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Karate Instructor Accused Of Molesting Young Student Accused Twice Before

June 21, 2012 at 11:29 am by Morbid

CHANDLER, AZ — A karate instructor in Arizona is currently in jail after being accused, once again, of child molestation.

Scott Flood, aka Karate Scott, is a karate instructor contracted to teach karate to children in at least three Arizona schools. But police say that Flood wasn’t just empowering children with the ability to possibly protect themselves, they say he was also preying on them.

Flood was arrested on Friday and is currently in jail on two counts of child molestation after a 5-year-old girl at Childtime Learning Centers told police that Flood touched her vagina over her clothes on multiple occasions and then told her not to tell anyone.

It was later revealed that Flood seems to find trouble when he is around children. Back in 1999, police wanted to charge Flood with “furnishing obscene materials to minors,” but the investigation was dropped after the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office decided there wasn’t enough probable cause.

Then, in 2010, a 5-year-old girl at Sunrise Preschool told her mother that Flood said she was “gorgeous” and “a real cutie pie.” The police report went on to say that Flood kissed the girl on the cheek during karate class and “tickled her butt crack.” These accusations, even if true, did not meet the requirements for a child molestation charge so police tried to charge Flood with aggravated assault. But once again, the investigation was dropped after the city attorney said a conviction would be nearly impossible.

Hopefully this latest accusation, on top of his past history, will leave the city attorney with enough confidence to try and convict him.

Childtime released the following statement about Flood’s arrest:

“As child advocates, we are committed to our children and the families we serve. This situation is very upsetting, as we work hard to select vendors that provide children with the best possible experience. We will continue working closely with the local authorities to assist their investigation of this third-party vendor until the matter is fully resolved. We have strict policies and procedures when it comes to the welfare of our children, and we do not tolerate any deviation from these standards by our employees or vendors. Providing a safe and nurturing environment to the children in our care remains our top priority.”

There wasn’t any way for Childtime, or any of the schools Flood worked at, to be wary of the man. Since the married father of two boys has never been charged with anything before, background checks would not have listed the past accusations.

Tags: Arizona, Child Molestation, Crime, karate, Pedophile, Scott Flood

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Wolf_of_Mars

This one creeps me out. He does just enough to get his jollies at a child’s expense, and not enough to get formally charged. This last incident does look like he’s getting cockier, though…
LoKi4778

He was just demonstrating his kung-fu grip on the lil’ kiddies… don’t all 5 year olds like getting their buttcracks tickled?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736546181 Michael Heldman

His behavior is progressing the more he gets away with it.
Gee

It does look as if it is just a matter of time before he does something really bad to a little girl. He is very dangerous as I think he feels untouchable . We need a father to step in and beat him dead just like the guy in Texas.
sugarpie

I hope he doesn’t have any daughters
Zazen

Only according to the Pedobear Handbook… and something tells me that very well could be biased.
newstarshipsmell

Wow, totally clean-shaven. Who’da thunk it?
LoKi4778

“He wracks discirprine”
JohnQknowitall

It still doesn’t like much evidence for a conviction.
I admit I don’t have children (and that makes me happy), but I was a child and guess what? My parents ALWAYS had a huge presence at my sibling’s and my schools; my siblings and myself were never molested. Guess what? My siblings have done the same for their kids and guess what? The kids have not been sexually abused. How do we know this? Because we are fairly upfront in a mature way regarding sex and it is not a taboo topic.
My family is also ungodly because of this and guess what? We know the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behavior and we don’t giggle about sex.
If you are not mature enough to discuss sex with your kids, or you don’t have the time to participate and make a presence ast your child’s in school (not just the PTA bs), or you cannot afford to give your kids a fighting chance, may having kids is not a really good idea. You can certainly have kids. People do. Just read the articles here.
http://akemi-mokoto.me/ Akemi Mokoto

Hang this piece of shit in time square.
JohnQknowitall

The problem with people like this, if he is guilty, is that he has an idea of how not to get caught. Society’s problem is narrowing the law enough to catch this guy and his kind without implicating hundreds of innocent people with too narrow a law.
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

