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Detailed Journal Of Abuse Advocated On ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Leads To Arrest

April 16, 2011 at 5:09 am by kniption

EVANSVILLE, IN — Police say a girl’s detailed journal entries describing seven months of abuse have led to the arrest of Charles Popp, 32, on allegations of sexual assault.

According to the probabale cause affadavit, the girl decided to keep the journal after she watched an episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” in which a victim on the show was told to do the same thing.

“She stated that she did it hoping to one day be able to tell,” said Detective Nathan Schroer.

The teen apparently babysat for Popp’s fiancee. She later told police that she tried to tell both her mother and Popp’s fiancee about the alleged assaults, but she ‘didn’t think they believed her.’ The fiancee continued to have her over to baby sit.

Police say the teen approached a detective at the Evansville Police Department Monday and said she had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by a man she used to babysit for. During an interview, the teen stated that the abuse started in December 2009, when she was 14. At that time, she said Popp allegedly tried to fondle her underneath her clothing after she fell asleep on his couch. The teen said Popp threatened to kill her if she told anyone.

The girl gave Schroer a journal with 12 detailed entries. One of the entries was written in January 2010, right after she turned 15. She wrote that Popp told her she was now a woman and they could have sex. In another entry, written after the fourth alleged assault, the teen indicated that she told Popp’s fiancee that she didn’t want to be left alone with him. In the last entry, dated June 10, 2010, the teen wrote she “will be telling someone” and would never return to Popp’s home.

Police say Popp admitted to speaking to the victim in a “threatening tone” because he was afraid of being caught because she was underage.

On Friday, Popp was taken into custody on five counts of rape and 11 counts of criminal deviate conduct. Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Nick Hermann said his office intends to file two more charges – a criminal deviate conduct charge and a sexual battery charge.

Popp, who claims to be a semi-professional wrestler, is currently being held in the Vanderburgh County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash bail.

Brave girl, that one… and smart!

Tags: babysitter, Charles J. Popp, Charles Popp, criminal deviate conduct, Evansville, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Battery

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Parrot Toes

Holy crap does this guy looks like a penis!
Parrot Toes

Holy crap does this guy looks like a penis!
pikeman

WTF is up with the mother and fiancee brushing off this girls allegations?? Especially the mother. This is your daughter, bitch!

Some big cons need to practice some wrestling moves on this squareheaded, no necked piece of shit!
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

Duuuuuuuude. That guy’s neck is fucking ROIDY. Mark McGwire roidy times TEN.

…How can anyone tolerate a relationship with this guy? I’d be staring at his pin head/elephant neck all the time.

And I don’t really have to say this, but…GO STABLER/BENSON! Saving lives one journal at a time.
pikeman

With a really swollen squarish head and a thick stubby shaft.
pikeman

With a really swollen squarish head and a thick stubby shaft.
pikeman

I found some mugshots of his brothers. http://undergroundcomixart.com/drawings/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3537&g2_serialNumber=6
Parrot Toes

Alright, so if this girls mom and the guys fiance didn’t believe this girl, they should be shot in jail as well. I’m really confused though. When I was 13, I was babysitting for a couple that I had babysat for a year for. I was asked to sit on a school night this particular night. The father was on a fishing trip with some buddies and wasn’t supposed to be home for a few nights (not the night I was sitting). The mom had to work a really late shift, so I was asked if I could just spend the night on the couch and she would wake me in the morning for school. I actually was fairly close with the mom. Well, the same thing happened to me that happened to this girl while I was sleeping. The dad came home early and decided to “help himself”. I did sit for I think 2 more months after that for them because I was scared and confused, but that was only for a few months, not nearly a year. I decided that I just couldn’t keep going through it. Besides, I started to turn inwards and barely left my house any more except to go to school or wander alone in the woods contemplating suicide or hoping upon a bear.

Why did this girl sit for them for so long? Surely she could have done what I did and stopped and gone to the police sooner (which I didn’t do….ever). Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to blame her. In fact, I admire her bravery. BUT, part of me also wonders why she waited so long. Did she see an opportunity to live out a favourite show of hers and take it? Maybe it was something that she thought she needed to do based on the show to get him caught. Perhaps she felt that was how it needed to be done. I don’t know.

