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Caregiver: Man Faked Need For Diapers
Women Say Man Pretended To Have Disability
POSTED: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
UPDATED: 12:45 pm EDT July 22, 2009
MELBOURNE, Fla. -- With thousands of people turning to the Internet to earn some spare cash these days, reports of scams are common, but a group of women said they fell victim to another kind of Internet fraud.
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Janet Schulte, of Melbourne, thought she found a good opportunity when a man named Mike answered her Craiglist.org ad offering child care. Mike told Schulte he would pay her $600 a week for her to care for his disabled brother Ryan.
"Supposedly he was in a horrible car accident. From what Mike told me, he had mental impairment, you know, he was pretty badly brain damaged and he had bladder damage," Schulte said.
Schulte said she cared for Ryan for weeks.
"He would basically sit on the couch and watch 'SpongeBob' most of the day, play video games with the kids," Schulte said.
He also requested an occasional diaper change.
"He talked in a whispery baby voice all the time. Always real apologetic," Schulte said.
After two months and little of the promised money, Schulte's husband grew suspicious and decided to follow Ryan. Her husband saw Ryan drive off in a car, apparently cured of his disabilities.
When confronted by Local 6 outside a Melbourne home, Mike denied approaching people through Craigslist about an incontinent brother who needed his diaper changed, but another former caregiver, Danielle Freshour, disagreed.
"I've changed his (Ryan's) diaper many times," Freshour said.
Schulte put a warning on Craigslist.com about the men and learned she was not alone.
"I got an incredible response. Almost immediately five women e-mailed me the same night and two posted other warnings about him," Schulte said.
Schulte filed a police complaint, but police said there was no crime.
"They've got to be able to do something about this guy who is having me change his diapers for kicks, basically," Schulte said. "Since I consented to changing his diapers, there's nothing they could do to prosecute him."
The women still want to warn others to be cautious of anyone offering to pay for "adult child care."
Craigslist.com warns users to meet with other users publicly and always tell a friend or family member about the meeting.
A psychiatrist said some people have a compulsion to be treated like a baby, but if kept private, the behavior isn't harmful.
The disorder is not usually associated with child molesters or sex offenders, but the Brevard Sheriff's Office notified its sex crimes unit of the man's actions anyway.
The man, who has not been identified because he was not charged with a crime, was convicted of felony fraud in 2006 for getting emergency room care under assumed names.
Lähde: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/20142153/detail.html
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Melbourne, Florida (The Weekly Vice) - Janet Schulte, a Melbourne, Florida woman has filed a complaint with Florida authorities claiming she was duped into changing an adult male's diapers for three months believing he was mentally disabled. She later discovered he didn't have a disability at all.
"I consented to change his diapers, but I legitimately thought this man needed help," said Schulte. "How can that not be a crime for him to come into my house and expose himself?"
According to Schulte, the ruse began when she placed an ad on Craigslist offering child care services. That's when a man reportedly called, asking if she knew any special needs caregivers.
Schulte says the man explained that her brother had been injured in a car accident and suffered from physical and mental disabilities - including weak arms, bladder control problems and the mental capacity of a child. He then reportedly offered her $600 a month to care for his brother.
Schulte told the Brevard County Sheriff's office she cared for the man for three months - changing his diapers, massaging his head and bottle feeding him at her home.
She later discovered the man and brother were the same person after her husband became suspicious and followed him away from their home where he was seen getting into a vehicle and driving away.
Schulte took her complaint to Brevard County deputies who took the case to prosecutors. Prosecutors refused to pursue charges, saying Schulte was paid for services she agreed to provide.
When deputies questioned the man, he reportedly admitted to the scam but claimed he was suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
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So let's forget about all that and turn now to the only state with its own Fark tag, Florida. When last we left Florida, we were bemused to learn bestiality is completely legal in the Sunshine State. Now there's news that another unpopular fetish is completely legal in Florida – convincing a woman to change your diapers under false pretenses. For our Pulitzer-worthy story this week, let's examine the case of Janet Schulte, who was duped into believing she was providing special-needs care for a cognitively disabled adult man. As it happens the man is actually in full command of his mental faculties and just wanted someone to wipe his butt. Although the ruse has been uncovered, authorities won't arrest the man because they say he committed no crime. Would you believe Craigslist was involved?
The story so far…
When is rude and/or disgusting behavior a crime? Some busybody paternalists believe any behavior they don't personally approve of should be criminalized, including recreational drug use, prostitution, internet gambling, elective abortion, and homosexuality. The more libertarian-minded among us believe people should be free to engage in whatever untoward activities they want, so long as no one is harmed and all participants are consenting adults. In between those two ends of the spectrum is a gray area of repulsive possibilities, as Janet Schulte discovered.