You’re so wrong. LOL!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

Hmm … if true he’s a piece of shit … however I am not one to rush judgement in a case like this – anytime you work as this guy does around a bunch of children (especially in today’s society where everyone is on “Perv” lookout duty.),you are under increased likely hood to have this type complaint filed against you – true or not.Looking at the past complaints against the guy my gut feeling on him is that he is a perv,however it’s possible that due to the young ages involved the complaints may not be exactly on the money.I remember years ago I had traveled out of town to visit a lady I was dating,and she had a little girl.While I was there at the woman’s apartment one day (I stayed with the lady while I was there.)the little girl – she was about 3 years old – came into the room where I was and I noticed that her pants were unzipped,without thinking about it I bent down and zipped them up for her.The next thing I knew the little girl was reporting to her mom that I had “touched her private part.” I was shocked.The whole idea of this had never occurred to me. The lady was teaching her kid to tell her if anyone touched her “private areas”,due to the fact that when she was a child she had been molested herself. While I agree with teaching kids to report touching to the parent,or other person in authority I also think the training has to be detailed and the after reports analyzed well before someone’s reputation is tarnished or they are possibly jailed do to a false report.In the case of that long ago zipper the mom quizzed the child,after I told her what had happened and once she was sure that was what had taken place the issue was dropped.However I did tell the mom that I felt she needed to work with the girl on what actual touching was – compared to a zipper being zipped shut.Her response was how am I supposed to teach a 3 year old all of that ? I just want her to tell me if she is touched,then I will find out what happened. The whole experience taught me something I retained – when dealing with children that are not your own be careful … a totally ordinary response like zipping an open zipper could land you in the hot seat.Standing in the next room listening to the mom drill the girl on my actions was most likely one of the worst ten minutes of my life.
tkaz

I almost shit myself!!!!! My son has taken Karate in school as well as in a dojo & you never know what instructor you’re going to get. I had to look really hard at his face – I’m convinced he didn’t teach at our school. I wonder what company he worked for?
THAT being said, as much as martial arts are great & awesome…there’s some odd sensei’s that come out of it. I have met several & they’re (the ones I met) a tad arrogant. They don’t see the world for how it really is & honestly, I have feared karate instructor molestation since my kids first began 6 yrs ago. I chose the least creepy guy.
Conley

It is truly fortunate that you nor your family has been a victim of this type of behavior but I don’t believe having a presence at school and the child’s functions and mature talks on sex will prevent all of this activity. These people are predators who strike in the most unsuspecting times and fashion. All the teachers being caught recently in CA are a great example. Even the most involved parents do not attend each class with their children. And if theyre blindfolded and being assualted under the impression theyre playing a game in a classroom, how could a presence at school and mature talks prevent that?
JohnQknowitall

Children without a strong parental presence (like hospital/nursing home patients without visitors) will not be treated with the same care as people who are constantly being given attention by outside caretakers.

If a child is aware that something is wrong -and- he/she is confident about it, the chance of victimization falls. Nothing is perfect, but if a parent cannot lessen the perps odds of succeeding, the parent(s) is(are) not protecting the child.
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

No theory is 100% accurate.
Pyncky

That would suck. I don’t blame the mom, though at least she was smart enough to follow up and allow you to explain to her instead of letting you explain to the cops
Athena

Agreed. However, you did kind of insinuate (intentionally or not) that this probably happened because the childrens’ parents weren’t involved enough. You also initially insinuated that the children of involved parents don’t get molested.

Yes, involvement and early education lessens the likelihood, but it’s far from foolproof.
Athena

Yep. Pedo hype can cause children to become hypersensitive and start seeing inappropriate behavior where there is none, if the issue is not explained to them carefully and thoroughly. The fact that he has a history of similar complaints does suggest that he is, in fact, guilty of being inappropriate (if you’re a normal person, and you deal with an accusation like this once, you act really careful in the future), but multiple false or mistaken accusations is not beyond the realm of possibility.
evildino666

wtf is up with this guy? Who the hell tickles butt cracks? Did he sniff his finger afterwards?
newstarshipsmell

Your average, run-of-the-mill clean-shaven pedo. Karate Scott. You really need to ask?
newstarshipsmell

“Only according to the Pedobear Handbook” – are you making that up? When I searched Amazon’s books for ‘Pedobear Handbook’, the only result that came back is Max Brooks’ “The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD].” Which isn’t even a fucking book, for christsake.
Zazen

Well, according to ‘Zazen’s Guide to Surviving Everything’ the same advice works for pedobears AND zombies; ALWAYS remember to double tap.