I feel for this girl because she is almost me, and I admire her as well, but she also confuses me.
Parrot Toes

Haha, I thought you were serious.
pikeman

Gotcha on that one. I noticed DD didn’t put any attachments on that image. LOL
pikeman

Gotcha on that one. I noticed DD didn’t put any attachments on that image. LOL
Anonymous

yet another good reason for me to not let my kids babysit or stay the night at anyones house. you cant trust anyone.
Anonymous

yet another good reason for me to not let my kids babysit or stay the night at anyones house. you cant trust anyone.
Parrot Toes

That’s just not fair to your kids though, as far as I’m concerned. Kids need to be allowed to be kids. Yes, put some restrictions in place, but don’t take it all away. And, if you read my comment above, you would see that is coming from someone who SHOULD be paranoid. It’s all about finding a happy median. Talk to your kids, educate them, know their friends and their friends parents. Educate yourself. The chances are smaller that way.
Parrot Toes

Another thing, and I’m not trying to sound mean or preachy, I’m just making observations, but if you are going to use the stuff you read on DD as a “bible” or how-to guide when it comes to raising your kids to that degree, then maybe DD isn’t the site for you to be reading. Is it possible that it is freaking you out too much?
http://infowars.com Domino

or let them go to public school, or ride bikes, or go play at friends homes, or eat fast food (have you seen what people are capable of doing to that shit!?), church is definitely a NO. NO. or drive, or date, or go to college, or …. live?

the worlds a scary place – i’m a firm believer in time. take the time to get to know the people your kids babysit for, take the time to get to know the family your kid stays the night at… take the time to educate them on how to respond to things like this.

it doesn’t mean it will be 100% preventable, but it does cut chances of it happening, and will save you tremendous amounts of guilt if it does (knowing you did everything you could and all).
Anonymous

another pic purportedly of him. made me think that the mug is actually him looking his best.

http://i52.tinypic.com/ih0bdf.jpg
Parrot Toes

*Shudder*
Anonymous

good question, pt.

when i was writing the story, it appeared – and i say appeared – that she was a the receiving end of very mixed messages. as we all know, sometimes the girls in these stories are manipulated with threats. sometimes they are manipulated with the “we are going to run away together” bullshit. but it is a continuum. i got the impression in this case that she was being bounced back and forth almost equally between “this is our secret” and “you better hope to god this doesn’t come out.”

the journal tells me she knew the situation was wrong. i think that he played it for maximum confusion though. i think that it took some time for her to figure out that she wasn’t the reason it was wrong or to accept the “embarrassment” that she thought might result as worth it .

because i knew somewhat of your story, pt, i thought of you when i ran across this one. when i see a story of abuse and/or general nastiness that mirrors a known past of a person on d’d, i try to consider actively how i think they would respond to reading it. i skipped one last week because i didn’t think the person whose past it mirrored could handle it. in contrast, you struck me as one to respond with cathartic introspection and insight.

…and personality differences like that are another reason why some kids get themselves out of situations quickly and others do not. kids at 13/14 have widely varying degrees of conviction and self-assuredness. the pos’s of the world hope that – if not look for – those that are less self assured.

thanks, pt.
Anonymous

good question, pt.

when i was writing the story, it appeared – and i say appeared – that she was a the receiving end of very mixed messages. as we all know, sometimes the girls in these stories are manipulated with threats. sometimes they are manipulated with the “we are going to run away together” bullshit. but it is a continuum. i got the impression in this case that she was being bounced back and forth almost equally between “this is our secret” and “you better hope to god this doesn’t come out.”

the journal tells me she knew the situation was wrong. i think that he played it for maximum confusion though. i think that it took some time for her to figure out that she wasn’t the reason it was wrong or to accept the “embarrassment” that she thought might result as worth it .

because i knew somewhat of your story, pt, i thought of you when i ran across this one. when i see a story of abuse and/or general nastiness that mirrors a known past of a person on d’d, i try to consider actively how i think they would respond to reading it. i skipped one last week because i didn’t think the person whose past it mirrored could handle it. in contrast, you struck me as one to respond with cathartic introspection and insight.

…and personality differences like that are another reason why some kids get themselves out of situations quickly and others do not. kids at 13/14 have widely varying degrees of conviction and self-assuredness. the pos’s of the world hope that – if not look for – those that are less self assured.

thanks, pt.
Parrot Toes

Yes, I suppose you are right. Though it took myself many more months than the 2 months that I kept sitting for the couple, my situation was different in that he didn’t keep abusing me. Perhaps that also played into why I was able to stop sitting for them. It took many years for the guilt and confusion to go away though. For many years I believed that I must have done something to cause it. Even into my early adulthood. Especially since I dealt with it alone because I told no one.