According to reports, Ms. Schulte placed an ad on Craigslist offering child care services. (I wonder how many stories of misfortune start with, "So I placed an ad on Craigslist…" It's got to be up there with "I was so drunk this one time…" and "Usually I wear a condom, but …") She was contacted by a man who asked if she knew of any special-needs caregivers, and as Schulte would later find out, his needs were special indeed. The man claimed to have a disabled brother with the mental capacity of a kindergartener, and he was seeking someone to take care of him for the substantial fee of $600 a week. In hindsight it's apparent the offer was too good to be true, but at the time, Schulte must have thought it was too good to pass up:
The man insisted that his brother could come to Schulte's house by himself because the aunt lived nearby and he knew the neighborhood.
Schulte said "the brother" spent his days at her house watching cartoons and playing video games.
"I took care of him just like I would my kids," she said. "I rubbed his head when he was falling asleep. I waited on him hand and foot."
Awwww, how sweet. Except she also waited on some of the man's less appealing body parts. "I consented to change his diapers, but I legitimately thought this man needed help," Schulte said. Ewwwwww! I think we can all admire people like Schulte who are willing to provide these services to disabled persons. However, in this case the man didn't need help. The mentally handicapped "brother" and the person who contacted Schulte through Craigslist were actually – wait for it – THE VERY SAME PERSON. Double Ewwwwww! He's not technically disabled – he just likes to soil himself and have unsuspecting women clean him up.
The deception went on for about three months, and was uncovered the same way it usually is in these cases: the $600 weekly fee wasn't always paid on time. This made Schulte's husband suspicious, and one day he followed the allegedly retarded man when he left their home. He was no doubt surprised to discover the man didn't go to a relative's house, but got into a car a few blocks away and drove off. Again, in hindsight, there were all sorts of signs something was fishy. Schulte tried to meet the man who hired her in person, but he was never available. And it sure was convenient the allegedly retarded brother just happened to live within walking distance of Schulte's home, no?
Schulte's husband called in sheriff's deputies and confronted the man at his home. Although the man admitted that he deceived Schulte, the authorities didn't arrest him, and he hasn't been charged with any crime (which is why his name doesn't appear anywhere). Although the man's behavior was certainly deceitful, disreputable, and just flat out gross, it doesn't quite meet the state of Florida's definition of fraud:
Ross Wolf, a criminal justice professor at the University of Central Florida, said the man obtained services fraudulently, but he paid for them.
"It's the opposite of what fraud statutes are set up to criminalize," he said. The laws seek to prosecute people who get money, goods or services with deception and don't reciprocate fairly.
"There is not a law for everything that we might consider improper or criminal in nature," Wolf said. "I think it's unfortunate that things like this happen to people where we don't have legislation, but we do have an imperfect system of justice, and it's constantly under revision."
Although this man's behavior was seriously creepy, like bestiality it's not a crime in Florida. Should it be? Apparently this wasn't the first time the man had pulled this trick. Schulte said she posted a warning on Craigslist about him and received replies from five other women who had been unwittingly coerced into changing the man's diaper. If such behavior were illegal, presumably it would discourage him from attempting this scam again.
On the other hand, despite the tawdry scatological circumstances of this case, no one was actually harmed. Ms. Schulte might argue she suffered emotional distress upon learning she had been changing the diapers of a capable adult, but emotional harm is highly subjective and therefore difficult to criminalize. I think we can all agree this diaper fetishist is a creep and weirdo, but as long as he didn't inflict any actual suffering, I'm inclined to disagree with Schulte when she says she wants him to serve jail time. Let's not forget she was paid handsomely for her services, even if they were solicited under false pretenses. Schulte herself acknowledges none of the man's behavior was sexual in nature. It was just really, really, really, really freaky.
Schulte has other ways to punish the man who deceived her that don't involve the criminal justice system. She can file a civil suit to obtain the full fees she's owed. But the most useful thing she can do is what she's already done – publicize her experience so others won't fall for the same scam. Many journalists and bloggers, myself included, would be happy to assist her to that end.
It's unfortunate Schulte was lied to, but I would argue we should be very circumspect about regulating simple human dishonesty. Everyone tells lies of varying degrees of seriousness, and it would require a supremely intrusive government bureaucracy to oversee them. It understandable Schulte feels disgusted by what happened to her and wants the government to step in and mete out some punishment. However, I think it's better when government doesn't have a role in settling personal disputes like this, even when they're yucky. If anything, it appears this man was guilty of dishonest speech. Even if it makes us uncomfortable, dishonest speech should be free speech.
Lähde: http://www.411mania.com/politics/column ... Crime?.htm
Kyseessä ei siis ainakaan vallitsevan Floridan lainsäädännön mukaan ollut rikos, mutta asian eettisiä ulottuvuuksia voitaneen varmaan silti pohdiskella...