And really, tarsh? Do you expect us to have to read passages from a book whilst fighting hordes of undead? Audiobooks are far better suited.
newstarshipsmell

Zazen, I expect you to memorize those fucking books with photographic recall, well before the threat emerges. I mean, I’m lazy as fuck – I sure ain’t gonna crack some survival guide open, now or later, and I want to live dammit.
Zazen

Hey, he’s probably heard of the theory. Could be why the authorities haven’t charged him.. in fact, I’m sure the conversation went like this:
Police Detective: ‘Well, Mr City Attorney, the witness statements seem to be very clear and compelling evidence against him. Wanna nab him? Since he’s a karate expert, we’ve assembled our new Police Ninja Death Squad for the arrest.”
City Attorney: “Ninja Death Squad? That sounds like fun… but despite all this evidence, he’s clean shaven. There’s not even the slightest hint of chin pubes and I can’t bring myself to besmirch the honor of a possibly innocent karate instructor.’
Zazen

Aren’t you going to be our oreo eating distraction? Your only worry’s going to be ‘Peanut Butter or Doublestuff… decisions!’
The_Yeti_Knows

Tickle my daughter’s butt crack and the only way you’ll be able to spell karate again is with a crayon between your lips.
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

That explains a lot of these crime lately!! They know about the DFH theory.
JGo555

The only thing I am glad for is that his testicles sent two boys to live with his little girl predator. I hope I am completely right and that he hasn’t touched those boys in any way.
JGo555

YOUR FACE! IT’S YOU!

*Rubs crotch* How YOU doin’?
JohnQknowitall

I apologize if I were unclear, but below is a quote from my comment.
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evildino666

I had to,with that look on his face,i swear his addicted to butt-crack tickling and sniffing. LOL
Heather_Habilatory

Awwee, he looks so angry!
captaingrumpy

These city attorneys only want easy cases to win. They are all vying for promotional “points”.
They will not take cases that required work and only a possibility of a win,because it means less points. They don’t care about kids….they are Lawyers,the lowlife.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

Your comment made me scroll back up for another look at his pic – yes, he does look pissed.
EveryVillainIsLemons

That’s not how “wax-on, wax-off” is supposed to be done.
Conley

I think another point you hit but is’t emphasized is “if the child is aware that something is wrong”. In some of the cases I’ve read, I don’t see any way the child could’ve been aware something is wrong.
LeaveMeBe

That’s why he wants YOU to memorize the damn book.
LeaveMeBe

Is someone stalking you and ‘downing’ you whenever you comment? Seems like it’s happening to AM and Zazen, too. Are y’all the group my mom warned me about?
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

I noticed my down votes started happening when I mentioned that someone is doing it to @yahoo-XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY:disqus no matter what he says. Guess they didn’t like that. LOL I don’t know why it’s happening to @Zahzen:disqus though. Since it’s all anonymous now we will never know.

Maybe we are apart of the group your mother warned you about and I didn’t even notice. o.O
newstarshipsmell

Damn, I was going to say it isn’t completely anonymous, since even after the Likes on D’D got anonymized, you could still open someone’s Disqus profile and scroll through their Activity to see which comments they Liked (and yes, I guess I may as well admit I did this a few times to see if someone found any of my dumb jokes funny.) But I just noticed that now those Activity feeds only display comments from that user, and not other comments they Liked as it used to. Guess they must have changed that when they revamped the dashboard last week. (Although it still displays the Page Likes.)
Heather_Habilatory

It’s one of those things that you don’t notice right away. Creeps up on you.
midniteshadows

ROFLMAO!!! God, I needed the laughs!
midniteshadows

Another LOL, the visuals I get!
midniteshadows

So true.
The_Yeti_Knows

Hopefully the crayon thing ? A-la Stephen Hawkings ? and not the butt crack right ?
newstarshipsmell

Butt cracks are always funny, no matter what.
onlyme356

I’m confused…so tickling a kid’s butt crack wasn’t enough to get him charged? I’m sorry but if a grown man got anywhere near my kid’s butt you better believe that bastard would be serving time.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

Well that lollipop trick was retarded … I hate to throw shoes at a child victim but that child should have had enough common sense at that age to know that a dick in her mouth (flavored,or not) was NOT a fucking sucker;the child is still a victim regardless – so no one wants to come out and say it – but it’s the truth.
http://hawtmamas.wordpress.com/ hawtmamma

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