 18 years for child molestation, pornography

by Meris Lutz

January 01, 2016 12:00 AM 

Kennesaw City Councilman and former mayor Leonard Church is led away by Cobb County Deputies Monday after accepting a plea bargain with the State. Church was sentenced by Cobb Superior Court Judge Mary E. Staley to 40 years with 18 years to serve in prison and the remainder on probation. Church was arrested in June 2014 on child molestation-related charges. Staff-Kelly J. Huff

MARIETTA — Kennesaw Councilman and former mayor Leonard Church was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Dec. 7 after pleading guilty to child molestation and possession of child pornography, putting an end to a saga that began with his arrest in the summer of 2014.

Church accepted a plea deal from Cobb District Attorney Vic Reynolds after refusing to step down for a year and a half, despite his arrest and subsequent indictment on six counts: aggravated child molestation, child molestation, and four counts of sexual exploitation of children for child pornography.

A fixture of Kennesaw public life for over two decades, Church admitted to molesting and showing pornography to a then-9-year-old boy at his home in spring of 2014. The child came forward several weeks later, and investigators eventually discovered between 800 and 1,000 images of child pornography on computers belonging to Church. 

Church cried in court as he admitted guilt, but offered no words of apology or explanation.

Reynolds said his office agreed to a plea deal, which reduced the aggravated child molestation charge to child molestation, in order to spare the child from having to take the stand.

“It’s easier to admit a murder than it is molesting a child and possessing the volume of child pornography that he possessed,” Reynolds said. “I hope and pray that he was remorseful for what he’s done. … I can tell you he’s going to have a long time to think about it.”

A special election to fill Church’s seat is scheduled to run concurrently with primary elections on May 24, 2016.

While retiring Mayor Mark Mathews insisted that Kennesaw City Council had continued to conduct “business as usual,” retiring Council member Cris Eaton-Welsh said she and many others were angry that Church refused to resign.

“Why would you carry a community that you love through the darkest chapter of your life?” she asked. 

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F.Y.I.:  Church wanted to put in an Alford Plea but the family refused to allow this.

Misc: An Alford plea allows defendant to plead guilty even while unable or unwilling to admit guilt.

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12/30/15

CHURCH, LEONARD LEROY

GDC ID: 1001688600

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

YOB:1948
RACE:WHITE
GENDER:MALE
HEIGHT:5'11''
WEIGHT:190
EYE COLOR:BROWN
HAIR COLOR:GRAY

INCARCERATION DETAILS

MAJOR OFFENSE:CHILD MOLESTATION
MOST RECENT INSTITUTION:LONG STATE PRISON, LUDOWICI GA 31316 *
MAX POSSIBLE RELEASE DATE:12/03/2033 Important Release Information

For parole information please go to Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles website.

ACTUAL RELEASE DATE:CURRENTLY SERVING 
CURRENT STATUS:ACTIVE 

KNOWN ALIASES

A.K.A.CHURCH,LEONARD LEROY

STATE OF GEORGIA - CURRENT SENTENCES

CASE NO: 814657 

OFFENSE:SEX EXPLOITATION CHILD
CONVICTION COUNTY:COBB COUNTY
CRIME COMMIT DATE:05/15/2014
SENTENCE LENGTH:20 YEARS, 0 MONTHS, 0 DAYS 

CASE NO: 814657 

OFFENSE:CHILD MOLESTATION
CONVICTION COUNTY:COBB COUNTY
CRIME COMMIT DATE:05/09/2014
SENTENCE LENGTH:20 YEARS, 0 MONTHS, 0 DAYS 

CASE NO: 814657 

OFFENSE:CHILD MOLESTATION
CONVICTION COUNTY:COBB COUNTY
CRIME COMMIT DATE:05/09/2014
SENTENCE LENGTH:20 YEARS, 0 MONTHS, 0 DAYS 

CASE NO: 814657 

OFFENSE:SEX EXPLOITATION CHILD
CONVICTION COUNTY:COBB COUNTY
CRIME COMMIT DATE:12/07/2006
SENTENCE LENGTH:20 YEARS, 0 MONTHS, 0 DAYS 

CASE NO: 814657 

OFFENSE:SEX EXPLOITATION CHILD
CONVICTION COUNTY:COBB COUNTY
CRIME COMMIT DATE:12/07/2006
SENTENCE LENGTH:20 YEARS, 0 MONTHS, 0 DAYS 

CASE NO: 814657 

OFFENSE:SEX EXPLOITATION CHILD
CONVICTION COUNTY:COBB COUNTY
CRIME COMMIT DATE:12/07/2006
SENTENCE LENGTH:20 YEARS, 0 MONTHS, 0 DAYS 

*

LONG STATE PRISON ADDRESS:

1434 US HWY 84 EAST
LUDOWICI GA 31316
LONG COUNTY

PHONE: (912) 545-3777
FAX: (912) 545- 3776
POPULATION: ADULT MALE FELONS 
CONSTRUCTED: 2004
CAPACITY: 232 
OPENED: 2004
SECURITY LEVEL: MEDIUM 
RENOVATED: 2002

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For those who want to read the 63 pages of the Georgia Offender Handbook it is available at:  

http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/pdf/GDC_Inmate_Handbook.pdf

No idea if anyone is visiting him but he is regularly getting $ on his account from someone:

GDC Banking Payment Receipts

Receipts for GDC ID 1001688600    Church, Leonard

Receipt Date = 2015-12-12 Amount = $40

Receipt Date = 2015-12-15 Amount = $50

Receipt Date = 2015-12-15 Amount = $25

Receipt Date = 2015-12-27 Amount = $50

Receipt Date = 2016-01-09 Amount = $50

Receipt Date = 2016-01-24 Amount = $50

Receipt Date = 2016-02-14 Amount = $50

Receipt Date = 2016-03-06 Amount = $50

Receipt Date = 2016-03-24 Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2016-04-26 Amount = $75

Receipt Date = 2016-04-26 Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2016-06-07 Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2016-07-09 Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2016-08-03 Amount = $100

 

Receipt Date = 2016-09-03 Amount = $200

 

Receipt Date = 2016-10-28 Amount = $200

Receipt Date = 2016-12-08 Amount = $200

 

Receipt Date = 2016-12-11 Amount = $40

Receipt Date = 2017-02-01 Amount = $100

 

Receipt Date = 2017-03-09 Amount = $200

Receipt Date = 2017-05-28 Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2017-06-29 Amount = $100

 

Receipt Date = 2017-07-27 Amount = $200

Receipt Date = 2017-09-21 Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2017-10-23 Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2017-11-13 Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2017-11-15 Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2018-03-26  Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2018-04-22   Amount = $200

Receipt Date = 2018-06-06   Amount = $120

Receipt Date = 2018-07-01  Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2018-08-16  Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2018-09-15  Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2018-10-20  Amount = $150

Receipt Date = 2018-11-15  Amount = $150

Receipt Date = 2018-12-22  Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2019-01-31  Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2019-02-26  Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2019-04-04  Amount = $90

Receipt Date = 2019-05-04  Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2019-06-19  Amount = $60

Receipt Date = 2019-06-29  Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2019-08-29  Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2019-09-26   Amount = $100

Receipt Date = 2019-12-02   Amount = $100

 

This info is available via:  http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/InmateInfo/Payments/History

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I assume this satellite/annex prison is the place they use to incarcerate Pedophiles who can't be housed in regular prisons.  I note one of the programs at Long State Prison is the " Sex Offender Psycho-Educational Program (SOPP)" and it is associated with the larger Smith State Prison in nearby Glenville, Ga.