Jail for baby-faced *** offender, 31, who posed as a boy of 12 so he could enroll in schools
Last updated at 5:12 PM on 08th April 2009
Youthful: Neil Havens Rodreick shaved and wore makeup to con people into thinking he was a 12-year-old boy
A youthful-looking *** offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in several Arizona schools has been sentenced to 70 1/2 years in prison.
Neil Havens Rodreick II pleaded guilty last year to seven criminal charges. Most involved child pornography but two stemmed from the charade he pulled off for two years.
Rodreick, 31, didn't speak at his sentencing yesterday, shaking his head when Judge Thomas Lindberg asked if he had anything to say.
Lindberg called Rodreick a fixated pedophile and said he should have received an even longer sentence.
'I find your conduct appalling - these were volitional choices you made, consistently deceitful, dishonest, manipulative,' the judge told Rodreick.
'I think you represent a danger to the community; you in particular are dangerous to children.'
County Attorney Sheila Polk said her office was pleased with the sentence, noting Rodreick is likely to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
'This case involved some dangerous sexual predators and they are now off the streets of Yavapai County,' she said.
Rodreick attended schools in around Arizona starting in 2005. Authorities said he shaved and wore makeup to help him appear younger, convincing teachers, students and administrators that he was a boy named Casey.
He was caught in January 2007 after spending a day in the seventh grade at a Chino Valley school when school officials became suspicious because his birth certificate and other documents looked forged.
They had initially thought they might be dealing with a child who had been abducted.
Authorities didn't find any victims of sexual abuse at the schools Rodreick attended, but they found an extensive collection of child pornography at his home.
Rodreick originally faced 28 counts but pleaded guilty to only a quarter of them: four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor stemming from the pornography, and one count each of failure to register as a *** offender, fraud and simple assault.
The assault charge involved an allegation that he grabbed a girl's buttocks at a school in Prescott Valley with the intent to injure, insult or provoke.
Rodreick was arrested with Brian J. Nellis, 36, who was posing as his cousin, and two older men posing as their uncle and grandfather.
Authorities said Lonnie Stiffler, 63, and Robert Snow, 46, met Rodreick online, thinking he was a pre-teen, took him from Oklahoma to Arizona and carried on a sexual relationship with him.
Snow posed as Rodreick's uncle and Stiffler as his grandfather.
Nellis, Stiffler and Snow were indicted on various charges, including child pornography and forgery.
Nellis and Snow, both convicted *** offenders, also were charged with failing to register with authorities.
Stiffler, in court documents filed this week, said the men bought Rodreick video-game systems, skateboards and bicycles.
He said Nellis described Rodreick as spoiled and said he threw temper tantrums when he didn't get what he wanted, just like a little kid.
Stiffler was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison, and Snow received 22 years.
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