And yes, you are right. I have come to terms with pretty much everything that I have been through. That is part of the healing process. Thanks for thinking of me in that way too. It makes me feel stronger than I feel that I am sometimes.
Parrot Toes

Yes, I suppose you are right. Though it took myself many more months than the 2 months that I kept sitting for the couple, my situation was different in that he didn’t keep abusing me. Perhaps that also played into why I was able to stop sitting for them. It took many years for the guilt and confusion to go away though. For many years I believed that I must have done something to cause it. Even into my early adulthood. Especially since I dealt with it alone because I told no one.

And yes, you are right. I have come to terms with pretty much everything that I have been through. That is part of the healing process. Thanks for thinking of me in that way too. It makes me feel stronger than I feel that I am sometimes.
Parrot Toes

Yes, I suppose you are right. Though it took myself many more months than the 2 months that I kept sitting for the couple, my situation was different in that he didn’t keep abusing me. Perhaps that also played into why I was able to stop sitting for them. It took many years for the guilt and confusion to go away though. For many years I believed that I must have done something to cause it. Even into my early adulthood. Especially since I dealt with it alone because I told no one.

And yes, you are right. I have come to terms with pretty much everything that I have been through. That is part of the healing process. Thanks for thinking of me in that way too. It makes me feel stronger than I feel that I am sometimes.
Anonymous

dick head. That is all.
Anonymous

dick head. That is all.
Anonymous

dick head. That is all.
Anonymous

dick head. That is all.
Anonymous

If he gets bonded out I hope she gets some type of protection from the police, he looks like the type of psycho that will go and try to sweet talk her first, if that dont work he will use more threats and maybe even follow through, I will be fearful for her if he bails out on that low bond… Her mama better wake up…
Anonymous

Children this is what happens when you don’t chew your food properly. It gets lodged in your throat & if you don’t choke to death eventually your neck will dissappear into your shoulders.
malq

yeah, especially after the way he said you are a woman now you can have sex. He had control big time on her.
malq

I agree Domino, I have to tell ya, I remember these assholes when i was a kid. Nothing has changed, Just… things are more in the open. My parents gave me the freedom AND the knowledge of what to watch for. I wasn’t too smart, but managed to avoid a few landmines,
I think my kids have the wary in them and the ability to sidestep shit like this.
Good post.
malq

I fucked up my finger liking this post
malq

yeah well; its an insurance thing here in the Northwest. When the big one hits he is covered.
All people with necks wider than their head get a discount on Earthquake insurance. All 3 of them!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5WYTW5UWWTGEKN4L2HBZ7I4E5E Zazen

Between this guy and the Schmuck lady, DD is bringin’ UGLY back! o.O
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5WYTW5UWWTGEKN4L2HBZ7I4E5E Zazen

Between this guy and the Schmuck lady, DD is bringin’ UGLY back! o.O
Anonymous

Most thirteen year olds aren’t really self-motivated entrepreneurs. If the girl was baby sitting, it was probably because her parents encouraged her to do it “for extra money” (translation: so they wouldn’t have to give her much of an allowance). If she tried to tell her parents and they didn’t believe her, the parents might have assumed she was just trying to goldbrick and insisted she continue working. At that point she was trapped, until and unless she went to the police (which thankfully she did).
Count Rackula

“i skipped one last week because i didn’t think the person whose past it mirrored could handle it.”

Maybe it’s because I’m just that compulsively nosy, but not knowing what story you skipped is really bothering me.
Count Rackula

“i skipped one last week because i didn’t think the person whose past it mirrored could handle it.”

Maybe it’s because I’m just that compulsively nosy, but not knowing what story you skipped is really bothering me.
pikeman

And whose past it mirrored. Way to leave us hanging, kniption,
Anonymous

My question exactly! Why did she continue to babysit after she was accosted the first time?
Anonymous

My question exactly! Why did she continue to babysit after she was accosted the first time?
Anonymous

My question exactly! Why did she continue to babysit after she was accosted the first time?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZLFGIW4ZS3OA2MTHM4FMFBHUVM Ariana L

You have to remember that she indeed did tell adults she trusted and was ignored. Honestly, if my own mother were not to listen to me about something so serious, I know I would be scared to contact police.
After a while it becomes “normal”. When I told my aunt that her family friend had molested me when I was 6 and she did nothing but say how bad she felt, I just figured that it wasnt a gif a deal as I made it out to me. I mean, I knew it was wrong to just talk to him normally and give him hugs when I greeted him but, my surroundings made me more accepting.
whips&chains

….she told her own mother and the mother didn’t believe her? WTF? ….please tell me this bitch doesn’t have any other children.