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Published Thursday, May 27, 2010 | 12:37 p.m.
Updated Thursday, May 27, 2010 | 6:07 p.m.
Mary Vonseydewitz
Fred Vonseydewitz
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A married couple who both admitted guilt to parental incest were each sentenced today in Clark County District Court.
Judge James M. Bixler sentenced Frederick Vonseydewitz to eight to 20 years in prison and his wife, Mary Vonseydewitz, was sentenced to four to 20 years. They each had pleaded guilty to charges stemming from allegations of sexually abusing their children, a boy and a girl, when they were minors.
Crying, Mary Vonseydewitz told the judge she was sorry and said her husband had manipulated her. Her attorney asked for probation for her instead of time in prison, But Bixler had little sympathy for her.
"Mary, to be perfectly honest with you, I could easily find justification for holding you more responsible, because, despite the fact that he may be manipulative, he may have led you into this, there's one glaring fact that is impossible to ignore," Bixler said. "He was the stepfather in this situation. You were these children's mother. To say what happened is disgusting and egregious is not even close to how bad this was. ... You crossed the most sacred line ever in what you did to these kids. Let there be no mistake. They may be able to forgive you, but I'm not."
The now-adult children reported to police they had been sexually abused by Frederick Vonseydewitz, 45, and his wife, Mary, when they were minors. They were initially charged with numerous felony counts, including counts of lewdness with a child under the age of 14 and sexual assault with a minor under the age of 14, among other charges.
In January, both Frederick and Mary Vonseydewitz pleaded guilty to reduced charges.
The charges came after a brother and sister contacted Metro Police to report they had been abused by their mother, Mary, and stepfather, Frederick, when they were children. The siblings, who were in their early 20s when they contacted police, reported they had been subjected to multiple instances of abuse from 1996 to 2007.
The daughter said the abuse started when she was 8 years old, court documents indicate, and a 1999 incident was reported to Child Protective Services, but the girl was told to deny the reports, court documents indicate.
The woman told police in 2009 her stepfather first sexually assaulted her when she was 13 and that he had subsequently sexually assaulted her multiple times.
Records indicate the brother told police he had been sexually assaulted by both his mother and stepfather starting at age 10 and until he was 14 or 15 years old.
The brother and sister both told police there were times Frederick and Mary Vonseydewitz forced them to participate in sex acts with both parents at the same time.
As the case progressed through the court system, a number of the felony counts were dismissed after arguments by the Vonseydewitzes' attorneys. Under the plea agreement on record, each pleaded to two felony counts pertaining to just one of the children.
Mary Vonseydewitz had been out of custody after posting $150,000 bail. Frederick Vonseydewitz has remained in custody since his arrest in January 2009.
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Those are exactly the kind of diseased people we don't need in society. It would be better if they never saw the light of day again. They are monsters, not human.
Now they can have all the sick sex they want and we taxpayers will keep them feed and healthy. Why not just execute them? Maybe some jailhouse justice will save the taxpayers a few bucks. Since Mary Vonseydewitz has plenty of money for bail she should be required to pay for all of the expenses related to her case. Dirt bags that rape kids are as bad as illegals invading our country.
Frakking pigs!
So let me get this straight....LasVegas2009, you are equating the incestuous rape of minors to immigrants crossing our borders illegally?
Wow, your logic is waaaaay off.
Truth B Told: Yes, both actions are illegal, both actions affect helpless victims. The rape of children and the rape of a country are very much the same.
LasVegas2009: I'd stop while you are ahead. You're only showing your level of stupidity, and brainlessness of the judicial system. I'm very confident that you stand alone with your twisted point of view.
For me to continue this dialogue would be a great waste of time.
Truth_B_Told...
Truth.
rape of a country? like signing treaties and taking land? then get out Europeans
HAHA, Europeans created this land from a vast wilderness of "nothing"! Now that it's the Best country in the world, everybody wants to sneak in including the illegals and take all the social services and benefits they can get their dirty little hands on!
A lot of blogger bashing , so let me distract you. Let's give credit where credit is due: to the children. For remaining united and supportive of one another. It took a great deal of courage to come forward and stay the course until sentencing.
My admiration and ongoing prayers to them both.
Thank God those children came forward and SOMEONE believed them.
My prayers for the healing for both children.... LasVegas2009 WTF is the matter with that piece of lumber attached to your neck... You are way off on this and illegal immigrants didnt cause these children to be raped... So STFU already............
I want to hear from stevenm.
these vermin need to be exterminated for the pests that they are, preying upon innocent children........sickening!!!!!!!!!!
Why does the mother only get half the sentence? She should get double for being a blood relative. She's scum of the earth!
I agree with you Lenny_V. This judge Bixler is the same idiot judge that let that North Las Vegas cop off with probation for trying to coerce sexual favors from women he stopped for traffic violations.
Remember his name come election time. He and judges like him are what is wrong with our criminal injustice system. Stop the wheeling and dealing and actually punish criminals. This madness has got to stop. 90% of all major crime is committed by repeat offenders.
VOTE ALL JUDGES OUT OF OFFICE. Then maybe we can find one or two just out of luck to be good ones.... Pray for these kids they need all the support of all from all the kind folks in Las Vegas know,for what had happen and how long they held it in. Sorry you had a piece or cr#p for a mother.God Speed
A mother is supposed to protect her children NO MATTER WHAT!! I think the stupid witch should've gotten 20yrs to life! Now we have two more adult children with horrid memories, definitive mental issues and no one to love them as only a Mother should and could. I can only pray for prison justice for daddy meanest! Have fun in Lovelock, dude! May they give you the Jeffrey Dahmer welcome!
I want to know more about this:
"a 1999 incident was reported to Child Protective Services, but the girl was told to deny the reports, court documents indicate."
That sounds a little unclear to me and possibly very disturbing. I hate the thought that 8 years of abuse was so close to being prevented.
20 comments so far and only teach5 is questioning what this is about. The rest of you are mostly just the usual lynch mob.
I see nothing in either this article or comments about any evidence beyond the accusations of two young adults with questionable motives. Criminal prosecutions require two factors apparently absent here -- injury and the highest standard of evidence "beyond a reasonable doubt." That means it takes a whole lot more than mere verbal accusations and a retracted report to justify wasting scant public resources for this prosecution.
KillerB the two scums admitted they sexually abused their children. It was on the Fox5 news report last night. It wasn't just an accusation.
Seems like to me, the accused admitted their guilt when they accepted the plea agreement.
I don't think you have to prove anything when the accused admit to guilt.
This makes me sick to my stomach!! Execute them!! Those poor, helpless kids.
I hope CPS reviews their policies because of this incident. It sounds like all the abuse after 1999 should have been prevented. What did the story mean when it said that the girl was told to deny the reports?
I know CPS saves the lives of many children, but I think they could do more. I know of some incidences that have been reported to CPS through the schools that CPS turns away for various reasons (one being that they need to see visable bruises--correct me if I'm wrong).
"up to 20 years"? uh oh. sounds like these creeps will be back on the streets sooner than later. and killerb...yikes. as usual, you're suspect, dude.
"It wasn't just an accusation."
FedUpWithThis -- pay attention. It started with accusations. Confessions are usually the result of accepting deals under duress, they're not evidence.
Funny this article mentioned nothing about these kids' real father.
"...killerb...yikes. as usual, you're suspect, dude."
bam1969 -- "suspect" of what exactly?
lol...burritobandit
maybe stevenm is on memorial day vacation and wont be able to post
:P